Transportation in Vienna
The public transport (PT ) in Vienna is the most important mode of transport the national capital. In the so-called modal split, he reached in 2012 with 39% of all journeys made in Vienna ways the highest proportion among all modes of transport.
Public transport is carried out in Vienna mainly by two companies: The city's own Wiener Linien GmbH & Co KG operates the metro, tram and mostly the city bus lines, which state-owned Austrian Federal Railways, the S -Bahn and regional rail lines.
Furthermore, there are the " Badner Bahn ", held by the Parent as the Viennese lines owned by Wiener Stadtwerke AG Vienna local railway operated, as well as several private bus companies bus routes, mainly in the outskirts, operate on behalf of the Wiener Linien. Regional bus lines are operated by the ÖBB -Postbus GmbH. Since 2004 drives the City Airport Train (CAT ), an Airport Express, operated by the City Air Terminal mbH, a subsidiary of Flughafen Wien AG and ÖBB.
As fast connections all lines of S-Bahn and U -Bahn, the CAT and the distance of the local train to Baden south of Meidling be called.
Public transport in Vienna from Transport Association Eastern Region (VOR ) coordinates, which also includes Lower Austria and Burgenland. This includes a common tariff system. A zone plan specifies for how many outer zones 100 ( = Vienna and individual stops just beyond the city limits ) is to be paid in each case in addition to the core zone when traveling to or from a station in the VOR area after or from Vienna.
Subway
The subway is the fastest and most popular transport in Vienna. 1976, a trial run was added in 1978 opened the first new line. The subway network has emerged in part from the 1900 commissioned in light rail. Today, the Vienna U -Bahn five lines (U1, U2, U3, U4 and U6) with a total of 93 stations and a total length of almost 80 km. The route network is continuously being expanded.
Tram
Vienna has one of the oldest and densest tram networks in the world. After a precursor to 1840, the first horse-drawn trams were put into operation in 1865, 1883 steam trams. From 1897 to finally converted to electric operation. Currently driving 29 lines to 172 km length 1,056 stops (as of 2012). As line signals one and two- digit numbers and the letters D and O are used.
Bus
Vienna has to complement the tram has a dense bus lines network, which is operated next to some private lines for the most part of the Wiener Linien, or on their behalf ( line signal: one-, two- or three-digit number with suffix A or B). In addition to the city buses run local buses ( three-digit route numbers without additives) that connect Vienna with the surrounding area.
Nightline
From about 24 clock to clock about 5 subway, tram and bus lines in Vienna are mostly not in operation. Wiener Linien therefore operate a night bus network, called Nightline ( line signal: N and one or two- digit number). On weekends (nights from Friday to Saturday and Saturday to Sunday ) the subway is since September 2010 operated at night ( 15 -minute interval ), matched the night bus it. The night bus runs from about 0:30 to about 5:00 clock in 30 -minute intervals, as well as the night - Metro at the normal daily rate.
Lokalbahn
The Vienna local railway (WLB; ugs " Badner Bahn ") is a hybrid of tram and mainline operation dar. The State Opera on the Ringstrasse to the Vienna Meidling they used mostly tracks of the tram operates from there until shortly before bathing it as a full track and in the city of Baden finally again as tram. The route length is 30 km, 35 stations are approached, 20 of them in Vienna.
S -Bahn and regional trains
The S-Bahn connects Vienna since 1962 with the surrounding area in Lower Austria and Burgenland; it runs mostly on long before 1900 built railway lines. In cities, it has specially on the main line, where down at peak times intervals of three minutes of great importance. Currently operate four lines on the main line and five on other routes ( line signal: S and one or two- digit number).
In addition to the S -Bahn lines operate the ÖBB a network of regional railway lines. They run out on ÖBB routes where there is no S -Bahn, or the S- Bahn network. There are two types of trains: The local train stops at routes on which also runs the S-Bahn, only in major stations, or all stations. The Regional Express holds generally only in major stations.
City Airport Train
Plans for an express train from the city center to the airport, there were already long. 2004, these were eventually realized in the form of the City Airport Train. The CAT bus runs from the station Wien Mitte in 30 -minute intervals without intermediate stops on tracks the S-Bahn to Wien- Schwechat Airport. Passengers can check-in their baggage at the train station in Vienna. The CAT is operated outside of the VOR - tariff system. With a journey time of 16 minutes, the CAT is the fastest, but also the most expensive public transport connection to the airport from the city center of Vienna. (Owner of a ticket for Vienna pay on the S -Bahn to the airport only an outer zone, but have about 12 minutes longer travel time there. )