What is the Vienna U-Bahn?
What is the Vienna U-Bahn?
The Vienna U-Bahn is one of the two rapid transit systems for Vienna, Austria, while the other one is called S-bahn. Five lines and a total of 98 U-bahn stations serves the capital of Austria.
When was the first U-Bahn line built?
The modern U-Bahn opened on 25 February 1978 (after test operations began on 8 May 1976), but two of the lines extended and later designated as U-Bahn (U4, U6) date back to the Stadtbahn (“city railway”) system, which opened in 1898. Parts of the U2 and U6 lines began as subway tunnels built to accommodate earlier tram lines.
What is the U-Bahn (aka the Berlin metro)?
The metro, also called U-Bahn, belongs to the Wiener Linien company, which also owns other trains, as well as buses. The metro is ridden by over 1.2 million people per day, which makes the U-Bahn one of the most ridden metros in the world.
How many people ride the Vienna U-Bahn every day?
More than 1.3 million passengers rode the Vienna U-Bahn every day in 2009, and 567.6 million passengers used the U-Bahn in 2011, which declined to 428.8 million passengers in 2013. The network is undergoing expansion and rolling stock renewal.
How to get to Vienna City Hall by train?
5) Vienna City Hall: The trip lasts 14 minutes. From the Stephansplatz station, take a U3 train in the metro towards Ottakring for three minutes. Get off at Volkstheater. Walk four minutes to the platform with a U2 train from the metro going to Seestadt, and board this train for two minutes.
How to get from Vienna airport to Wien-Mitte by Metro?
The Flughafen Wien-Schwechat (Vienna International Airport) is the city’s airport. The metro does not go directly to the airport. Instead, you need to make a connection with the trains of the S-Bahn. From the airport, take an S-Bahn train in line S7 towards Floridsdorf (costs less than €5) and arrive to Wien-Mitte station.