Munich S-Bahn

S-Bahn München
S-Bahn train at Hackerbrücke (Br 423)
Overview
Locale	Munich
Transit type	Rapid transit, regional rail
Number of lines	8
Number of stations	150[1]
Daily ridership	840,000
Website	Official website
Operation
Began operation	28 May 1972
Operator(s)	S-Bahn München
Number of vehicles	238 BR423
Technical
System length	434 km (270 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) (standard gauge)
Electrification	15 kV, 16.7 Hz AC Overhead lines
System map

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. It is integrated into the Munich Transport and Tariff Association (Münchner Verkehrs- und Tarifverbund, MVV) and interconnected throughout the city with the locally owned Munich U-Bahn. Today, the S-Bahn covers most of the populated area of the Munich metropolitan area of about 3 million inhabitants. In terms of system length, the Munich S-Bahn is the third-largest in Germany, behind the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn and the S-Bahn Mitteldeutschland.

The Munich S-Bahn was established on 28 May 1972. It was intended as part of the scheme to provide an adequate transport system during the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich by connecting the pre-existing suburban rail services in the west and east of the city via a new tunnel section from Hauptbahnhof to Ostbahnhof.