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Wow 20 minutes per train. Here in Barcelona it's 2-3 minutes between trains. The metro is faster than driving if you're on the same line.

mejutoco 4y ago
I could be mistaken, but what OP is mentioning might be closer to Renfe rodalies/cercanías than the metro (U-bahn). Maybe somebody from Munich can elaborate. Surely U-bahn is not running every 20 minutes in Munich, right?
- rpadovani 4y ago
  Indeed, I explained better here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32222401 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32222401 Sorry for the confusion!
- GekkePrutser 4y ago
  Yeah I get it, I've never been to Munich so I didn't know that. Rodalies is also more like 20 minutes (If you're lucky and it comes at all - lol)
em-bee 4y ago
you can do 2-3 minutes per train when every line has their dedicated tracks. with 7 lines sharing one track in the city center each train can't do better than 7*2 to 7*3, that is 14 to 21 minutes per train.
rpadovani 4y ago
In Munich (as in many other German cities) there are two different systems: S-Bahn, managed by DB (the national railway operator), and U-Bahn, that is your standard subway, managed by a local company (MVG in Munich). The S-Bahn in Munich has only one track in the city center, so there are trains every 3-4 minutes, 20 minutes is on the outskirt. U-Bahn has a 10-minute cadence in the outskirt, and 5-minute on rush hours: in the city center 6 lines become 3, so in there you have 5-minute cadence, and 2.5-minute in the rush hour. I live near both stations, S-Bahn is the quicker way to go to my office, but being the station in the outskirt, I need to know when trains are coming.
- GekkePrutser 4y ago
  Thanks I didn't know the distinction. We also have something similar here for more long distance and less city stations. In fact we have two operators with their own networks! Both are not nearly as frequent or reliable as the metro, sadly.

mejutoco 4y ago

I could be mistaken, but what OP is mentioning might be closer to Renfe rodalies/cercanías than the metro (U-bahn). Maybe somebody from Munich can elaborate. Surely U-bahn is not running every 20 minutes in Munich, right?

rpadovani 4y ago
Indeed, I explained better here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32222401 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32222401 Sorry for the confusion!
GekkePrutser 4y ago
Yeah I get it, I've never been to Munich so I didn't know that. Rodalies is also more like 20 minutes (If you're lucky and it comes at all - lol)

em-bee 4y ago

you can do 2-3 minutes per train when every line has their dedicated tracks. with 7 lines sharing one track in the city center each train can't do better than 7*2 to 7*3, that is 14 to 21 minutes per train.

rpadovani 4y ago

In Munich (as in many other German cities) there are two different systems: S-Bahn, managed by DB (the national railway operator), and U-Bahn, that is your standard subway, managed by a local company (MVG in Munich). The S-Bahn in Munich has only one track in the city center, so there are trains every 3-4 minutes, 20 minutes is on the outskirt. U-Bahn has a 10-minute cadence in the outskirt, and 5-minute on rush hours: in the city center 6 lines become 3, so in there you have 5-minute cadence, and 2.5-minute in the rush hour. I live near both stations, S-Bahn is the quicker way to go to my office, but being the station in the outskirt, I need to know when trains are coming.

GekkePrutser 4y ago
Thanks I didn't know the distinction. We also have something similar here for more long distance and less city stations. In fact we have two operators with their own networks! Both are not nearly as frequent or reliable as the metro, sadly.