Volksfest capacity in the thousands and offer live music, being a favourite place for patrons to spend the evening. The Oktoberfest is the world's biggest Volksfest and occurs yearly in Munich. Admission to a Volksfest and the beer tents is free however you have to pay for each ride or game separately. In contrast to traveling carnivals in the USA, each ride in a Volksfest is independently run so tickets for several rides are uncommon. Inside the beer tents there are usually tables that can be reserved, while the rest are on a first-come, first-served basis. There is at least one
Munich S-Bahn five eastern branches. Operational requirements have changed several times, particularly due to line extensions, resulting in random numbering in the east. Two lines end at Munich East station ("Ostbahnhof"), these are currently S 1 and S 6. The first change was made in June 1991 when the branch to Ebersberg changed from S 4 to S 5 as a requirement to shorten the travel time to and from Herrsching. The line to Wolfratshausen was first called the S 10, but when it was connected to run over the trunk line it was changed to the S 7. The S-Bahn branch