RAW Neuaubing

The Reichsbahn Ausbesserungswerk (RAW) Neuaubing was located in the southwest of Munich, on the Munich-Herrsching rail line. Originally, the plant opened as Centralwerkstätte Aubing in 1906 to relieve the Centralwerkstätte München west of the main train station. Here, freight cars and later passenger cars were maintained and repaired, and switches were manufactured. As a result of the increase in railroad operations, the plant expanded steadily. During the Nazi era, it was transformed into a “NS model company” according to National Socialist guidelines. During World War II, the Reichsbahn was a key player in wartime logistics. Maintenance, repairs, and conversions of locomotives and railcars performed at the RAWs were “essential to the war effort.” Quite a few trains came directly from front-line service to Neuaubing for repair, where hospital trains and “Ostloks” (trains with frost protection equipment) were now also made. The Neuaubing RAW used more than 1,300 forced laborers of various nationalities, which accounted for more than half of the workforce. In the second half of the 20th century, the plant was modernized, but lost its importance due to technological advances. In 2001, Deutsche Bahn finally shut it down. Some buildings are listed and are used commercially today. On other parts of the site there are residential houses.