Improving accessibility by road and rail continues to be of prime importance for Munich Airport. In the rail sector, the phased concept for improving rail access, drawn up jointly with the Bavarian State Ministry of Housing, Construction and Transportation (StMB), was completed in spring 2022.
The phased concept includes service improvements in local and regional transport, but also the long-distance rail link urgently needed to strengthen the competitive position. An investigation is currently underway to determine which service improvements can be implemented in the short term - despite the delay in the second main line. At the same time, talks are underway with the German Federal Ministry of Digital Affairs and Transport on Deutsche Bahn's concept idea of building a new line from Ingolstadt to Munich with a direct link to the airport along the A9.
On November 07, 2022, the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of the section of the Erding ring road to Schwaigerloh took place. Flughafen München GmbH had completed the tunnel extension for this in 2021. On November 28, 2022, the Free State of Bavaria and Deutsche Bahn signed the construction and financing contract for the west flyover. It is scheduled for completion by the end of 2028 and is a key element in improving the quality of rail services at the airport.
Road accessibility in the immediate vicinity of the airport was further improved with the commissioning of the Freising west tangent in January 2022. In addition, traffic has been flowing on the new three-lane expansion of the eastern airport bypass between the ED 7 and B388 junctions since August 2021.