Underground Railway System

Facts about the Vienna Underground Railway System


Opened: 1898; electrified 1925, modernised 1976 onw.

Length of route (2000): 38.13miles / 61.6km total
(of these 20.31miles / 32.5km are below surface)
Total length of track (2000): 116.4miles / 186.3km
Gauge: 1.435m
Voltage: 750V DC
Number of stations (2000): 76
Number of coaches (2000): 690
Passengers p/a (2000): 395.6 million
Train intervals: Regular traffic: all lines: 5mins
Peak hours:
U1: 2-4mins; U2: 5mins;
U3,U4: 3-4mins; U6: 2-3mins
Evenings: all lines: 7-8mins
Maximum speed: 50 mph / 80 kph
Deepest point: Schwedenplatz (U1), 142 metres above sea level
Greatest elevation from ground level: Spittelau (U6), +13.6 metres
Maximum depth below ground level: Karlsplatz (U1), -24.6 metres