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My Maps (Line drawing by JHS, to
avoid copyright problems).
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Co Ordinates
For Pedestrians, From TomTom-700 GPS at HolzStr 27d
Stairwell:
- Lat. N 48 07' 46" = 48 07.778' = 48.12964
- Lon. E 11 34' 09" = 11 34.154' = 11.56924
For drivers,: Entry to garage in Wester- muhl- str 1:
- Lat: 48:07:44N (48.1289)
- Lon: 11:34:06E (11.5684)
- X: 1287800m
- Y: 6096500m
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At airport, look for signs to S Bahn. Black "S", Green
circular background. S-Bahn ticket selling machines are near
escalator down to railway. Look for big block of about 4 + 4
blue machines each about 2.5 metres high by a metre wide.
Insert a 10 Euro note or 9.5 Euros of coins (>= 10 cent
coins ) (allow for machine to be over sensitivie as usual
& reject some coins to the same place it also gives
change to & prints ticket to.
Buy either
- The 9.50 Euro (@ Oct 2004 pricing) blue "Streifen
Karten" (Strip ticket). Fold it so it is creased between
"8" & "9", with "8" upward; Insert into small blue
boxes (about 30cm high by 20 cm wide, on vertical pedestals
nearer S Bahn escalator. The Box will stamp it (the Germans
call it `Cancelling' ! )'. The remaining 2 stripes can be
used for later journeys &/or with next "Streifen Karten
you buy. The stamped stripes are only Valid for travel in
one direction, they fine you if humans happen to catch you
overshooting & returning.
- The Gesamt Netz Tages Karte (Day Rover Card) pink
ticket costs: 9 Euro, good for rest of day wherever you go
(it's not a 24 hour card, ticket dies about 3 AM, so Not
valid for a full 24 hours until same time next day.
There's only one platform at the airport, it's at the end of
a branch line. All trains head into the city from there.
Sometimes you get a choice of 2 trains & 2 lines, S8
(Yellow & Black on map) is a bit quicker to Haupt Bahn
Hof (Main Rail Station) than S1 (Light Blue), but they
both go to Haupt Bahn Hof, albeit going through Haupt Bahn
Hof in oposite directions.
Bus Service too I think, to Haupt- Bahn- Hof.
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I'd suggest get off S bahn @ Marien- Platz, (2 stops before
Haupt Bahn Hof if on S8 heading West ), & change to take
the U-Bahn (same ticket still valid), take U3 (Dark Orange on
map) or U6 (Dark Blue) South, Richtung (Direction) {
(U3) Furstenried West, or (U6) Klinikum Gross-Hadern } Trains
aren't labelled with compass direction, just names. Go just 1
stop. Out at Sendlinger Tor.
Or you can get U1 (Green), U2 (Red), U7 (Green + Red), or
U8 (Red + Yellow) from Haupt Bahn Hof { also 1 stop to
Sendlinger Tor. (if you ovesrshoot 1 stop on U1,2,7, or 8
through to Fraunhofer- Str, no problem, it's about
equidistant from Fraunhofer- to Holz- Str 27d.) }
If it's a nice day & you'r not heavily laden you may
prefer to walk to Sendlinger Tor:
- From Haupt- Bahn- Hof, If you'r a computer person
&/or want to look at electronic gadgets en route.
South into Schiller & also check 2 streets off to each
side, ie Schwan- Thaler- Str & Landwehr Str etc. After
that Schiller runs out of shops, bvut keep going South
along it. Allow 20 mins mins if you don't stop.
- From Haupt- Bahn- Hof A better walk for non
techies Busier road. Normal shops. A bit longer. Walk
East, (direction toward city centre - Marien- Platz) to
Karls- Platz ( localy also named Stachus, (after name of a
pub landlord a few of centuries back), Then South along
Sonnen- Str. to Sendlinger Tor.
- From Marien- Platz , South West along Sendlinger
Str. Crowded pavements. Many big general shops. No tech.
shops.
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This is a major rail & road intesection, with many exits.
You need to orient yourself: If the sun is out you need to go
South. If the Sun is not out, look for _the_ Tor. Tor means
gate in German. The Tor is not where you want to go, but with
a map it gives you your orientation. It's a big old red brick
structure set back beyond an open square on which there are
cafe tables in summer. "wo ist das Tor bitte ?" = "Where is
the Tor please?". The Tor is North East of the centre of the
main road junction intersecting Sonnen Str & Lindwurm
Str. Now use your street map (that you printed from this
page), a compass/ the sun, & start by following tram
tracks South, (very slightly downhill) down Muller Str,
toward River Isar, then right into Pestalozzi or (less
efficiently) later right into Holz- Str. It's faster through
Pestalozzi & past Holz Platz (a small square, renamed
about 2000 or so, with permanently closed green/yellow (from
memory) small Gents urinal (permanently closed), because
Holz- Str at this point turns 90 degrees in a dog leg, so
staying on Mullerstr until you pass Holzstr is not shortest
route. Past Holz Platz, Past Apotheke (=Chemist with a big
red "A) Past a few small shops, Past Tengelman (food shop).
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In front of steel gate (large vehicule size), push 27d. Find
button on left, A block is marked "27d" Push STACEY; Speak !
Identify yourself! Or be ignored ! It's a big city,
too many nutters walk by pushing bells at random, &/or addicts wanting to buy
cigarettes from the machine on the wall inide the gate,
distribute freebie junk etc. Once in, keep veering
gently (not sharp) left. 2nd inner courtyard. 3rd staircase.
Push another bell, even if you see me through a window!
Without it I can't activate my door release. Walk left up
half a flight of stairs (Stupid architect ignored
disabled visitors & residents that occasionaly get
ill). Top floor 3 in lift. Please do not arrive contaminating our
air with smoke & assorted tobacco poisonous trace
elements still on clothes & lungs. Start airing off
& reducing your poisons well away outside please, long
before arriving near the staircase !
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This is a much smaller station, only 2 exits, one near river
bridge, one nearer town & me. If you prefer to avoid the
bigger Sendlinger Tor you may think orienting yourself from
here may be easier.
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Could also meet at Marien- Platz but further to walk, not
good with a 20/ 23+ Kg airline case. Marien- Platz meeting
area is smaller than Haupt Bahn Hof, & nicer,
Conventional place people meet is at fish fountain
(maybe known but not signed as Marien- brunn ? Name
not intuitive to non christian German speakers, so look for a
statue in middle of a fountain) above ground, in
front of town hall, a bit East of main entrance, (Right when
looking from square toward gates of Rathaus = town hall. Some
limited rain shelter is provided by town hall nearby.
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Car park garage entrance is not on Holz- Str, but just round
corner from Holz- Str, South East, on Wester- Muhl- Strasse.
Large high & double width aperture in wall sufficient to
take 2 trucks (wider than the available street after cars
parked both sides). On North East side of Wester- Muhl-
Strasse, at North West end of Wester- Muhl- Strasse. Garage
has no public parking spaces, all privately rented except for
Tengelmann food shop customer short term parking. No proof of
being a customer required. Open till at least 20:00. Don't
feel guilty about a short stop, I buy lots there, you could
buy something too if you want, & it's their public access
requirement that has allowed vandals & thieves in to my
car's detriment at least twice over the years. Occasionaly
they chain up their park area after 20:00.
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