Garmisch-Partenkirchen station

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).

Garmisch-Partenkirchen station
Through station
Location	Bahnhofstr. 31, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria Germany
Coordinates	47°29′29″N 11°05′49″E
Owned by	Deutsche Bahn
Operated by	DB Netz DB Station&Service
Line(s)	Munich–Garmisch-Partenkirchen (KBS 960) Garmisch-Partenkirchen–Innsbruck (Mittenwald Railway) (KBS 960) Reutte/Tirol–Garmisch-Partenkirchen (Ausserfern Railway) (KBS 965) Bavarian Zugspitze Railway (KBS 11031)
Platforms	5
Other information
Station code	2014
DS100 code	MGP [1]
IBNR	8002187
Category	3[2]
Website	stationsdatenbank.de www.bahnhof.de
History
Opening	25 July 1889
Services
Preceding station   DB Regio Bayern   Following station Murnau toward Munich Hbf RE Werdenfelsbahn Klais toward Mittenwald Farchant toward Munich Hbf RB Werdenfelsbahn Klais toward Innsbruck Hbf Farchant toward Munich Hbf RB Außerfern-Bahn Garmisch-Partenkirchen Hausberg toward Reutte in Tirol
Location
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History

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.

The station was the scene of a severe accident on 12 December 1995, when a departing RegioExpress train smashed into a touristic train due to departing at a red signal, injuring 41 and killing one.

Description

Looking towards Mittenwald

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 2 pairs of Intercity-Express services on Saturday operated by Deutsche Bahn as well as Regionalbahn and peak RegionalExpress services operated by DB Regio towards Mittenwald, Innsbruck, Reutte and Munich. Both types of regional trains are faster between Munich and Garmisch Partenkirchen than the ICE services (up to 20 minutes faster).

Line	Route	Frequency
ICE 1504	Hamburg-Altona - Berlin – Lutherstadt Wittenberg - Leipzig – Erfurt – Bamberg – Nuremberg Hbf – Munich – Garmisch-Partenkirchen	One pair of services on Saturday
ICE 620	Dortmund – Essen – Düsseldorf – Cologne – Limburg – Frankfurt – Würzburg – Nuremberg – Munich – Garmisch-Partenkirchen	One pair of services on Saturday
RB	Munich – Tutzing – Weilheim – Murnau – Garmisch-Partenkirchen – Mittenwald (– Innsbruck)	Hourly
RE	Munich – Weilheim – Murnau – Garmisch-Partenkirchen - Mittenwald	Individual services
RB	Garmisch-Partenkirchen – Ehrwald Zugspitzbahn – Reutte in Tirol	Every two hours

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:

Line	Type	Route
1	Local bus	Klinikum – Bahnhof – Marienplatz – Äußere Maximilianstraße
2	Local bus	Klinikum – Bahnhof – Marienplatz – Kreuzeck (Alpspitzbahn)
3/4	Local bus	Farchant – Friedhof Partenkirchen – Wankbahn – Bahnhof – Marienplatz – Burgrain – Farchant
3/5	Local bus	Farchant – Burgrain – Marienplatz – Bahnhof – Wankbahn – Friedhof Partenkirchen – Farchant
EVG	'White-blue bus'	Sebastianskirche – Bahnhof – Marienplatz – Grainau – Eibsee
9606	Regional bus	Garmisch-Partenkirchen Post/Bf – Oberau – Oberammergau (– Echelsbach Bridge – Füssen/Wieskirche)
9608	Regional bus	Garmisch-Partenkirchen Post/Bf – Mittenwald – Krün – Wallgau (– Kochel am See)
MFB 040	long distance bus	Munich Airport – Garmisch-Partenkirchen – Mittenwald - Seefeld - Innsbruck
FlixBus	long distance bus	Garmisch-Partenkirchen – Innsbruck - Bozen - Verona – Venice

Bavarian Zugspitze Mountain Railway

Garmisch Zugspitz station

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 only one track (without a number) with platforms on both sides, a siding at the entrance to the station and an entrance building at the end of the track.

References

1. Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
2. "Stationspreisliste 2020" [Station price list 2020] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 4 November 2019. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
3. "History of Garmisch-Partenkirchen" (in German). Retrieved 27 January 2012.

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