Garmisch-Partenkirchen station

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Garmisch-Partenkirchen
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General information
LocationBahnhofstr. 31, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria
Germany
Coordinates 47°29′29″N11°05′49″E / 47.49145°N 11.09701°E / 47.49145; 11.09701
Owned by Deutsche Bahn
Operated by
Line(s)
Platforms
Tracks5
Construction
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station code2014
DS100 code MGP [1]
IBNR8002187
Category 3 [2]
Website
History
Opening25 July 1889;136 years ago (1889-07-25)
Electrified28 October 1912;112 years ago (1912-10-28)
Services
Preceding station Deutsche Bahn AG-Logo.svg DB Fernverkehr Following station
Murnau ICE 24
Seasonal
Mittenwald
towards Innsbruck Hbf
Murnau ICE 29
Limited service
Terminus
Preceding station Deutsche Bahn AG-Logo.svg DB Regio Bayern Following station
Klais
towards Mittenwald
RE 61 Murnau
towards München Hbf
Garmisch-Partenkirchen Hausberg
towards Lermoos
RE 62
Limited service
Murnau
One-way operation
Klais
towards Innsbruck Hbf
RB 6 Farchant
towards München Hbf
Garmisch-Partenkirchen Hausberg RB 60
Preceding station Tyrol S-Bahn Following station
Terminus S6 Klais
towards Innsbruck Hbf
Garmisch-Partenkirchen station
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Garmisch-Partenkirchen station (German : Garmisch-Partenkirchen Bahnhof) is a junction station in the German State of Bavaria. It is the biggest station in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. It has five platform tracks and is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 3 station. [2] The station has about 50 services daily operated by DB Regio and some long-distance services operated by Deutsche Bahn. It is on the lines connecting Munich and Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Innsbruck (the Mittenwald Railway) and Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Reutte (the Ausserfern Railway).

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History

Looking towards Mittenwald Bahnhof Garmisch-Partenkirchen Nacht.jpg
Looking towards Mittenwald

The station was established on 25 July 1889 as the terminus of a branch line from Munich opened by Lokalbahn AG. It was initially connected to Munich by four to six pairs of trains daily. [3] On 1 July 1912, was the line was extended with the opening of the Mittenwald Railway and Garmisch-Partenkirchen was now a through station. The line was electrified in the course of the extension of the Mittenwald line to Innsbruck, opened on 25 April 1913. In May 1913, the Ausserfern Railway was opened from Reutte to the station. This was electrified from the start.

A special feature for decades was the operational stop for Austrian through trains between Innsbruck and Reutte. This was necessary so that trains could reverse direction in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, but passengers were not allowed on or off, which would have required customs and immigration clearance until the implementation of the Schengen Agreement.

On 12 December 1995 the Garmisch-Partenkirchen train collision at the station, when a departing RegioExpress train smashed into an arriving touristic train after passing a signal at danger, injuring 41 and killing one.

On 3 June 2022 the Garmisch-Partenkirchen train derailment happened to the north of the station when several carriages of a departing regio train derailed, killing five people and injuring 68 others.

Description

The station lies between the two districts of Garmisch in the west and Partenkirchen in the east. The railway yards are located at Garmisch area. The Partnach flows between the station and Partenkirchen. The station area is bordered to the east by Bahnhofstraße and to the west by Weitfelderstraße and Olympiastraße. Sankt-Martin-Straße passes through an underpass under the station area. The entrance building was modernised and renovated in the late 1990s and it is located on the eastern side of the railway facilities towards Partenkirchen. Its address is 31 Bahnhofstraße.

In addition to the home platform, there are two more platforms. Behind it there are five tracks for train parking and freight operations.

The platforms are covered and accessible via lifts and stairways. The platform roofs were renewed from October 2009 to January 2011 and the platforms were fitted with tactile paving. The station building includes shops and a ticket office. It is served by the public bus network.

Rail services

Garmisch-Partenkirchen is served by some Intercity-Express services (mostly seasonal) operated by Deutsche Bahn as well as Regionalbahn and peak Regional-Express services operated by DB Regio between Munich and Garmisch-Partenkirchen. The Regionalbahn services run every two hours to/from Seefeld in Tirol and every four hours to/from Innsbruck, Reutte. Trains run to/from Reutte every hour on weekdays. Most of the trains from Munich are divided in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, with one part going to Mittenwald or Innsbruck and the other to Reutte. Similarly the trains from Mittenwald or Innsbruck are mostly coupled in Garmisch-Partenkirchen with trains from Reutte before proceeding to Munich.

LineRouteFrequency
ICE 29 Berlin-GesundbrunnenBerlinNurembergMunichMurnauGarmisch-Partenkirchenlimited service
RB 6 / S6 Munich – Tutzing – Weilheim – Murnau – Garmisch-Partenkirchen (– MittenwaldSeefeld in Tirol (– Innsbruck))Hourly, every two hours to Seefeld, every four hours as S6 to Innsbruck
S6 Garmisch-PartenkirchenMittenwald – Seefeld in Tirol – Innsbruck Every four hours
RB 60
S7
Garmisch-Partenkirchen – Ehrwald Zugspitzbahn – Reutte – Vils Stadt – Pfronten-SteinachHourly
RE 61 Munich – Weilheim – Murnau – Garmisch-Partenkirchen – MittenwaldSome trains
RE 62 Munich – Weilheim – Murnau – Garmisch-Partenkirchen – Ehrwald Zugspitzbahn – LermoosSome trains

The following local buses (operated by the municipal utility) and regional bus lines (Oberbayernbus) as well as the long-distance FlixBus stop at or near the station:

LineTypeRoute
1Local busKlinikum – Bahnhof – Marienplatz – Äußere Maximilianstraße
2Local busKlinikum – Bahnhof – Marienplatz – Kreuzeck (Alpspitzbahn)
3/4Local bus Farchant – Friedhof Partenkirchen – Wankbahn – Bahnhof – Marienplatz – Burgrain – Farchant
3/5Local busFarchant – Burgrain – Marienplatz – Bahnhof – Wankbahn – Friedhof Partenkirchen – Farchant
EVG'White-blue bus'Sebastianskirche – Bahnhof – Marienplatz – GrainauEibsee
9606Regional busGarmisch-Partenkirchen Post/BfOberauOberammergau (– Echelsbach BridgeFüssen/Wieskirche)
9608Regional busGarmisch-Partenkirchen Post/BfMittenwaldKrünWallgau (– Kochel am See)
MFB 040long distance busMunich Airport – Garmisch-Partenkirchen – Mittenwald - Seefeld - Innsbruck
FlixBuslong distance busGarmisch-PartenkirchenInnsbruck - Bozen - VeronaVenice

Garmisch-Partenkirchen Zugspitzbahn station

Garmisch-Partenkirchen Zugspitzbahnhof
30.01.20 Garmisch-Partenkirchen 14 (49493474802) Zugspitzbahn Stadler Triebwagen.jpg
General information
LocationOlympiastr. 27, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria
Germany
Coordinates 47°29′25″N11°05′46″E / 47.49027°N 11.09604°E / 47.49027; 11.09604
Owned by Bayerische Zugspitzbahn
Operated by Bayerische Zugspitzbahn
Line(s)
Platforms
Tracks2
Construction
AccessibleYes
Other information
Website
Services
Preceding station Bayerische Zugspitzbahn Following station
Garmisch-Partenkirchen Hausberg
towards Grainau
RB 64 Terminus
Garmisch-Partenkirchen station
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In the immediate neighbourhood, the Bavarian Zugspitze Railway (Bayerische Zugspitzbahn, BZB) has operated since 1929 a separate terminal station, called Garmisch station. Unofficially, it is sometimes called Zugspitze station (Zugspitzbahnhof). Since a restoration, it consists of two tracks (without a number) with a side platform on the southern track, a siding at the entrance to the station and a new entrance building at the side of the tracks.

LineRouteFrequency
RB 64 Garmisch-Partenkirchen – GrainauHourly

References

  1. Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN   978-3-89494-139-0.
  2. 1 2 "Stationspreisliste 2025" [Station price list 2025](PDF) (in German). DB InfraGO. 28 November 2024. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  3. "History of Garmisch-Partenkirchen" (in German). Retrieved 27 January 2012.