School Bus

School Bus in the School Year 2025/2026

NEW: An online application is only possible for pupils in primary school years 1 to 4 (P1 to P4).

For the 2025/2026 school year, pupils in primary school year P5 may ONLY apply for Public Transport – MVV Card.

The following are entitled to transport on a school bus:

• primary school pupils (P1 to P4) who have a one-way journey to school of 2 km (shortest walking distance, measured using Google Maps or the Bavarian Spatial Information System (RISBy)
• have NOT applied for the 365-euro ticket
• kindergarten children with special arrangements.

When planning the transport, an MVG stop is sought within a radius of up to 1 km from the flat.

SPECIAL REGULATIONS:

Use of the school bus by kindergarten children:

The kindergarten child has a sibling (only P1 to P4) at primary school who is also scheduled to travel on a school bus. Only in this special case will the kindergarten child be scheduled by the City of Munich on the same bus as a gesture of goodwill and only as long as the bus has free seats.

Please submit the applications at the same time. Please note, however, that a kindergarten child may have to give up his/her seat to an authorised pupil (P1 to P4) during the school year if this seat is required for his/her transport. There is no entitlement to an obligation to be taken along.

Use of the school bus by primary school pupils in P5:

This option will be available in the 2025/2026 school year for siblings (P1 to P4) on the bus. As soon as the routes and bus lines have been determined by the City of Munich and the bus sizes have been determined by the City of Munich and the bus sizes have been determined, we will try to include the pupils in the existing lines. We will let you know in October 2025 whether these P5 pupils will then have this option. Transport by school bus would then be possible from November 2025.

•  P5 pupils must then return the €365 ticket they have been issued.
• Please note, however, that a P5 pupil may have to relinquish their seat to an authorised pupil (P1 to P4) during the school year if this is required for their transport.
• Siblings: P5 pupils and KG1/KG2 kindergarten children are not entitled to transport on a school bus.
• The following rules apply to the allocation of seats on a school bus for P5 pupils with siblings (P1-P4): Firstly, seats on a school bus will be allocated to P5 pupils* who have at least one sibling (P1 to P4) who is also scheduled for the school bus and secondly, on the condition that an email has been sent to the EV-ESM Office that there is interest in bus transport for the P5 pupil*. A decision as to whether a P5 pupil has a place on the bus will be made after the time of receipt of the email indicating interest in bus transport.

Note on our own behalf:

• The ESM Parents’ Association (EV-ESM) has NO influence on the selection of the transport companies commissioned by the City of Munich. The contract is awarded as part of a Europe-wide tender.
• In addition, both the routes and the allocation of pupils to buses, school taxis etc. will be organised by the City of Munich and NOT by the parents’ association, as is the case every year.
• If a pupil is allocated to a taxi, the child seat obligation must be observed. The child’s own booster seat should be taken to school and then on the return journey home.
• The stops and departure times can be changed at any time by the City of Munich.
• In the 2025/2026 school year, the journey times to and from school may be extended for reasons beyond our control or that of the City of Munich. However, the journey times to school should not exceed 1 hour.
• In the 2025/2026 school year, pick-up and drop-off stops may be organised that are not in the immediate vicinity of the home addresses.
• We would also like to draw your attention once again to the fact that the drivers do not provide childcare, i.e. parents must be at the bus stop in good time if they want to ensure that their children are not left alone on the road. This also applies to kindergarten children.
• In special cases (significant delays or complete cancellations), the transport companies will inform the EV-ESM and/or the school so that the parents concerned and the school can be informed promptly, e.g. by email or telephone.
• Please also note that the return journey of the school buses/taxis of the City of Munich is scheduled after school lessons.

The annual administration fee for the transport service is €15 per child/per application. The administration fee will be invoiced at the beginning of the school year.

We cannot guarantee a place on the school bus/school taxi for bookings made after 04 May 2025 or, in the case of late registrations, longer processing times are to be expected in the first few months of the new school year. This also applies in the event of relocation and for newly enrolled ESM pupils.

Here you will find the bus rules – Busregeln für Kinder – for children travelling by school bus/taxi.