Munich Olympiastadion train station
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 View of the platforms
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| Location in the network | Through station |
| Platform tracks | 4th |
| abbreviation | MOLY |
| opening | April 28, 1972 |
| Conveyance | July 8, 1988 |
| location | |
| City / municipality | Munich |
| country | Bavaria |
| Country | Germany |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 10 '44 " N , 11 ° 32' 21" E |
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| Railway stations in Bavaria | |
The former Munich Olympiastadion train station in the north of Munich ( Am Riesenfeld ) was built in the run-up to the 1972 Summer Olympics in order to provide a second high-performance means of transport to the Olympic site in addition to the Munich subway with the Munich S-Bahn . It was finally shut down in 1988 and has since been left to decay as a ghost train station . As part of the “Olympiapark” ensemble , the station is a listed building .
history
From 1858 the railway line to Landshut, which was built by the Royal Privileged Stock Corporation of the Bavarian Eastern Railways , ran in the area . In 1892 the main line was moved further west and the tracks lost their importance.
Shortly before the 1972 Summer Olympics, on April 28, 1972, the newly built station was used for the first time. The Olympic Press City is in the northwest . The station was first used for passenger transport on May 26, 1972 on the occasion of the international soccer match between Germany and the Soviet Union . During the Olympic Games, the S5, S11 and S25 S-Bahn stops there to cope with the influx of visitors. After the games, the station was no longer integrated into the regular S-Bahn system, but was only used sporadically and from August 8, 1984 regularly by the S8 and S11 at all soccer games in the Olympic Stadium.
The station consisted of two central platforms and a total of four tracks. At over 400 meters, the tracks were long enough for two long S-Bahn trains set up one behind the other or for special trains with 15 cars. There was also a fifth bypass to the west. The special S25 line that ran during the Olympic Games was made up of 15 pieces of silver with a class 140 electric locomotive in the middle.
While the two eastern tracks ended here, the other two tracks continued south. The Munich – Landshut railway line was located there in the second half of the 19th century ; A section of the Middle Ring , Landshuter Allee , was later built on this route . Later, a siding to barracks on Dachauer Strasse and, while the station was still in operation, one to the former Moosach gasworks of Stadtwerke München was built. This station was approached via the DB Nordring, which is otherwise only used for freight traffic . During the 1972 Olympic Games, traffic was handled both from the east via Johanneskirchen and from the west via Allach and Moosach , later only from the west.
Due to a tragic accident in which playing children climbed onto parked tank cars and came into contact with the high voltage of the catenary, the largely unused station was closed on July 8, 1988 after the end of the European Football Championship in 1988 . First the contact line was switched off and soon afterwards dismantled. The station has since been left to decay and is therefore considered a ghost station.
During the construction work to extend the U3 subway line to the Olympia shopping center between 2003 and 2006, the tracks were cut in order to create a construction pit ( 48 ° 11 ′ 4.1 ″ N , 11 ° 32 ′ 21.6 ″ E ) for the To erect tunnel construction. The sidings to the Nordring are also no longer passable.
Until the Transrapid Munich project , the Transrapid connection between the main train station and the airport, was discontinued on March 27, 2008, the plan was to build the end of the tunnel from the main train station.
Reuse
The state capital of Munich acquired the 6.7 hectare site from Deutsche Bahn in 2011 . The aim is to improve the cycle path network in Munich and create a high-line- like park aisle towards the Dreiseenplatte . Before use, however, soil pollutants in the form of 'red sands' must first be disposed of, which were found to a considerable extent on the site.
vegetation
Today the station is left to its own devices. Without disturbances and influences it offers a diverse flora growth possibilities. The plants grow mainly in the gravel of the former railroad tracks and in the cracks of the paving slabs of the platforms on raw floors . The ruderal vegetation is recorded as part of the Flora von München project . There are species that are common throughout Bavaria, such as the Florentine hawkweed from the daisy family . The rose-blooming common dost can also be found frequently both in Bavaria and on the platforms, which is also true for the common yarrow . Common spring fingerwort and common bitter herb are also widespread .
The wild carrot and the panicle knapweed like the yellow- blooming hawkweed are mainly found north of the Danube on sandy and gravel soils and were therefore able to gain a foothold on Munich's railway systems. The rosemary fireweed , which is otherwise not widespread in Bavaria, is also typical of Munich . In Bavaria, rare plants such as hyssop , real lavender and creeping medlar can be found at the train station . Winter savory is another rarity . These plants, some of which are also used as spices, presumably come from the balcony plantings of the surrounding high-rise buildings.
It belongs to the Munich green belt .
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ abendzeitung-muenchen.de: ghost tracks are to be retained - Heritage posse to the S-Bahn station "Olympiastadion" , from the evening paper of 12 February 2016 called on February 13 2016th
- ↑ List of architectural monuments in Munich (PDF) of the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation, accessed on February 13, 2016.
- ↑ Abzw Oberwiesenfeld - Munich Olympic Stadium on spurensuche-eisenbahn.de, from April 7, 2013, accessed on February 13, 2016.
- ↑ The history of the MVV on michael-murr.de, accessed on February 13, 2016.
- ↑ Munich S-Bahn - Passed the practical test? in “Der Stadtverkehr” , September 1972
- ↑ The Olympic champion in mass transport on ET420-Online, accessed on February 13, 2016.
- ↑ merkur.de: Skaters want to go to the old Olympic train station , from the Münchner Merkur from December 23, 2015, accessed on December 25, 2015.
- ↑ New cycle path connections for Munich - municipal department acquires land from Deutsche Bahn ( Memento from March 16, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF) on muenchen.de, November 2, 2011.
- ↑ Life should move back into the Olympiabahnhof. Retrieved June 27, 2017 .
- ↑ Anita Naujokat: Expensive Legacy. sueddeutsche.de, February 26, 2016, accessed on February 26, 2016 .
- ↑ Documentation “Round Table” north-south connection on the former S-Bahn line. Retrieved June 27, 2017 .
- ↑ Flora von Munich ( Memento from August 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) on bayernflora.de.
- ↑ Bavarian Botanical Information Center on bayernflora.de, accessed on August 11, 2009.
Web links
- Photo gallery of the S-Bahn station Olympiastadion ( memento from July 19, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) on m96.de
- Pictures of the current state on spurensuche-eisenbahn.de
- Video of a simulated entry into the former S-Bahn station from summer 2014 on YouTube
- Video of the state 2015 on YouTube (14 minutes)