(Austria )VIENNA-U6

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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
07-10-1989	Philadelphiabrucke-Heiligenstadt
14-05-1995	Philadelphiabrucke-Siebenhirten
04-05-1996	Nussdorfer Strasse-Floridsdorf
04-05-1996	closure of Nussdorfer Str.-Heiligenstadt section

Country	Austria
Line	U6
Inhabitants	City 1.550.000; District 1.825.000
Date opening	1989
Future development:	--
Length (km)	17.5
Track sections	underground, with some elevated (Langenfeldgasse-Spittelau, Siebenhirten-Philadelphiabrucke) and ground level sections
Stops	24, average distance m 725
Platforms	--
Platform doors	--
General characteristics	length --, width --
n. of vehicles	--
n. of cars per vehicle	Type E6/C6: 5; Type T: 4
Type	steel wheels
Vehicle capacity (pax)	Length Type E6/C6 (single car): 19.7/19.5, Type T (single car): 27.3 Width Type E6/C6: 2.30, Type T: 2.65
Frequency	5'/8'
Current/Voltage	750 V DC overhead
Type of guide/gauge	standard gauge rails (1435 mm)
Speed Km/h	Comm --, Max Max Type E6/C6: 60, Type T: 80
Accel./Decel. (m/sec2)	--
System capacity	--
Ridership	--
Total cost	--
Staff	--
System builder	BOMBARDIER
Model	Type E6/C6, Type T
NOTE	former Rotax system (now Bombardier); 38 new Bombardier T1 vehicles will be delivered in 2008 (replacing Type E6/C6)