Our goal is simple: safe transport for all pupils from home to school and back.
On the basis of the contract with the Free State of Bavaria, represented by the Bavarian State Ministry of Education and Cultural Affairs, the City of Munich undertakes to organise transport to the European School Munich (ESM) in accordance with the provisions of the law on free travel to and from school and to bear the associated administrative costs.
We work in partnership with the City of Munich and a number of other providers to ensure smooth and reliable transport for all eligible pupils.
The City of Munich provides free school transport in accordance with the law on free travel to and from school (SchKfrG) for all pupils residing in the city up to and including grade S5. Transport is provided to Auguste-Kent-Platz 3 in Munich and to Elise-Aulinger-Straße 21 in Munich. The city area includes the postcodes 80000 to 81999.
For pupils residing outside the city of Munich, the necessary transport costs of 20 per cent are to be borne by the parents themselves on the basis of the contract between the Free State of Bavaria and the City of Munich. This regulation applies to both school locations.
- A possible entitlement to free transport to school is regulated by the law on free transport to school (SchKfrG):
https://www.gesetze-bayern.de/Content/Document/BaySchulKostG/true
as well as
- Regulation on school transport (SchBefV): https://www.gesetze-bayern.de/Content/Document/BaySchBefV/true
Kindergarten children are generally allowed to travel on the bus, provided there are free seats available on the school bus used. There is no entitlement to be taken along.
You can find more information on this in the School Bus section.
Experience from previous school years has shown that transport on a school bus is always very popular. We ask for your understanding that the number of seats on the school buses is only based on the number of eligible pupils.
You can find more information on this in the Public Transport – MVV Card section.
According to § 3 para. 2 SchBefV, transport must be provided primarily by local public transport.
Please check whether your child may be able to travel by public transport (further information can be found under Public Transport – MVV Card ).
Primary school pupils (grades P1 to P5) and secondary school pupils up to grade S5 are entitled to apply for the 365-euro ticket. For secondary school pupils in grades S6 and S7, additional requirements apply.
You can find more information in the Public Transport – MVV Card section.
Please note that you are only entitled to either a school bus or a 365-euro ticket. However, there is no entitlement to transport on the school bus or to the 365-euro ticket.
In the 2025/2026 school year, NO additional transport service – EV-ESM shuttle bus – will be organised by the EV-ESM.
In accordance with legal requirements, local public transport must be used as a priority for transport. A school bus should only be used if it is necessary or more economical overall. Due to the excellent connections to the primary school (Fasangarten S-Bahn station), pupils in grades P3 and P4 should increasingly travel to school using the 365-euro ticket.
Online booking is mandatory for all students in the EV-ESM Booking System who wish to use the service for the coming school year 2025/2026. This also applies to pupils who already used the transport service in the current 2024/2025 school year.
IMPORTANT: For new students at the ESM or OR those who have not used the transport services (KG1, KG2, P1 to P4 >>school bus or MVV card, or P1 to P5 and S1 to S5 >>MVV card) in the 2024/2025 school year, the application must also be submitted in the portal of the City of Munich.
This is possible under the following link:
https://service.muenchen.de/intelliform/forms/01/05/05/kostenfreiheit/index
In consultation with the Department of Education and Sport, Guest and Contract Schools Division, Free Travel to School Department, it is NOT necessary to additionally send the PDF or the proof of school affiliation by post or electronically. It is up to each applicant to print out the PDF and keep the uploaded documents for themselves. For electronic applications for parents of students attending the European School Munich, the instructions in the online service portal are obsolete. Please contact our PA office for further questions or assistance office@ev-esm.org