Munich–Lindau line enters electrified service
- Location
- Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg (Geltendorf–Buchloe–Memmingen–Leutkirch–Lindau) · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Project
- Munich–Lindau railway upgrade (ABS 48) – electrification and expansion
- Investment
- approx. EUR 440 million (whole project, as of 2017; incl. approx. EUR 100 million for noise protection)
- Status
- Completed / in operation (since timetable change on 13 December 2020)
The roughly 197-kilometre Munich–Lindau line was fully electrified and upgraded for tilting-train operation as part of Ausbaustrecke 48 (construction started March 2018). Since the timetable change on 13 December 2020, electric, curve-optimised trains have run from Munich via Lindau toward Zurich, cutting travel time by about 40 minutes. The project's 2017 budget totalled around EUR 440 million, including roughly EUR 100 million for noise-protection measures alone.
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