#6104· S-Bahn van München
Munich S-Bahn
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Siemens Mobility· from 2028· suburban railway in Munich, Germany
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. S7 zwischen Hohenbrunn und Wächterhof: Flummi-2011· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. ET 423 244 MHAB: User:FloSch· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. München Marienplatz: User:FloSch· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. Abstellanlage der S-Bahn München: Photographer: Mosbatho· CC BY 4.0
- 5. Fallblattanzeiger München Tunnel: Benjamin Hauber· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. S-Bahn München: User:Mattes· Public domain
- 7. München - Verwaltungssitz der S-Bahn München: Maximilian Dörrbecker ( Chumwa )· CC BY-SA 2.5
- 8. München Ostbahnhof Abfertigungsmonitore: Foobian· CC0
- 9. München, S-Bahn, 559 Minuten, 1: Renardo la vulpo· CC0
- 10. 40 Jahre S-Bahn München: Richard Huber· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Munich S-Bahn (German: S-Bahn München) is an electric rail transit system in Munich, Germany. "S-Bahn" is the German abbreviation for Stadtschnellbahn (literally, "urban rapid rail"), and the Munich S-Bahn exhibits characteristics of both rapid transit and commuter rail systems. The Munich S-Bahn network is operated by S-Bahn München, a subsidiary of DB Regio Bayern, which is itself a subsidiary of the German national railway company, Deutsche Bahn.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built -2 years ago, in 2028.
- Top speed is 1.2× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 15 minutes.
- 7.8 MW is about 92 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 61 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 202 m long: about 45 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 480: 10 full city buses (~50 seats each).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 2028
- in service from
- 2028
- number built
- —
- kind
- Electric multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Siemens Mobility
- designer
- Benno Schiefer (head form)
- operators
- DB Regio Bayern
- top speed
- 160 km/h
- power
- 7.8 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- overhead line
- formation
- 13 cars
- length
- 202 m
- weight
- 365 t
- capacity
- 480 passengers
- Dutch name
- S-Bahn van München
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q256524, Wikipedia: Munich S-Bahn (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.