Subway of Vienna

The network of the subway of Vienna , most important of Austria, is composed of the U-Bahn , the subway strictly speaking, as well as Schnellbahn and Regionalbahn , equivalents of the Parisian RER. The three are inter-connected and the transport documents are common to the three in the zone of urban tariffing.

There is no systematic access control to the subway, but of the controllers circulate regularly (as a civilian) in the stations and the oars to check the tickets.

The network of subway strictly speaking does not comprise a center or of hub (like Châtelet in Paris), even if stations like Opéra and Vienna Center - Landstrasse see passing three lines or more. In the same way, the historical heart of the city, the cathedral Saint-Etienne, is often indicated by a symbol " City" in the center of the plan of subway (lines U1 and U3).

Lines

U-Bahn

The subway of Vienna opened in 1898, two years before that of Paris. It circulates on Rail S and rolls on the right. In 2006, the network counts five lines, adding up 65 km and 90 stations. The subway approximately circulates 5 a.m. of the morning at midnight and half. The day, the subway circulates with a frequency from two to five minutes, and after 8 p.m., from seven to eight minutes.

Each underground line has a distinctive color, which is included in all the stations composing it.

Since 2005, work is in hand to prolong the U2 line. The prolongation of the U2 line towards the east in particular aims at serving the access to the stage Ernst-Happel (accessible by tram and bus before 2008), for Championnat of Europe of football 2008.

There does not exist U5 line, this number having been allotted when designing network to a nonrealizable line with the means of the time, and the building site of the line undertaken forever. It is however envisaged to build a sixth underground line (U5) by 2020.

S-Bahn

The Schnellbahn (not shortened in S-Bahn as in Germany) is connected with a train with frequent stops downtown, like the Parisian RER. It circulates on the left (like the trains in France), except notable for the S45 line, which circulates like the U-Bahn , on the right.

The most important lines (of S1 with S15) circulate all on a common section of 13 km in the center of Vienna, composed of 10 stations of which Floridsdorf (left bank of the Danube, in north), the station of Northern Vienna, that of Vienna Center, the station Rennweg, and the stations of Southern Vienna and Vienna Meidling (not served by S7). On this section, the trains are frequent and the interval between two trains is equivalent to that of the U-Bahn . Apart from this central common section, the trains circulate at a less important frequency and the travellers must consult the schedules of passage (often respected, but not always, generally because of work of maintenance on the ways).

S1 Gänserndorf - Wien Floridsdorf - Wien Meidling - Wien Liesing - Wiener Neustadt Hbf
S2 Laa/Thaya - Mistelbach - Wien Floridsdorf - Wien Meidling - Wien Liesing - Wiener Neustadt Hbf
S3 Hollabrunn - Wien Floridsdorf - Wien Meidling
S7 Wien Floridsdorf - Rennweg - Airport - Wolfsthal ( Preßburger Bahn , or " train of Bratislava")
S8 Wittmannsdorf - Wien Südbahnhof
S9 Gänsendorf - Mödling
S15 Wien Floridsdorf - Wien Meidling - Wien Hütteldorf
S40 Wien Franz-Josefs-Bahnhof - Tulln Stadt ( Franz-Josefs-Bahn )
S45 Wien Hütteldorf - Handelskai ( Wiener Vorortelinie )
S50 Wien Westbahnof - Tullnerbach-Pressbaum
S60 Wien Südbahnhof - Neusiedl amndt See
S80 Wien Südbahnhof - Hausfeldstraße

Regionalbahn

The Regionalbahn , or regional network, serves the same stations as the Schnellbahn on its section common to the center of Vienna, but carries out less stops in the outskirts of the city of Vienna more quickly to serve the close cities in Low-Austria (Wiener Neustadt, Retz, Hollabrunn), in Moravie of the south (Břeclav), and the west of the Slovakia (Bratislava) and of the Hungary (Sopron).

To note that these trains all are air-conditioned and individual seats, removable shelves, and toilets offer. They are indicated by the letter " R" followed by four digits.

Subway and trains broad outlines

Like Paris, the stations broad outlines of Vienna are termini. A correspondence in the train in Vienna thus generally implies a change of station. However, in 2005, there was only one tram (or a way with correspondence), but not of subway or direct Schnellbahn to connect the most important stations broad outlines, Western Vienna and Southern Vienna. The way in the tram or the subway (with change) between the two stations lasted approximately 20 minutes.

It is envisaged into 2010 to create a new station broad outlines, Vienna-Europe Zentralbahnhof , between Southern Rennweg and Vienna, to connect the rail networks western, northern, (both Western Vienna termini in 2005), south and is (both Southern Vienna termini in 2005).

Thus, the traveller carrying out the way Milan - Budapest or Brno - Zagreb will not be obliged any more to change station in Vienna (nor probably of train either).

Stations

Access

The stations are is with central quay (the same quay gives access to two directions), with center lanes (the trains pass each other in the middle of the station, the quays being located on both sides ways), where with separate quays (only one visible direction per quay).

The access for people to reduced mobility (armchair) is ensured in the majority of the stations of the lines U1, U2, U3 and U4 whose trains are with lowered floor (on the level of the quay). It is also the case for the stations of U6 or the Schnellbahn , but only certain trains offer an access to lowered floor.

Aspect

Certain stations are true works of Article Certaines (as the station of Hietzing on U4) are of style baroque and were carried out for the imperial period (years 1900). Others are examples of architecture Jugendstil (Art nouveau), like the station Karlsplatz (U1, U2, U4).

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