Munich-Giesing–Kreuzstraße railway

Munich-Giesing–Kreuzstraße
Map of the line between the junction of the line to Deisenhofen and Kreuzstraße
Overview
Locale	Bavaria
Line number	5552
Technical
Line length	27.9 km (17.3 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	15 kV/16.7 Hz AC overhead catenary
Route number	999.7
Route map  Operating points and lines  from Munich East 2.1 München-Giesing 3.4 München Frankenwaldstraße junction to Deisenhofen A 8 Bundeswehr University siding 3.7 München-Perlach 5,0 Neuperlach Süd Neubiberg airfield siding 6.8 Neubiberg 8.7 Ottobrunn A 99 B 471 11.1 Hohenbrunn Hohenbrunn munitions works siding 12.9 Wächterhof 14.7 Höhenkirchen-Siegertsbrunn 587 m above NHN 17.8 Dürrnhaar 21.5 Aying 603 m above NHN 22.7 Peiß 24.4 Großhelfendorf 613 m above NHN to Rosenheim 27.9 Kreuzstraße 622 m above NHN from Holzkirchen

The Munich-Giesing–Kreuzstraße railway is a single-track, electrified line on the southern edge of Munich in the German state of Bavaria. It is served by Munich S-Bahn line S 7.

The line branches off the Munich East–Deisenhofen railway between the stations of Giesing and Fasangarten. The section of line from Munich East up to this point is one of the few in Germany that has traffic running on the left. This feature allows S-Bahn services from Munich St. Martinstrasse to be inserted into the S-Bahn line at Munich East while simultaneously reversing to run into the S-Bahn tunnel under central Munich or vice versa. South of Ständlerstraße there is a flying junction where the two tracks change sides. At this point, the line to Kreuzstraße branches off. After a short distance with two tracks (also operated with traffic running on the left) they combine and run east towards Munich-Perlach. Here it crosses Autobahn A 8. After Perlach station the line turns southeast. The following station, Neuperlach Süd is the only one in Munich at which the U-Bahn and the S-Bahn share a platform. The station is located on a bridge over Carl-Wery-Straße. The line runs through the municipalities of Neubiberg and Ottobrunn. After crossing the Munich ring road and federal highway B 471, the line reaches Hohenbrunn station. Wächterhof station lies east of town in the woods. Höhenkirchen-Siegertsbrunn station is located approximately midway between the two now close-knit neighbourhoods. The Aying municipality has four stations (Dürrnhaar, Aying, Peiß and Großhelfendorf). After Großhelfendorf station, the line runs in a southwesterly direction to Kreuzstraße. There it meets the Mangfall Valley Railway, running from Rosenheim to Holzkirchen. Kreuzstraße station is located in the Teufelsgraben valley; when it was opened the Kreuzstraße district of Valley had only a few houses.