Easy to use and find with food and other options - it's one of the hubs for the local stations and…read morewhere you can swap trains and head into other parts of Germany outside of the city of Munich. We transited through here to get to Salzburg and see a few nearby castles while in town for 9 days. We found it a bit more confusing to navigate than the Central Station but were easily able to find snacks and foods for lunch and find our platforms.

Due to its proximity to our Munich hotel, Ostbahnhof was our "home base" when traveling. It's large…read moreand can be a bit confusing (as any subway/train/hub of travel can be to those who aren't used to it), but once you get the hang of the hallways, stairs and turns, it's easy to navigate. We took many a train to and from our second "home base", Marienplatz. The thing that I loved about starting and ending at Ostbhanhof was the fact that we could take practically any train - going in the correct direction, of course - if we wanted to stop at Marienplatz. That meant we rarely had to wait for a train, which was an added bonus, given we were there in the middle of winter, and there is no shelter from the cold, wind and rain on the platforms. Signage is plentiful, there are plenty of ticket machines scattered throughout the station, and one can buy anything from pastries and coffee to lotions and toothpaste without having to leave the relative warmth of the station itself. Our last train out of Ostbahnhof was the one to Salzburg, so we were able to connect locally as well as "internationally". It definitely made it easy for weary travelers, with just a bit of German language on their side.

Not one of the prettiest stations in Munich - but super useful. I used this station almost daily…read moreover 9 days in Munich and this one in particular stops directly at the Hilton and even has it's own entrance to the hotel at one of the exits. There is a ton of shopping here with an Aldi and a local store, a bunch of bakeries and eateries as well as a pharmacy where we got our pre-flight COVID test for return to USA. Central to almost everything and can take you to the main train station in Munich and back to the airport for departure for a reasonable fee.

This is a very useful station. I was based at the Munich Hilton while staying in town and so used…read morethis station several times a day. The location is great...you're five minutes from Marienplatz and it was so easy to get anywhere from here. Additionally, if you're staying at the Hilton (or the Holiday Inn) you can go straight from the train to the hotel without even going outside. Just make sure you exit toward the front of the train if you're coming from the airport. The station was pretty clean and they had chocolate covered peanuts in the vending machine on the platform for only one Euro. Believe me, if you've been drinking somewhere, those are a welcome snack on your way back to your hotel room. At one of the exits, near where you can pick up the tram, the escalator was not working so that knocks it down a star. But I thought this was a great base camp for my Munich adventures.