Line U6 is a line on the
Vienna U-Bahn
The Vienna U-Bahn (german: U-Bahn Wien), where ''U-Bahn'' is an abbreviation of the German term ''Untergrundbahn'' ( en, underground railway), is a rapid transit system serving Vienna, Austria. With the September 2017 opening of the , five-stati ...
.
It currently has 24 stations and runs 17.3 km from to .
It is connected to at , at and at .
The first section of the line opened in 1989, and was completed at its present length in 1996.
It is the only metro line in the
DACH countries which is not operated by
third rail
A third rail, also known as a live rail, electric rail or conductor rail, is a method of providing electric power to a railway locomotive or train, through a semi-continuous rigid conductor placed alongside or between the rails of a railway ...
but by
overhead wire
An overhead line or overhead wire is an electrical cable that is used to transmit electrical energy to electric locomotives, trolleybuses or trams. It is known variously as:
* Overhead catenary
* Overhead contact system (OCS)
* Overhead equipm ...
; this is because the centre portion of the line is an elevated part of the former
Vienna Stadtbahn
The Vienna Stadtbahn (german: Wiener Stadtbahn) was a rail-based public transportation system operated under this name from 1898 until 1989. Today, the Vienna U-Bahn lines U4 and U6 and the Vienna S-Bahn (commuter rail) run on its former lines.
...
system, which was operated by overhead wire.
When the line was transformed to rapid transit standards, it was considered too expensive to rebuild the elevated portion for high-floor trains and third rail, as it was done with the
U4. As a result, the U6 currently uses low-floor
T-Class vehicles, but the U6 is not the only rapid transit line that uses low-floor metro trains, with
Line M1 of the
Budapest Metro
The Budapest Metro ( hu, Budapesti metró) is the rapid transit system in the Hungarian capital Budapest. It is the world's oldest electrified underground railway system, and the second oldest underground railway system with multiple stations, ...
being another notable example.
Stations
Line U6 currently serves the following stations:
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(transfer to: )
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(transfer to: )
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(transfer to: - park & ride facility)
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(transfer to: )
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(transfer to: )
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(transfer to: )
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( park & ride facility)
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( park & ride facility)
References
External links
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{{Metro lines in Vienna
U6
Railway lines opened in 1989