S-Bahn in Munich: problem line? Commuters are “slowly running out of patience”
Failures, delays and no information: the passengers of the S7 are dissatisfied. Justified? The statistics are surprising.
Munich – The S7 – it brings many to despair! “I’m slowly running out of patience, I’m really annoyed about all the delays,” complains Jillian Alice Knull (24) from Aying, for example. She takes the S7 * into town every day – and often has to wait an hour or two. “The line is really damn unreliable,” complains Melanie Meichelbeck (24) from Solln. And the young women are not alone with this feeling.
Munich: Numerous commuters complain about trips with S7
“When I have an appointment in town, I always take the train one train earlier to be on the safe side,” says Jürgen Stanke from Ottobrunn. As a pensioner, he has the time for it. Stanke has been campaigning for the expansion of the S7 in the east for around ten years. The S7 East Plus initiative has existed for eight years. In his eyes: On the other hand, that it is not even adhered to. “It’s a question of the infrastructure,” says Stanke. A mother just has to have trouble with the stroller and die blocking the door – the salad is already there. Because: The route is only single-track in both branches with few or no meeting stops.
Again and again criticism of the S7: The numbers speak a clear language
Is that also reflected in the numbers? The Bavarian Railway Company says: “No.” The punctuality of trains is recorded to the second at around 100 measuring points every day and around the clock, including that of the Munich S-Bahn. The numbers are surprising: up to July 31 of this year, the punctuality rate of the S-Bahn according to BEG (similar to previous years) was 93.5 percent, only 4.5 percent of the train fields. And the S7 does not stand out negatively either. “The punctuality of the S7 does not differ significantly from other lines,” says BEG spokesman Wolfgang Oeser. There is also no trend in terms of the number of kilometers lost, according to which the S7 is particularly badly affected this year.
As far as the infrastructure is concerned, improvement is in sight. Transport Minister Kerstin Schreyer (CSU) recently initiated a corresponding planning agreement with DB as part of the “Bahnausbau Region München” program. The section between Giesing and Kreuzstrasse is to be expanded to two tracks. (A. Wunderlich, pp) * tz.de is part of IPPEN.MEDIA.