Local public transport in Vienna
Local public transport in Vienna is the most important mode of transport in the Austrian capital. In the so-called modal split , it achieved 39% of all journeys made in Vienna in 2012, the highest proportion of all modes of transport and the highest value of the six largest cities in the country .
Local public transport (ÖPNV) is mainly carried out by two companies: the city-owned Wiener Linien GmbH & Co KG operates the underground , tram and mostly city bus lines, while the federally owned Austrian Federal Railways operates the S-Bahn and regional trains . Lines.
Furthermore, there are the "Badner Bahn" , from how the Wiener Linien owned by Wiener Stadtwerke located Aktiengesellschaft Vienna local railway operated, as well as several private bus companies, on behalf of the Vienna Transport bus routes, mainly in the suburbs, operate. Regional bus routes are operated by ÖBB-Postbus-GmbH . The City Airport Train (CAT), an airport express train operated by City Air Terminal Betriebsgesellschaft mbH , a company of Flughafen Wien AG and ÖBB, has been running since 2004 .
As quick connectors , all lines of train and subway, the CAT and the distance of the local train to be Baden south of Meidling designated.
Public transport in Vienna is coordinated by the Verkehrsverbund Ost-Region (VOR) , which also includes Lower Austria and Burgenland . This includes a common tariff system .
In 2012, an annual ticket for 365 euros was introduced, which is now also considered exemplary for other cities.
tram
Vienna has one of the oldest and densest tram networks in the world. Following a forerunner around 1840, the first horse-drawn trams went into operation in 1865, and steam trams in 1883 . From 1897 onwards, it was finally switched to electrical operation. From 1898 in was Art Nouveau built Wiener steam rail opened, which in 1925 finally to the light rail Wiener Electric mutated and its rail network was adopted in 1976 established by the gradual re underground. There are currently 29 lines on a 177 km route to 1,071 stops (as of 2014). One- and two-digit numbers and the letters D and O are used as line signals.
Subway
The underground is the fastest and most popular means of transport in Vienna. Trial operations began in 1976, and in 1978 the first new section of the U1 line was opened. Today the Vienna U-Bahn has five lines (U1, U2, U3, U4 and U6) with a total of 93 stations and a route length of almost 80 km. The route network is continuously being expanded. Today Vienna has a 24-hour underground system on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays.
Bus
Bus service began in Vienna on March 23, 1907. As a supplement to the tram, Vienna has a dense network of bus routes which, in addition to a few private routes , is largely operated by Wiener Linien or by subcontractors on their behalf (line signal: one or two-digit number with the addition of A or B). In addition to the city buses, there are regional buses (three-digit line numbers without any additions) that connect Vienna with the surrounding area. Private bus companies operate in the outskirts of the city in collective bargaining with Wiener Linien.
Nightline
At night, Vienna has a local transport network that differs in part from daytime public transport. While on the nights before Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays, the underground trains and, since December 15, 2019, the S-Bahn trains on the main line and the suburban line are in continuous operation and at night every 15 minutes (underground) or run every 30 minutes (S-Bahn), night traffic on the nights before working days is operated exclusively via bus lines and dial-a-ride lines, which have line numbers and routes that differ from the daily network. The night bus routes are marked with an N and a one or two-digit route number. The night tram, on the other hand, is traditionally only offered on New Year's Eve.
Local railway
The Vienna local railway (WLB; ugs. "Badner Bahn") is a hybrid of tram and full train operation is from. Staatsoper on the Ringstrasse to the Vienna Meidling they used mostly tracks of the tram, from there until shortly before bathing wrong it as a full line and in the urban area of Baden finally again as a tram. The route is 30 km long, 35 stations are approached, 20 of them in Vienna.
S-Bahn and regional train
The S-Bahn has been connecting Vienna with the surrounding area in Lower Austria and Burgenland since 1962 ; Most of it runs on railway lines built long before 1900. In the city center, it is particularly important on the main route, where intervals of three minutes are driven at peak times. From December 15, 2019, there will be 24-hour operation on the main route and the suburban line on the nights before Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays. There are currently four lines running on the main route and five more on other routes (line signal: S and one or two-digit number).
In addition to the S-Bahn lines, ÖBB operates a network of regional train lines . They run on ÖBB routes on which there is no S-Bahn traffic, or beyond the S-Bahn routes. There are two types of train: The regional train stops on routes that are also used by the S-Bahn, only in larger stations, otherwise in all stations. The Regional Express generally only stops in larger train stations.
Transition to long-distance transport
Long-distance passenger rail transport (SPFV)
- The long-distance trains of ÖBB and foreign railway companies stop at Wien Meidling station and at the main station , private long-distance trains like the RegioJet only stop at the main station.
- The private long-distance train Westbahn stops at Westbahnhof and Wien Hütteldorf train station .
Long-distance buses
Construction of the new, central long-distance bus terminal near the Ferry Dusika Stadium has started, but completion is not planned for 2024. There are currently the Vienna International Bus Terminal in Erdberg and the Vienna Bus Terminal in Leopoldstadt and other stops at the Westbahnhof, the Central Station and the Gürtel .
River navigation
From Schwedenplatz from wrong one catamaran the Twin City Liner to Bratislava .
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Train
The rapid transit line 7 goes to Vienna Airport .
City Airport Train
Plans for an express train from the city center to the airport had been around for a long time. In 2004 these were finally implemented in the form of the City Airport Train. The CAT runs from Wien Mitte train station every 30 minutes without stopping on the S-Bahn tracks to Vienna-Schwechat Airport . Passengers can check in their luggage at the train station in Vienna . The CAT is operated outside of the VOR tariff system. With a travel time of 16 minutes, the CAT is the fastest, but also the most expensive connection in public transport from the center of Vienna to the airport. (Holders of a ticket for Vienna only pay for an outer zone on the S-Bahn to the airport, but have about 12 minutes longer travel time .)
Vienna Airport Lines
Vienna Airport Lines (VAL) shuttle buses run from the stops at Westbahnhof, Gürtel, Hauptbahnhof, Vienna International Bus Terminal and Schwedenplatz to Vienna Airport.
Traffic Company
- Wiener Stadtwerke : The subsidiary Wiener Linien operates the underground, tram, bus and nightline services, the subsidiary Wiener Lokalbahnen AG operates the local railway Vienna-Baden and the night bus route 360 to Baden.
- The ÖBB operate the transport services of the S-Bahn, regional and regional express trains.
- Other bus services are provided by ÖBB Postbus Ges.mbH and Wieselbus .
Rates
The tariff of the Verkehrsverbund Ost-Region (VOR) applies to all means of public transport in Vienna, Lower Austria and Burgenland . Only the CityAirportTrain (CAT) and the Vienna Ring Tram (VRT) are excluded from this in the city of Vienna. In addition, the ÖBB Einfach-Raus-Ticket is valid on all rapid transit systems, regional and regional express trains in Vienna and other ÖBB tariff tickets for all ÖBB trains.
Park and Ride (P + R)
Within the core zone of Vienna there are park-and-ride facilities at the Aderklaaer Straße, Donaustadtbrücke, Erdberg, Heiligenstadt, Hütteldorf, Leopoldau, Neulaa, Oberlaa, Ottakring, Siebenhirten, Spittelau and Perfektastraße subway stations as well as the S-Bahn -Stations Vienna Hütteldorf, Vienna Leopoldau, Vienna Liesing and Vienna Ottakring.
Bike and Ride (B + R)
Bike-and-ride facilities , where cyclists can switch to public transport, are also located at numerous other stations of the underground, S-Bahn, local and regional trains.
literature
- Robert Schwandl: U-BAHN, S-BAHN & TRAM IN VIENNA - Urban rail transport in the Austrian capital - Urban Rail in Austria's Capital City Vienna . Robert Schwandl, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-936573-55-8 .
Web links
- Public transport strategies at wien.at
- What does public transport have in Vienna? on mobilitymag.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Modal Split 2014: Cycling in Vienna increasingly popular. In: OTS.at. February 10, 2015, accessed March 17, 2019 .
- ↑ Annual ticket 365 euros: German cities like the Vienna Model , report in Der Tagesspiegel from June 30, 2018.
- ↑ 24-hour underground ( Memento from June 15, 2011 in the Internet Archive ). City of Vienna, accessed on March 16, 2011.
- ↑ New night network with the 24-hour underground ( Memento from January 31, 2012 in the Internet Archive ). Wiener Linien GmbH & Co KG, accessed on March 16, 2011.