MUNICH Transport (MVG) opened the first section of the city’s 8.3km West Tangent Light Rail project on February 28. Approximately 1.5km of new infrastructure runs north-south between Fürstenrieder Strasse and Ammerseestrasse, used by new Line 14 services, initially running between Pasing station and Gondrellplatz every 10 minutes during the day and every 20 minutes at other times.
The new section includes two new stops, at Laimer Platz where there is interchange with metro Line U5, and at Aindorferstrasse. Construction is underway on the rest of the line that will serve the city’s western suburbs, connecting Romanplatz in the north with Aidenbachstrasse in the south, where there will be an interchange with Line U3, via Laim and Holzapfelkreuth, where there will be an interchange with Line U6.
MVG expects the next section, from Ammerseestrasse to Waldfriedhof and Aidenbachstrasse, to open in 2028. Completion of the line between Fürstenrieder Strasse and Romanplatz depends on the completion of a tunnel at Laim S-Bahn station, which is being built by German Rail (DB) as part of Munich’s second S-Bahn project. This is scheduled for 2028.
“West Tangent Light Rail is one of Munich's largest and most important infrastructure projects in recent years,” says deputy mayor Dominik Krause. “It closes a gap in our route network, which was previously strongly orientated towards the city centre.
“I am glad that we have resumed the expansion of the light rail network after a break of almost a decade and that we can celebrate the opening of the first phase just 22 months after construction started.”
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