As of: February 6, 2024, 1:00 p.m
By: Tanja Brinkmann
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Since the beginning of January, the last bus to Grainau leaves Sebastianskircherl at 7:10 p.m.
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An evening in Garmisch-Partenkirchen ends early for everyone who wants to take the bus back to Grainau.
The last one starts at 7:14 p.m. at the train station.
If you want to go back later, you have to walk or take a taxi.
There is no remedy in sight.
Those responsible are initially hoping for a return to hourly operations.
Grainau
– The two young women stand there pretty much at a loss.
The timetable information from Deutsche Bahn is apparently incorrect.
They have long since missed the last bus to Grainau.
He left the train station in Garmisch-Partenkirchen at 7:14 p.m.
Two hours later, as stated in her app, there has been no connection to her vacation spot since this year.
The train towards Reutte, which would have brought them to the stop in Untergrainau at 8:04 p.m., is also gone.
However, this doesn't bother the holidaymakers much; from there it would take them about half an hour to get to their accommodation.
So they immediately discard the idea of a compassionate local to simply walk the whole way, which according to Google Maps would take more than an hour and a half.
“Then we’ll have to take a taxi,” says one of the early 20-year-olds resignedly.
And thus reduce your vacation budget.
Anyone traveling to Grainau by bus or train must therefore avoid evening trips to Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
“The small towns in the district in particular are often difficult to reach without your own car,” says district office spokesman Stephan Scharf.
“The urban centers of Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Murnau themselves have a very high volume of traffic.
Transit traffic and day tourism don't make the situation any easier either." Everyone who deals with the topics of mobility and climate protection is aware of this.
Mayor hopes to return to hourly schedules
“That’s not how it works,” emphasizes Stephan Märkl (CSU).
The mayor of Grainau had assumed that the last bus from the market town's train station would leave for his hometown at 9:14 p.m.
He only found out that this was not the case when asked by Tagblatt.
Although neither the town hall nor the tourist administration have received any complaints, he still demands: “This has to be improved.” Of course, he is aware of how difficult the current situation is.
The shortage of bus drivers in particular is a dilemma that cannot be solved overnight.
One thing is certain: connections to public transport remain a dominant issue in Grainau.
In the long term, Märkl hopes to return to hourly cycles.
Scharf can only agree with this: “The two-hour service to Eibsee is currently only planned until March 31st.” After that, the bus should run every hour again - this is what the tender that will run after the Eibsee transport company has ended.
“However, it is not yet possible to say,” the spokesman says, “whether a bus company can be found that has enough drivers available to offer a stable hourly service.” So it remains exciting for everyone who takes the train or bus are as dependent as the two holidaymakers.