Hi guys.

I have a trip planned soon to Wien and my connection train is supposed to leave from München. There it says clearly Gl. 5, but on the name of the station as you can see are Gl.5-10 mentioned. What does that even mean? Since the time might be limited (one can expect delays :p) i wanted to ask if anyone got an answer about this.

Thanks!!

by North-Lobster

7 comments

  1. My understanding is because Munich’s HBF is so big, the name is different to let you know what part of the station you will be going to in the case that the exact track is not yet listed. Yours says it is track 5 so that’s all that matters.

  2. gl.5-10 is what the part of the station is called where platform 5 is located, which is a bit of a walk away from where you’re arriving

  3. Platforms 5 through 10 are located a bit further away from the other platforms in Munich. Here is a map that might help you: [https://efa.mvv-muenchen.de/sta/hauptbahnhof.pdf](https://efa.mvv-muenchen.de/sta/hauptbahnhof.pdf)

    The app just wants to inform you that you need to walk a few hundred meters to reach platform 5 from platform 17, where your first train is set to arrive at.

  4. Platforms 5-10 are in their own section a little away from the others so I assume that is what is meant by this – also possible that the train could potentially leave from one of these. Though to be honest the actual platform stated on db (ie 5) is pretty accurate.

  6. you can download a floor plan of the munich station beforehand 🙂 Its a bit confusing as its a giant U and Platgorm 1-10 is reached by walking a long u side along on another platform (when you are looking at the rails in the main hall its the far left side of the hall where you need to walk to 5-10). You need only to go to platform 5. 5-10 is just the name of the section.

  7. Munich main station is flanked by two wing stations (“Holzkirchner Bahnhof”, south, tracks 5-10, and “Starnberger Bahnhof”, north, tracks 27-36), whose tracks end earlier than tracks 11-26. Look [here](https://efa.mvv-muenchen.de/sta/hauptbahnhof.pdf) (left side of the map). Hence the approx. 10 minutes by foot (It’s more like 5 minutes, if you are healthy).

    Don’t ask me where tracks 1-4 are at.

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