By bike to the S-Bahn: 482 modern parking spaces are available
Created: 08/16/2022, 17:10
By: Peter Herrmann
Ceremonial act: The red ribbon in front of the new bicycle parking spaces was cut on Tuesday (photo above, from left) Environmental and climate protection manager Vivian Horngacher, Michael Fischhaber from the municipal utility, Frauke Kracker from DB station management, Johannes Wiedenbauer from the city’s technical building authority, Deputy Mayor Günther Eibl and Johannes Thiel from the DB Bike + Ride offensive.
© Sabine Hermsdorf-Hiss
The city of Wolfratshausen and Deutsche Bahn are opening 482 covered and illuminated parking spaces at the station.
They are designed to make life easier for cyclists.
Wolfratshausen – In the last meeting before the summer break, Mayor Klaus Heilinglechner announced the official inauguration.
Exactly three weeks later, his deputy Günther Eibl, together with project participants from Deutsche Bahn (DB) and the city, grabbed the scissors on Tuesday to cut the red ribbon in front of the new bicycle parking spaces at the station.
Environmental and climate protection manager Vivian Horngacher then gave impressive numbers.
There are now 482 bicycle parking spaces available around the station.
440 of them are located in the two-storey building on Sauerlacher Straße, which is covered and illuminated on both sides.
Another 18 also covered and illuminated parking spaces are behind the taxi rank.
Johannes Wiedenbauer demonstrates how to stow a bicycle in the collective locking system.
© Sabine Hermsdorf-Hiss
Wolfratshausen: New parking facility for bicycles at the train station
A collective locking system that offers space for 24 bikes also ensures maximum security.
Unlike the free facilities on Sauerlacher Strasse and at the taxi rank, users can book a seat online at www.rad-safe.de and then receive an access code.
"To open the sliding door, the bicycle owner enters the code into the electronic control terminal," explained Horngacher.
A parking space in the collective locking system costs one euro per day.
The weekly and monthly fee is five and 10 euros respectively.
70 euros per year are due.
The creation of the parking spaces in Wolfratshausen is a result of the Bike + Ride offensive, which is based on a cooperation between the Federal Ministry for the Environment and Deutsche Bahn.
"The aim of the offensive is to create more space for bicycles at train stations in order to promote the climate-friendly combination of cycling and train travel," reported Johannes Thiel, who was involved in the DB project.
In cooperation with the municipalities, an additional 100,000 bike + ride parking spaces are to be created across Germany by the end of 2022.
Train station should become even more attractive
"In Wolfratshausen, switching from the bicycle to the S-Bahn is already easier," Günther Eibl welcomed the measure.
The deputy mayor took advantage of the offer on the opening day, parked his bike and took the next train to Munich.
Environmental manager Vivian Horngacher calculates that the new bicycle parking spaces will save around 321 tons of CO2 emissions.
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In addition to the modern parking facilities, other measures are intended to increase the attractiveness of the station.
For example, the Park + Ride car park on Sauerlacher Strasse was resurfaced and a flower strip was created next to the bus station.
"Two more trees will be planted here as part of the replacement planting concept," promises Horngacher.
In addition, digital displays, so-called dynamic passenger information systems, go into operation at the roundabout in front of Bahnhofstrasse and on Sauerlacher Strasse.
In the future, they will inform passengers about the actual departure and arrival times of the S-Bahn and the bus lines operating at the station.
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