Munich–Salzburg railway

The Munich–Salzburg railway (German: Bahnstrecke München–Salzburg, line 951 in the official timetable (KBS)) is a 153 kilometre-long double-track main line of the German railways. It connects Munich with the line to Vienna at Salzburg. At Rosenheim station, it connects with the line to Kufstein. which continues to Innsbruck and the Brenner line to Italy. The line is part of the Magistrale for Europe, connecting Paris with Bratislava and Budapest and the almost identical line 17 of Trans-European Transport Networks (TEN-T). The line from Munich to Rosenheim is part of the line 1 of TEN-T. It is electrified at 15 kV, 16.7 Hz. The section from Rosenheim to Salzburg was completed between 1858 and 1860 as part of the Bavarian Maximilian’s Railway. The section between Munich and Rosenheim was opened in 1871.

Munich–Salzburg railway
Route number:	951
Line number:	5510 München–Rosenheim 5703 Rosenheim–Freilassing
Line length:	153.4
Voltage:	15 kV 16.7 Hz AC
Maximum speed:	160
Stations and structures
Legend to München Ost 0.0 München Hbf terminus Start of City-Tunnel (S-Bahn trunk line) 0.8 München Hackerbrücke Connection to S-Bahn line BOB 1.6 München Donnersbergerbrücke S-Bahn Hbf–Pasing to Ingolstadt, Landshut, Starnberg, Lindau & Augsburg 3.4 München-Heimeranplatz to Holzkirchen 5.4 München Süd Merging of freight and passenger tracks to Wolfratshausen Braunau Railway Bridge (Isar) End of City Tunnel from Deisenhofen München Ost branch 9.7 0,0 München Ost terminus 1.1 München Leuchtenbergring Flughafen-S-Bahn junction 2.4 München-Berg am Laim 2.7 M-Steinhausen S-Bahn depot to Münchner Flughafen 2.8 0,0 to Mühldorf (M-Berg am Laim junction) from Munich North marshalling yard 14.6 2.0 München-Trudering 4.8 Gronsdorf 20.0 7.4 Haar 9.9 Vaterstetten 11.7 Baldham 27.9 15.3 Zorneding 17.7 Eglharting 32.5 19.9 Kirchseeon 37.6 25.0 Grafing to Glonn to Wasserburg 40.7 Oberelkofen 45.0 Aßling 51.9 Ostermünchen 59.0 Großkarolinenfeld to Mühldorf to Holzkirchen 65.0 0.0 Rosenheim to Kufstein and Innsbruck 1.6 Rosenheim Ost junction from Rosenheim curve and Kufstein Inn 3.3 Landl (Obb) junction to Frasdorf 6.4 Stephanskirchen 8.3 Simssee 11.5 Krottenmühl Bergham to Chiemgau Local Railway 16.7 Bad Endorf 20.9 Rimsting (formerly station, now siding) up to 1908 the course of the Chiemsee Railway 25.0 Prien am Chiemsee Access to Chiemsee Railway Chiemgau Railway to Aschau 30.2 Bernau am Chiemsee Rottau crossover (planned) 34.2 Rottau peat station (closed 1988) 38.3 Übersee Übersee–Marquartstein railway 43.4 Rumgraben crossover (planned)[1] 46.6 Bergen Traun-Alz Railway from Traunreut / Garching From Ruhpolding 53.3 Traunstein Traun 55.4 To Waging 59.3 Lauter crossover 64.7 Rückstetten 69.8 Teisendorf 78.0 Niederstraß From Mühldorf From Berchtesgaden 81.7 Freilassing 82.8 Salzburg border (Saalach bridge) Germany–Austria national border 83.3 Salzburg Liefering (currently a freight station only, S-Bahn-station planned) 85.2 Salzburg Taxham Europark Stiegl line (freight only) 86.7 Salzburg Aiglhof Salzburg Mülln-Altstadt Salzach bridge 88.4 Salzburg Hbf to Vienna and Wörgl Salzburg Local Railway to Lamprechtshausen / Trimmelkam

Details of line

Western section

Between München Ost and Grafing the line runs next to the tracks of S-Bahn line 999.4 (S4), which continues to Ebersberg on the Grafing–Wasserburg line. At Grafing an abandoned line to Glonn branches off.

At Rosenheim station the Munich–Kufstein line branches off towards Innsbruck and the Brenner line to Italy, while the Munich–Salzburg line continues to Salzburg. The two lines are connected east of the Rosenheim station by a single-track electrified bypass line (the Rosenheim curve) which allows trains connecting Salzburg and Kufstein to avoid reversal in Rosenheim. This route is used mainly by Austrian domestic train services to run through without stopping in Germany. At Rosenheim station is also served by services from Mühldorf and Holzkirchen (the Mangfall Valley Railway).

Eastern section

At the former Landl halt the former line to Frasdorf branches off, which is now open as far as Rohrdorf and only for freight serving the local cement factory. In Bad Endorf the route to Obing branches off. It was closed down by Deutsche Bahn in 1996, but reopened as a tourist railway on 1 July 2006 known as the Chiemgau Lokalbahn (local railway), operating mainly on summer Sundays and public holidays. At Prien am Chiemsee station two lines connect. On the northern side is the narrow gauge Chiemseebahn (Chiemsee railway) to the port of Prien-Stock on the lake of Chiemsee, said to be the oldest continuously-operating steam railway in the world. On the south side is the Chiemgau Bahn (Chiemgau Railway) to Aschau im Chiemgau.

A line formerly ran from Übersee station to Marquartstein. In Traunstein take several lines branch off: the line to Ruhpolding, the line to Traunreut and Garching and the line to Waging. In Freilassing a branch from Mühldorf and another branch from Berchtesgaden join the line. On the outskirts of Freilassing the line crosses the border and the Saalach river into Austria and the outskirts of Salzburg.

Operations

Frequent passenger and freight trains run on the whole length of the line.

Regional and local services

Between Munich and Salzburg regional trains run every hour. These operate either as RegionalBahn services stopping at all stations (except for some served by S-Bahn trains) or Regional-Express services that only stop between Munich and Rosenheim at München Ost and Grafing station normally. In peak hours additional services operate.

In the section between Salzburg and Freilassing line of S3 of the Salzburg S-Bahn currently operates at 30 minute intervals. From 2014, S2 and S3 S-Bahn services will alternate together providing at 15 minute intervals.

Long distance services

EuroCity (EC) trains run between Frankfurt am Main and Salzburg via Munich every two hours with stops at München Ost, Rosenheim, Prien, Traunstein and Freilassing. Since the 2008 timetable change, these trains continue beyond Salzburg to Graz and Klagenfurt in alternation. Every hour EC trains run from Munich to destinations in Austria and Hungary without stopping between Munich and Salzburg. In addition, a pair of InterCity trains, named "Königssee" runs each day between Hamburg and Berchtesgaden via the line.

The Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) operate long distance trains on the Vienna–Salzburg–Innsbruck–Vorarlberg route on the line between Salzburg and Kufstein via Landl/Rosenheim every two hours non-stop. Since the 2007 timetable change, ÖBB and Deutsche Bahn have operated a pair of ICE T trains on the Vienna–Salzburg–Munich and the Vienna–Salzburg–Bregenz routes. The 2008 timetable change introduced the first pair Railjet trains between Budapest, Vienna and Munich.

Projects

Several years ago the existing four-track section between Munich and Eastern Zorneding was extended to Grafing station. This allowed Munich S-Bahn services to be completely separated from mainline services on the line. The extension of the four-track section from Grafing to Rosenheim and possibly towards Kufstein is discussed from time to time and is expected to be justified by the opening of the Brenner Base Tunnel. However, this extra traffic could be handled by transferring east-west traffic between Munich and Salzburg to the Munich–Mühldorf and Mühldorf–Freilassing lines, which would be upgraded for this purpose (possibly with track doubling and electrification).

This route is part of line 17 of Trans-European Transport Networks (TEN-T) from Paris to Budapest. This could lead to further development projects to accelerate trains.

Between Freilassing and Salzburg massive construction work is currently in progress, including the rebuilding of the Salzach bridge and the installation of a third track. This work is necessary to increase capacity to allow the Salzburg S-Bahn to increase service frequencies. The first of four new stations on this section, Salzburg-Taxham-Europark, was opened in June 2006, the stations at Mülln and Aiglhof opened in December 2009 and the opening of Liefering is still awaited.

Notes

1. ^ "Ausschreibung für Neubau Überleitstelle Rumgraben (Tender: New Rumgraben crossover)". Deutsche Bahn. http://www.bahnmarkt.eu/oeffentliche_ausschreibung_vobvol_detail_526_m_Planumsverbesserung_30_cm_KG_1_mit_Bettungsreinigung_gleisgebunden_Einbau_von_4_Weichen_EW_60-_160190.html. Retrieved 16 February 2010. 

References

• Bufe, Siegfried (1995) (in German). Hauptbahn München–Salzburg,. Egglham: Bufe-Fachbuch-Verlag. ISBN 3-922138-57-8.