Munich East–Deisenhofen railway - Wikipedia

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München Ost–Deisenhofen railway
Flying junction in Giesing
Overview
Line number	5551
Locale	Bavaria, Germany
Service
Route number	999.3
Technical
Line length	13.0 km (8.1 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	15 kV/16.7 Hz AC overhead catenary
Operating speed	120 km/h (74.6 mph) (max) with 2 sections of 100 km/h (62.1 mph) only
Route map Legend from Mühldorf and Rosenheim 0.0 Munich East S-Bahn trunk line to Munich Hbf South Ring 1.2 München St.-Martin-Straße from Munich East marshalling yard 2.2 München-Giesing Middle Ring (B2R) 3.5 München Frankenwaldstr. to Kreuzstraße 4.4 München-Fasangarten 543 m 5.7 Fasanenpark 7.4 Unterhaching 558 m 8.9 Taufkirchen 563 m A 995 11.0 Furth (b Deisenhofen) from Munich Hbf 13.4 Deisenhofen 596 m to Holzkirchen Source: German railway atlas[1]

The Munich East–Deisenhofen railway is a continuously-electrified, double-track, railway in the German state of Bavaria. It connects Munich East station with Deisenhofen and was opened on 10 October 1898.

Today the line is used by Munich S-Bahn trains. The whole length of the line is served by S-Bahn line S 3 (Mammendorf–Holzkirchen). Between Munich East and Munich-Giesing it is also served by line S 7 (Wolfratshausen–Kreuzstraße).

Between Munich East station and the flying junction between Munich-Giesing and Fasangarten stations the line is one of the few in Germany that has traffic running on the left. This feature allows S-Bahn services from München St.-Martin-Straße to be inserted into the S-Bahn line at Munich East while simultaneously reversing to run into the S-Bahn tunnel under central Munich or vice versa.