Vienna U-Bahn
Metro · Vienna · Wiener Linien
5 lines · 99 stations · 44 interchanges
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Quick facts
- Operator
- Wiener Linien runs the U-Bahn, trams, and buses inside Vienna.
- Payment
- Use Wiener Linien city tickets through the app, machines, or passes, validate paper tickets before riding.
- Vienna is an honor-system city, so the gates do not remind you. Inspectors do.
- Mobile ticketingFare inspection
- Airport
- Vienna Airport is S7 or CAT to Wien Mitte, not U-Bahn. Transfer to U3/U4 at Landstrasse/Wien Mitte.
- Airport linkNational rail connection
- Lines to know
- U1 is the north-south central line, U3 is the city/airport-transfer helper, U4 reaches Schonbrunn, and U6 has the older elevated Stadtbahn feel.
- U1U4U6
- Network type
- A modern metro layered over older Stadtbahn infrastructure and a very strong tram network.
- MetroStadtbahnVienna Tram
Mike’s notes
Vienna is easy to move through on the U-Bahn, trams, and S-Bahn, all on one Wiener Linien ticket. Don't plan around the U-Bahn alone. The trams cover the inner districts the metro skips, and the airport runs on separate rail.
How to pay
Vienna runs an honor system with no ticket gates. Buy in the Wiener Linien or WienMobil app, at a machine, or as a pass, and validate a paper ticket before you ride. Inspectors check, and the fine is steep.
The lines
The modern U-Bahn opened in 1978 and now runs five lines. U1 is the central north-south line out to the Donauinsel, U3 links Stephansplatz and Westbahnhof, and U4 and U6 run on Otto Wagner's 1898 Stadtbahn, so his viaducts, station pavilions, and green ironwork are part of the ride. U4 also reaches Schonbrunn. The U2/U5 project running through 2026 will give Vienna its first driverless line.
Nearly every station has an elevator, which makes the U-Bahn one of the easier European metros with a bag or a wheelchair. For the airport, take the S7 or the CAT to Wien Mitte and change to the U-Bahn there. There is no airport metro line.
Short history
1898
Stadtbahn era
Vienna's urban railway opens with Otto Wagner architecture, leaving a visible infrastructure layer that still shapes parts of today's network.
1970s
Modern U-Bahn
The modern U-Bahn network begins taking shape around the postwar city, linking the Ring, Danube crossings, and growing districts.
Present
U2/U5 project
Vienna is still rebuilding the network, with the U2/U5 project changing central patterns and adding another generation of metro infrastructure.