Mnchen Munich Bahn Tender

ScopeMnchen U-Bahn is an underground rapid transit network serving Mnchen Munich the capital city of Bavaria Germany. Maintenance and operations of the network are carried out by Mnchner Verkehrsgesellschaft MVG. The subway transport network began its operations in October 1971 and runs for 103.1km. It has eight lines with 100 intermediate stations with interconnections to the S-Bahn system. In addition it has a booster line that operates during peak traffic times. Daily ridership of the subway network is approximately 1.3 million. A new 10.5km-long U9 underground line will run along the route of Impler Poccistrae Esperantoplatz Central Station Pinakotheken Elisabethplatz Mnchner Freiheit. An additional line linking Hauptbahnhof Theresienstrae to be named U29 will also be built. The main station of the line will have an additional subway station along with transfer options for the second main line. The line is expected to be fully automatic and is scheduled to start its operations between 2035 and 2040. The network operates more than 550 trains of Class A Class B and Class C rolling stock types. Class A trains are 37.15m long 3.55m high and 2.90m wide. They have six doors on each side and a seating capacity of 98 in addition to standing room for 192 passengers. Class B train sets have dimensions similar to those of Class A but run on a three-phase current unlike class A which operates by means of a direct current motor. Stadtwerke Mnchen awarded a 185m 240m contract to Siemens Mobility for the manufacture of 21 six-car units of Type C2.11. Some of these units will replace the 40-year-old Class A rolling stock on the subway network. The maximum speed of the new rolling stock is around 80kmph to 90kmph. Two more options were included in the contract to order an additional 23 six car train sets for delivery in 2016 and 2020. Plans are in place to replace approximately 60 of the networks existing fleet by 2025. A sample C2 train set was unveiled in October 2012 and the first of 21 six-car trains entered passenger service in June 2016 on the U6 line between Kieferngarten and Garching Forschungszentrum. The train has 220 seats with a capacity to carry 720 passengers.