The Markt Schwaben–Erding railway is a 13.63 km-long branch line in

Upper Bavaria Upper Bavaria (german: Oberbayern, ; ) is one of the seven administrative districts of Bavaria, Germany. Geography Upper Bavaria is located in the southern portion of Bavaria, and is centered on the city of Munich, both state capital and seat o ...

in Germany and now part of line S 2 of the

Munich S-Bahn The Munich S-Bahn (german: S-Bahn München) is an Railway electrification system, electric rail transit system in Munich, Germany. "S-Bahn" is the German abbreviation for ''Stadtschnellbahn'' (literally, "urban rapid rail"), and the Munich S-Bahn ...

Erding Erding () is a town in Bavaria, Germany, and capital of the rural district of the same name. It had a population of 36,469 in 2019. The original Erdinger Weissbier is a well-known Bavarian specialty. Erding is located around 31 kilometers nor ...

made an unsuccessful bid for the

Munich–Mühldorf railway The Munich–Mühldorf railway is a 74 .8 km long main line in the German state of Bavaria, which opened on 1 May 1871. It runs from Munich East station via Markt Schwaben and Dorfen to Mühldorf. The travel time between Munich East and M� ...

to run through the town; instead it was built a few kilometres south of the town. Other suggested links (to

Freising Freising () is a university town in Bavaria, Germany, and the capital of the Freising ''Landkreis'' (district), with a population of about 50,000. Location Freising is the oldest town between Regensburg and Bolzano, and is located on the Is ...

Passau Passau (; bar, label=Central Bavarian, Båssa) is a city in Lower Bavaria, Germany, also known as the Dreiflüssestadt ("City of Three Rivers") as the river Danube is joined by the Inn from the south and the Ilz from the north. Passau's popu ...

Rosenheim Rosenheim is a city in Bavaria, Germany. It is an independent city located in the centre of the district of Rosenheim (Upper Bavaria), and is also the seat of its administration. It is located on the west bank of the Inn at the confluence of the ...

) were rejected by the railway board. On 8 March 1869, it was announced that the town would be connected to the railway network by a secondary railway (then called a ''Vizinalbahn'' in Bavaria) from Schwaben (now

Markt Schwaben Markt Schwaben is a town in Bavaria, Germany. It lies roughly 23 km east of Munich on the northern edge of the Upper Bavarian district of Ebersberg. Neighbouring communities are Anzing, Forstinning, Pliening and Poing, (all in Ebersberg di ...

) to Erding. The contract for the construction of this railway was signed on 9 May 1870 by the town of Erding and the Head Office of the Royal Transport Institution (german: Generaldirektion der königlichen Verkehrsanstalten). The line was opened on 16 November 1872. The line branches off the Munich East–Mühldorf line in Markt Schwaben and runs to the north. The next stop is Ottenhofen station. Wifling station was opened in 1922 and was closed on 22 May 1971. This is followed by St. Koloman station, opened on 1 June 1890, and Aufhausen station, which since 1972 has been incorporated in Erding. Altenerding station was opened on 1 May 1899 in the then independent municipality and a second track was built to allow trains to cross in preparation for the introduction of the 20 minute interval services on the Munich S-Bahn in 1981. At Erding Station there was formerly a siding leading to Erding Air Field. The line is single track throughout, with crossing loops at the stations of Ottenhofen and Altenerding. The terminal station of Erding has two tracks next to a central platform and train stabling sidings. Electrification of the line was completed on 7 September 1970. Since 1972, the line has been part of the Munich S-Bahn. As part of the "

Erding Ring Closure The Erding ring closure (german: Erdinger Ringschluss) is a project to build a long, double-track railway that is planned to run from Freising via Munich Airport to Erding. Route Line 5559 would run from Freising station as a four-track line tog ...

" (''Erdinger Ringschluss'') it is proposed that the line will be extended to the north-west to

Munich Airport Munich International Airport- Franz Josef Strauß (german: link=no, Flughafen München) is an international airport serving Munich and Upper Bavaria. It is the second-busiest airport in Germany in terms of passenger traffic after Frankfurt A ...

. The S-Bahn will be extended to

. The "Walpertskirchen Clasp" (''Walpertskirchener Spange'') to the Munich–Mühldorf line would also provide a connection to the east.

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