24-hour underground service in Vienna
On Friday, 3 September the time will have come: this date marks the start of a new era for night owls, when Wiener Linien, the Vienna Transport Authority, commences 24-hour operation of its underground networkmore...
EU ranking: Vienna has the fifth most extensive underground network
510 million people per year use the Vienna underground. Based on this remarkable figure, Vienna’s underground network is ranked fifth in an EU comparison more...City terminal – Vienna has a new city landing stage
On 15 July 2010 a new landing stage opened in the heart of the city. The City terminal (Schiffstation City) was officially inaugurated and now serves as the home port of the two Twin City Liners which run on the Danube between Vienna and Bratislava every day … more...Safely through the Vienna night by underground train
In February’s consultative referendum, the Viennese people voted for night operation of underground trains at weekends and on the eve of public holidays. 24-hour service will now operate as promised from 3 September more...Vienna Central Station closer to the underground
The Südtiroler Platz stop of the underground line U1 and the suburban train service will be renamed “Vienna Central Station” upon the partial opening of Vienna’s new main railway station in December 2012 more...
| How the trams of the future will save energyThe EcoTram research project combines supreme comfort, the latest technology and environmental awareness in the tram of the future. Under the guidance of Vienna University of Technology more... |
“bahnorama” – the information centre for vienna's main railway station
In the wake of the flying ban in Europe, attention has once again been focused on railway stations, underlining the importance of having a reliable, smooth-running railway system more...Vienna serves as a model for Belgrade underground
The election in August 2008 of Dragan Đilas as Mayor of Belgrade (approx. 1.5 inhabitants plus several hundred thousand more in the environs) marked the start of a new era for public transport more...Vienna’s public transport tops in European test
Vienna heads the European public transport league together with Helsinki and Munich. This is the result of a survey carried out by 16 European motoring clubs. Munich emerged as the winner with the only “very good” ratingmore...
