München Olympiastadion railway station

München Olympiastadion is a former stop on the Munich S-Bahn. The station was built in the early 1970s and opened on May 26, 1972 to provide additional means of transportation for the 1972 Summer Olympics. Today, it has fallen into disuse, the tracks leading to the station have been removed and it is unlikely the station will ever see service again.

The station saw frequent use during the 1972 Olympics, but was disconnected from the regular service network right after the Olympic games were over. The station saw sporadic use at first during football matches in the nearby Olympic Stadium, and from August 8, 1984 S8 and S11 services called at the station when football matches were happening in the stadium.

The station at the time was made up of two island platforms with four tracks in total. Two tracks terminated at the station, the remaining two continued further south. Access was provided by the so-called "Northern ring", a normally freight-only railway line. During the Olympics, trains arrived from the west from Allach and Moosach as well as from Johanneskirchen in the east. Later, the station was used in one way operation, with trains arriving from the western route and departing to the east.

The station was closed on July 8, 1988 after the last game of the 1988 UEFA European Football Championship and has fallen into disrepair since. The tracks were interrupted in 2003 to permit easier excavation of the tunnel for the U3 extension of the Munich U-Bahn. If the planned Transrapid line connecting Munich's central station and the airport will actually be built, the tunnel leading toward the central station will emerge at the station's site.

External links

* [http://www.m96.de/showthumbs.php?Unk_ID=61 Recent pictures of the station]