(Austria )VIENNA-U3

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Stadion stop (U2)	stop at platform	stop at platform
Volkstheater stop (U2/U3) Erdberg stop (U3) Westbahnhof stop (U3/U6)

Vienna
Vienna Metro (U-Bahn) is part of a rich integrated public transport offer, as well as suburban railways (S-Bahn, opened in 1962), tramway and buses. Besides totally new lines (U1, U3, and also parts of U2 and U6), U-Bahn has other section derived from pre-metro (U2) and S-Bahn (U4, U6) systems.
Hutteldorf-Heiligenstadt (1976) and Reumannplatz-Karlsplatz (1978) have been the first sections to be opened; the former is part of U4 (obtained by the conversion of a S-Bahn line - WD -, 16.4 km long), the latter belongs to U1 (currently 14.6 km long). U2 (currently 7.8 km long) followed 2 years later (1980), as the result of the conversion in a full metro of an existing tramway tunnel built in years '60s; for this reason it has the shortest average distance between the stations and, consequently, the lowest commercial speed. Line U6 opened in 1989 (17.5 km, the longest of the network); U6 uses a speciphic rolling stock, due to the conservation of some original Jugendstil station buildings designed by Otto Wagner. In 1991 the last line opened (U3, 13.5 km), running along an almost totally underground route.
Schottenring - Stadion U2 extension (towards the stadium) was opened on May 2008 just in time for the 2008 European Football Championships; a further extension up to Aspernstrasse opened on October 2010.
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CHRONOLOGY
06-04-1991	Erdberg-Volkstheater
04-09-1993	Volkstheater-Westbahnhof
03-09-1994	Westbahnhof-Johnstrasse
05-12-1998	Johnstrasse-Ottakring
02-12-2000	Erdberg-Simmering

Country	Austria
Line	U3
Inhabitants	City 1.550.000; District 1.825.000
Date opening	1991
Future development:	--
Length (km)	13.5
Track sections	totally underground, except for 2 short sections near Ottakring and Erdberg stops
Stops	21, average distance m 650
Platforms	--
Platform doors	--
General characteristics	length --, width --
n. of vehicles	Type U: 136; Type U11: 117; Type V: 25
n. of cars per vehicle	Type U, Type U11: 2; Type V: 6
Type	steel wheels
Vehicle capacity (pax)	Length Type U (single car): 36.8, Type U11 (single car): 37.0, Type V: 111.2 Width Type U: 2.80, Type U11: 2.80, Type V: 2.85
Frequency	5'/8'
Current/Voltage	750 V DC by third rail
Type of guide/gauge	standard gauge rails (1435 mm)
Speed Km/h	Comm --, Max Type U: 80; Type U11: 80; Type V: 80
Accel./Decel. (m/sec2)	--
System capacity	--
Ridership	--
Total cost	--
Staff	--
System builder	SIEMENS, BOMBARDIER-SIEMENS
Model	SIEMENS: Type U, Type U11; BOMBARDIER-SIEMENS: Type V
NOTE	among the system producers former Simmering Graz Pauker (SGP), ELIN (Aktiengesellschaft fur elektrische Industrie) both now Siemens rolling stock referred to the whole system