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Key facts
- Native name
- U-Bahn Wien
- Locale
- Vienna, Austria
- Transit type
- Rapid transit
- Line number
- (future)
- Annual ridership
- 404.8 million (2023)
- Website
- Wiener Linien
- Began operation
- 8 May 1976 ( 1976-05-08 ) (test operation) 25 February 1978 ; 48 years ago ( 1978-02-25 ) (official opening)
- Operator s
- Wiener Linien
- Headway
- 2–15 minutes
- System length
- 83.9 km (52 mi 11 ch)
- Track gauge
- 1,435 mm ( 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in )
- Electrification
- 750 V DC third rail (U1–U4) 750 V DC overhead lines (U6)
- Average speed
- 32.5 km/h (20.2 mph)
- Top speed
- 85 km/h (53 mph)
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Seestadt
Aspern Nord
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vienna U-Bahn” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.