VIENNA | Public Transport

[Norbb]

I stumbled across some videos I made a year or so ago, and uploaded some of them. Maybe some of you out there are actually interested in this.

Beware: The camera was impossible to hold without a bit of shaking, and the compression kills the sharpness effectively.





The almost empty middle section of the U3 platform at Westbahnhof station fills up with people after a train from the center arrives.




Filmed during rush-hour. A train enters the platform of U1 Schwedenplatz station and the crowds exchange.
Not even a minute after the train has left another one arrives.




Rush-hour footage from Stephansplatz station on the U1 platform.




Again Rush-hour, this time on the U6 platform at Westbahnhof station.




Leaving and incoming trains at U3 platform of Volkstheater station.




The first scene shows U6 train leaving Burggasse/Stadthalle station southwards, next a train emerging into Thaliastrasse station, last the section Josefstädter Strasse - Alser Strasse.




U6 on its elevated section reaches the Nussdorfer Strasse station.




U6 leaves Alterlaa station and reaches Am Schöpfwerk (ignore the announcements).
With 1272m this is the 3rd longest seperation between stations in the entire network, and the longest on the U6. Only Heiligenstadt-Spittelau (1555m) and Hütteldorf-OberSt.Veit (1341m) are longer.




U2 and U4 train leave the Schottenring station simultaneously.
As with the extension of U2 the new platform is beeing built underneath, the U2 opens its doors on both sides to allow short transfer times with U4.

[AltinD]

Originally Posted by stefanguti

Das wäre natürlich auch was! Aber wie sollen die aus der Schleife am Schottentor zur Herrengasse kommen? Da müsste man ja alles komplett neu machen.

Where is Herrengasse? I remember the name and I think have stayed for a few days some years back on a penthouse there. It's the 3rd district right, or it's the 4th?

[stefanguti]

Station Herrengasse is in the 1st. Maybe you are confusing?

Good videos Norbb, you can clearly hear the metro with the best closing-door-sound I know!

[rheintram]

Anyone got some pictures of the USTRAB/Underground Tramway/Premetro? I just love it, especially Nr 18 from Westbahnhof to Südbahnhof is a great connection. I just wish it was renovated in a more friendly way, plus it needs more escalators. In certain stations it's a pain in the ass to carry your luggage up and down the stairways...

Wouldn't that be a project for you, Bahnsteig4? Taking photos of all USTRAB stations?

Or photos of S45 Stations? Would love to see them all

[Norbb]

Thanks rheintram. It was an excellent idea for a short recreative visit after work - and it helped testing my new camera in darker conditions.

[rheintram]

Wow, thanks a lot Norbb! Finally the USTRAB get's the recognition it deserves! If the station buildings would be refurbished and modernized I'm sure it would become more attractive. Plus certain lines should be put on the U-BAHN map, such as N° 18, which is the fastest connection between Westbahnhof and Südbahnhof.

[stefanguti]

Thx for the video. I never take the USTRAB but it looks kind of interesting.

[Bahnsteig4]

Oh, yes... USTRABA rulez.

[stefanguti]

[rheintram]

It's such a pity that a part of the USTRAB was turned into U2. Tramway (Stadtbahn) with underground sections are way more flexible, cheaper and effictive.

[rheintram]

"Renaissance der Straßenbahn" - ORF ECO magazine about the renaissance of tramways, featuring footage of the viennese tramway and subway and insides of Bombardier and Siemens Transportation factories in Vienna (in german).

http://tram.afterdarknet.at/?p=36

[stefanguti]

Thx for the link!

[Slartibartfas]

Are there people who think that that renaissance of the tramway has already reached Vienna? Is here anyone who thinks that this will happen soon?

I would be interested in your opinions...

[rheintram]

Vienna's S-Bahn network - A really short introduction: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpo...&postcount=105

@ Slartibartfas: No it didn't. Not at all unfortunately. In Vienna the terms 'modern' and 'fast' are associated with the U-Bahn by politicians and Wiener Linien alike. Sometimes I have the feeling that the tramways are deliberately made less and less attractive in order to make the achievments of the U-Bahn and the politicians that brought U-Bahn look better.

[stefanguti]

very nice, I will comment on this soon! (when I have more time)

[stefanguti]

Subway Line U6
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=445317 for more information and pictures!

[rheintram]

Oh I love this subway station! I think it's amazing how the Stadtbahn Station was conserved and above it a new modern building was added!

[Bahnsteig4]

It's such a pity that a part of the USTRAB was turned into U2. Tramway (Stadtbahn) with underground sections are way more flexible, cheaper and effictive.

SPÖ-Wien-stupidity for you.

[Bahnsteig4]

Some rather random pics I took on a ride on various lines, a few weeks back:

Type:
E2
Line:
52 (eastbound)
Stop:
Diesterweggasse (14th district)





Type:
E2
Line:
52 (eastbound)
Stop:
Reinlgasse (14th district)




More to come.

[Bahnsteig4]

Line:
10 (southbound)
Stop:
Linzer Straße/Reinlgasse (14th district)



The interior of an E1 train (line 10)


An E2/c2 on line 60 at Hietzing-Kennedybrücke:


E2/C2 interiors: