München Karlsplatz Railway Station
Karlsplatz is also a stop on the Munich tramway, located on the Altstadtring, the Old Town's periphery road. This stop is served by routes 
, 
, 
, 
, 
, 
, 
, 
and 
.
The underground facilities were built as part of the S-Bahn tunnel through central Munich in the early 1970s.
Levels
The station is divided into five levels.
Level 1 (Stachus Passagen)
The first level, just below road level, is home to a large shopping mall (the Stachus Passagen) which is due for renovation in the next years. Large shops have branches here, for instance Kaufhof or Woolworths.
Level 2
Level two has a branch of the Stadtsparkasse München, a large local bank, as well as ticket counters and eateries.
Level 3 
The third level holds the S-Bahn station with two tracks and three platforms, arranged in the Spanish solution: The island platform is for boarding only and the side platforms are for disembarking. The lines 
, 
, 
, 
, 
, 
and 
call at this station.
Level 4
The fourth level allows interchange between the S-Bahn and U-Bahn.
Level 5 
The fifth level holds the U-Bahn station with two tracks and two platforms. Lines 
and 
call here, travelling in a north-west direction. The station is the deepest in the whole network and also has the longest escalator.
References
- ^ "S-Bahn, U-Bahn, Regionalzug, Regionalbus und ExpressBus im MVV" (PDF) (in German). MVV. December 2021. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
- ^ "Stationspreisliste 2024" [Station price list 2024] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
- ^ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
- ^ "S-Bahn, U-Bahn, Regionalzug, Tram und ExpressBus im MVV" (PDF). Münchner Verkehrs- und Tarifverbund. December 2019. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
- ^ "Map of the station area, showing S-Bahn, U-Bahn, tram and bus stops" (PDF-Datei; 648 kB) (in German). MVV. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
- ^ "Munich tram network" (PDF). MVG. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 September 2011. Retrieved 20 June 2011.
External links
- "Munich S-Bahn/U-Bahn line map" (PDF-file; 221 kB). MVV. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
- "Map of the station area, showing S-Bahn, U-Bahn, tram and bus stops" (PDF) (in German). MVV. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
- "Map of the station area, showing S-Bahn, U-Bahn, tram and bus stops" (PDF) (in German). MVV. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
- "Map of the station area, showing S-Bahn, U-Bahn, tram and bus stops" (PDF) (in German). MVG. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
- Florian Schütz. "U-Bahnhof Karlsplatz (Stachus) (U4, U5)" (in German). www.u-bahn-muenchen.de. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
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