AUSTRIA: Chancellor Christian Kern, Wien Mayor Michael Häupl and Executive City Councillor for the Environment Ulli Sima attended a ceremony on September 2 to open an extension of Wien metro Line U1.
The 4·6 km southern extension from Reumannplatz to Oberlaa adds five stations and brings Line U1 to 19·2 km, making it the longest metro line in the city. It offers a 15 min journey time between Oberlaa and the city centre, around half that by road. Construction started in 2012 and cost €600m.
AUSTRIA: Wiener Linien has awarded SPL Powerlines Austria a contract for the electrification of southern extension of metro Line U1, due to open in 2017. Powerlines has started to install 10·3 km of aluminium-steel conductor rails, and will also supply 60 km of cables, 10·3 km of cover boards ...
AUSTRIA: A 10-year metro and tram investment package for Wien was unveiled on June 27 by the city’s Transport Councillor Maria Vassilakou and Vice-Mayor Renate Brauner, Executive Councillor for Finance, Economic Affairs & Public Utilities. With the city’s population forecast to reach 2 million inhabitants by 2030, the city council ...
AUSTRIA: Celebrations on October 5 marked the opening of an extension of Wien metro Line U2 from Aspernstraße to the Seestadt urban development area on the site of the former Aspern airport. This takes Line U2 to almost 17 km with 20 stations. Construction of the 4·2 km elevated extension ...
