- Locale
- Nuremberg , Fürth
- Transit type
- Rapid transit
- Daily ridership
- 410,000 As of 2017
- Annual ridership
- 111 million (2023)
- Website
- VAG Nürnberg
- Began operation
- March 1, 1972 ; 54 years ago ( 1972-03-01 )
- Operator s
- Verkehrs-Aktiengesellschaft Nürnberg
- Number of vehicles
- 32 VAG Class DT3 14 VAG Class DT3-F 35 VAG Class G1
- Train length
- 4-car-trains (exclusively on U1, mainly on U2&U3), 2-car-trains (some services on U2&U3)
- Headway
- 100 seconds to 10 minutes
- System length
- 38.2 km (23.7 mi)
- Track gauge
- standard gauge
- Electrification
- 750 V DC third rail
- Average speed
- 33.4 km/h (20.8 mph)
- Top speed
- 80 km/h (50 mph)