Munich: SEV from the main train station to Starnberg – funny idea

The anger about the railway is so great that even good ideas tend to get lost. Something can be done with the SEV. Not only does the abbreviation stand for new rail transport involving chaos. In the SEV, which has been there since Saturday, on the Werdenfelsbahn between Munich Central Station and Starnberg, S stands for sport, E for exercise (both for body and mind) and V for connection (between people ). This is the result of a two week construction site that has been planned for months.

Usually the train from Murnau takes Munich almost an hour. This is fast, but also unhealthy, while you are sitting there motionless. That is why the railway uses the SEV to train the passengers. She gives them the time they need to do this: the average travel time turns into a good two hours.

Go to Munich! In Starnberg, the crowd of travelers from the railway underpass runs to the right because of the lack of signs. There are a lot of buses, so we have to move on. wrong! The SEV starts on the left. So everything turns around, in the middle of the street. The back and forth helps the heart and the circulation, and the distance is also good for the woman with a walker. The fact that there are only two buses running for a full train on Saturday lunchtime and many passengers are left behind is certainly something that DB has thought through. Standing in the fresh air is a relief. And the older woman? Her private seat is built into the walker.

A family of six on their way back from holiday will no longer be taken with them. This makes your monotonous journey back to the Sauerland exciting and different. When is the next bus coming? Can we get the connection in Munich? Mummy is looking for other options: arriving around three in the morning? Want to rent a car on your next vacation? The family organizes a large taxi, cost estimate to the main train station: around 80 euros.

Anyone who waits half an hour for the next bus will be happy with their education in Munich. Due to the construction work at the train station, the bus will stop on Elisenstraße and when you get out you will come on a cycle path. Everyone is now so agile that they can quickly jump to the side in front of any rider. You have to be even faster if the luggage is stored in the trunk on the driver’s side: you have to avoid cars when loading them.

With the SEV stop on Elisenstrasse, the railway also considered the mental training of the passengers. How do you get to the main station? Signs would be for lazy people. Anyone who makes their way through Lämmerstrasse, Hirtenstrasse and Pfefferstrasse around Munich’s city center will learn that pedestrians sometimes have to share the pavement with waiting taxis.

A couple from Switzerland who just left Elisenstrasse are already planning their return trip. Where do you go to Starnberg? Suddenly opposite, at the Luisengymnasium. With binoculars you might see the purple SEV logo there. The couple thank each other and smile in a friendly way The train understands each other. SEV promotes connections between people.

Anyone who wants to go further into the Alps is being challenged

Anyone who arrives at the main train station and wants to continue on to the Alps will be very challenged. “Train cancelled,” is what the scoreboard says. A sign at the Starnberg wing station, where the Werdenfelsbahn starts, to the SEV stop? Oh, there’s the DB Navigator for smart customers. Then you find out about the SEV and: “The bus doesn’t stop at the train station. “It’s mysterious. What next? Maybe just on platform 26 to the platform, from there you can see the big SEV logo on Arnulfstrasse. There is a small map below with bilingual information: “Direction Passing”. The DB also thinks about international travelers, and they certainly know that “Pasing” is not something to eat. But where does this go? And doesn’t the bus go to Starnberg via Pasing? Doesn’t matter. The walk in “Direction Passing” to Elisenstrasse continues over two zebra crossings, four tram tracks and two traffic lights.

The SZ asked the DB questions about his fitness program. The detailed answers are late, half a day is not enough. But that’s what she tells you: you’re drawing on experiences from previous closures, SEV “often takes some getting used to at first”, but you’re making changes.

If the fun is not enough for you, you should enter a full bus. This allows standing room and extends the journey: with passengers standing, a bus can travel at a maximum speed of 60, even on the highway. If, on the other hand, everyone is sitting and there is no traffic, this spoils the pleasure of the fitness-obsessed traveler: then the bus to Starnberg will not take the 70 minutes which was promised. You arrive half an hour early.