New tram routes in Munich: six routes should relieve traffic - these are the plans

Expansion offensive for the tram in Munich: the coalition will apply for six new routes.

When the routes should be ready - and how the routes run.

• Munich *

  urgently needs

  a

  relief of the traffic

  situation.

  There are concrete plans.

• The

  town hall coalition

  is planning to

  expand the tram network

  - in various city districts.

• The city's

  tram network

  is to be expanded by six routes.

  We present the plans.

Munich - SPD and Greens are planning an

.

The Münchner Verkehrsgesellschaft (MVG) is to commission feasibility studies.

The wish is to have the routes implemented by 2035.

A new

could lead from the main train station to the north on the partially existing track structure and drive via the stop Hochschule München, Nordbad, Petuelring and along Schleißheimer Straße.

This is followed by a junction in the form of a “Y” - to the northwest towards the north urban development area and to the east to the “Am Hart” underground station.

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An

could be based on the lines of the busy Metrobus 55th

The expansion would initially take place as far as Neuperlach Zentrum.

The possibility of extending it via Waldperlach to Putzbrunn should be taken into account in the planning.

Furthermore, the Greens and SPD imagine a

, which could relieve the bus lines X30 and 54 over the Brudermühlbrücke.

A route Waldfriedhof (Fürstenrieder Straße) - Harras - Candidplatz - Tegernseer Landstraße (new line) with continuation towards Ostbahnhof (and a new line along Welfenstraße) is conceivable.

Another route, the

, could eventually lead from today's Kreillerstrasse stop along Wasserburger Landstrasse out of town to Haar.

It would represent an upgrade and capacity expansion of the popular public transport axis in the east of Munich.

Under the working title

, the public transport network south of the U3 is to be upgraded, which so far only consists of buses.

A rail-bound capacity expansion relieves the bus lines and opens up the development areas along and south of Drygalski-Allee.

Munich: In the northeast, a ring closure is to bring two trams together

In addition, the majority of the town hall wishes to develop a ring connection between

via Johanneskirchen with

coming from the south in order

to develop the SEM Nordost area

.

This is to be done by extending the route over Eggenfeldner / Rappelhofstrasse and Rennbahnstrasse.

@GrueneRathaus_M and @RathausSPD will apply for five new # tram routes - by 2028 trains could go to #Neuperlach Zentrum, on # Welfenstrasse, to Haar and on # Brudermühlbrücke # Munich pic.twitter.com/DuYZROgIYf

- Sascha Karowski (@skarowski) November 26, 2020

"In order to achieve the ambitious goals of the traffic turnaround, tramway tangents are urgently needed," says SPD city councilor Nikolaus Gradl.

“With a tram construction offensive, we want to set the course for a tramway ring and faster connections.” Green City Councilor Paul Bickelbacher adds: Connecting public transport makes the construction of new tram routes an urgent task of Munich's transport policy. "

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