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ring road) is a 5.3 km [1] (3.3 mi) circular grand boulevard that serves as a ring road around the historic Innere Stadt (Inner Town) district of Vienna, Austria. The road is located on sites where medieval city fortifications once stood, including high walls and the broad open field ramparts ( glacis ), criss-crossed by paths that lay before them.
Trams in Vienna (German: Wiener Straßenbahn, in everyday speech also Bim or Tramway) are a vital part of the public transport system in Vienna, capital city of Austria. In operation since 1865, with the completion of a 2 km (1.2 mi) route to industrial estates near Simmering , it reached its maximum extent of 292 km (181.4 mi) in 1942.
Wien Hauptbahnhof, the main railway station in Vienna Vienna metro- and suburban-linies 2019 Map of the S-Bahn inside Vienna city Map of the complete S-Bahn system Map of Vienna's tramway network U-Bahn train over Old Danube. Vienna has an extensive transport system that includes roads, railways, trams, metro, and buses.
↘ Vienna: ♦ Vienna: Trams in Vienna: Horse 4 Oct 1865: 28 Jun 1903 Steam 27 Oct 1883: 23 Jan 1922 Electric 28 Jan 1897 ♦ Vienna - Baden: Wiener Lokalbahn: Steam 29 Sep 1886: 1907 Electric 11 May 1899 Tram-train system, electric service from Vienna - Baden began on 1 May 1907. ♦ Baden (bei Wien) Horse 16 Jul 1876: Oct 1893 Electric 16 ...
Currently approximately 700 buses are in operation on 134 routes along (including night time routes) with a total length of approximately 885.5 km (550.2 mi), carrying approximately 166 million passengers a year. Vienna Linien bus routes are designated with A (for Autobus) or B (for Bus) to distinguish them at a glance from tram routes. About ...
Vienna has an extensive public transportation network. It consists predominantly of the Wiener Linien network (subway, tram and bus lines) and the S-Bahn lines belonging to the Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB). As of 2023, 32% of the population of the city uses public transit as their main mode of transit. [139] Vienna U-Bahn network
Due west of the bridge is the Rossauer Barracks, while the northernmost houses of the Franz-Josefs-Kais are located to the south of the bridge, just outside the Vienna Ring Road. The centre of the bridge has lines of the Vienna tram service running in both directions. The northwest side of the bridge takes car traffic to the left, to the Upper ...
In 1980, this pre-metro section was converted to U-Bahn line U2 within two summer months, in which the tram traffic was suspended on the underground lines. The platforms were elevated, the architecture of the underground tram stations was largely maintained. Since the opening of the U2 on 30 August 1980, the route is used by the U-Bahn only.