Vienna Tram

Tram · Vienna · Wiener Linien

28 lines · 385 stations · 181 interchanges

Every line drawn through its stations. Tap a line in the legend to hide or show it.

Lines

Quick facts

Operator
Wiener Linien runs Vienna's tram network.
Payment
Use the same Vienna city tickets/passes as the U-Bahn, validate paper tickets before riding.
Integrated fareFare inspection
Ring lines
Lines 1, 2, and D are the ones most likely to matter for a visitor moving around the Ringstrasse and central edges.
Line DLine 1Line 2
Network type
A dense surface tram network that keeps Vienna readable above ground.
TramSurface transit
U-Bahn connection
Use the U-Bahn for fast jumps, then trams for the Ring, neighborhoods, and short surface hops.
Vienna U-Bahn

Mike’s notes

Vienna's trams are the surface layer that keeps the city from becoming only a U-Bahn diagram. If the metro gets you across town, the tram often gives you the better last mile and the better sense of the Ringstrasse.

For visitors, the practical names are Line D, Line 1, and Line 2. They are not the whole network, but they are the lines most likely to show up when you are linking the old center, Ring-adjacent sights, Prater, Belvedere, or a hotel just outside the first district.

The tram is also where Vienna feels most imperial at normal speed. Palaces, ministries, museums, broad avenues, regular people going to work: it is all less sealed off than the metro.

Short history

  1. 1865

    Horse tram beginnings

    Vienna's tram story begins in the horse-tram era, before electrification turns it into a major urban network.

  2. 1897

    Electric trams

    Electric tram service begins, helping define the street-level rhythm of modern Vienna.

  3. Today

    Surface layer remains important

    The tram network remains central rather than nostalgic, especially around the Ring and inner districts.

Sources and references (1)
  1. Wiener Linien