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Munich's interurban tram!

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In this video, I explore MVG Tram Line 25 from Munich to Grünwald!

NOTE: While I do say trams were running every 5-10 minutes, this is only true for peak times. Other times, 10-20 minute frequencies are more common.

Works Cited:

“Die Linienchronik Der Linie 25.” Trambahn.de, Freunde des Münchner Trambahnmuseums, 2023, trambahn.org/linie-25/. Accessed 12 Sept. 2025.

“Interurban.” Merriam-Webster, Merriam-Webster, 2025, www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/interurban. Accessed 12 Sept. 2025.

“Linie 25.” Trambahn.de, Freunde des Münchner Trambahnmuseums, www.trambahn.de/linie-25. Accessed 13 Sept. 2025.

Munich, Germany. Google Maps, 12 September 2025. maps.google.com

MVV-Netz in Der Zone M. Münchner Verkehrs- und Tarifverbund GmbH, Jan. 2025, www.mvv-muenchen.de/fileadmin/mediapool/03-Plaene_Bahnhoefe/Netzplaene/Downloads_2025/2025_layout_SURTX_M_SCR.pdf. Accessed 12 Sept. 2025.

Onnich, Klaus. “Geschichte 1900-1914.” Trambahn.de, Freunde des Münchner Trambahnmuseums, 2025, trambahn.org/geschichte-1900-1914/. Accessed 13 Sept. 2025.

“Tram 25.” MVV, Münchner Verkehrs- und Tarifverbund GmbH, 2024, www.mvv-muenchen.de/fileadmin/mediapool/03-Plaene_Bahnhoefe/Minifahrplaene/Tram_25.pdf. Accessed 13 Sept. 2025.

Music used:
"Maple Leaf Rag" (1899) by Scott Joplin
"Original Rags" (1899) by Scott Joplin, arr. Charles N. Daniels

17 Comments

@Manuel-ie7pr 1 year ago

the longest tams has 5 segments (3+2 segments cupelt together to be exact) at the moment

@LunaDragofelis 11 months ago

As for offboard fare payment, in Augsburg, which is the closest city to Munich with its own tram network, all tram stops have fare machines and drivers stopped selling tickets since covid (before then they have only sold single tickets for a long time).

@B903-Biel 12 days ago (edited)

Munich’s Tram-Train: Duewag

@sammymarrco47 1 year ago

Watching this from the CRC Blacksburg Transit route on the way to work at the football game.

@yellowhd2414 9 months ago

A thing to note: The trams that terminate at Großhesseloher Brücke used to be called line 15 up until a few years ago and the historic P-Class tram used to run on route 15

@juleflash54 4 months ago

Schilcherweg is the last stop within city limits

@PascalDragon 9 months ago

The tram carriage you can see on the mural at the Southern terminus of the 25 is a type A tram of which one still exists and which can be visited at the MVG museum. And for very special events it will even be driven somewhere in the tram network like the opening of the tram loop to Pasing Bahnhof in December 2013 where I had the chance to ride with that beauty when it went home from Pasing to Willibaldplatz 😍
Keep a look out for the 150 year anniversary this year cause the MVG plans to do a corso with all the historic tram trains that can still drive 🥰
And special fact about the type A: unlike more modern ones it does not have the usual pantograph you see on modern trams or the slightly older scissor ones, but instead it has a pole with a bar because it was never fully reworked from the time when Munich still used poles as well 😁 (though that makes it a bit more likely that the pole derails)

@TSSaale 1 year ago

I find it impressive that you managed to get an unmodernized R2. I haven't managed that yet!

@bernhardschmalhofer855 11 months ago

Großhesseloher Brücke is the rather beautiful bridge that bridges the Isar valley, https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gro%C3%9Fhesseloher_Br%C3%BCcke . It carries regional trains that go towards the Alps. Every couple of years there is talk about interconnecting the tram with the regional trains at the Großhesseloher Brücke station.

@TFTSB 1 year ago

Hell yeah I love Interurbans!

@MisterCoachDriver 11 months ago

✌🏾

@drdewott9154 11 months ago

Looks like a very neat little suburban line. If you wanna get even more interurban like Ive got some great candidates. In Germany the 2 that come to mind are Karlsruhe and Saarbrucken. All the examples I list are technically tram trains but either have long rural lines entirely to themselves or segments that become trams again further down the line, just like the interurbans of America.
In Denmark in the city of Aarhus you got 2 pretty extreme examples. Alongside the opening of the citys 12km long modern tramway in 2017, 2 regional branch lines out of it, the 28km long Odderbanen, and the 69km long Grenaabanen, got converted to tram operations, with electrification, reworked platforms to tram loading gauges, and additional passage points, allowing higher frequency services. Theyre about as close to a modern day interurban as you can get. And theyre still working on improving the system further. Theyre currently tendering for 8 additional extra large tram trains, and planning to add additional passing loops, which means the entire Odder line and half of the Grenaa line would receive all day 15 minute frequencies. Not bad at all for single tracked regional interurban lines.