Line U6 Floridsdorf - Siebenhirten
Length: 10.6 miles, travel time: 36 mins.
Construction started in 1894, opened as Metropolitan Railway (Stadtbahn) in 1898
Standard platform length: 115 m.
Intervals: 5 mins; peak hours 2 mins; evenings 7-8 mins; Sat and Sun nights 15 mins. TimetablesThere is a continuous service in the nights before Saturdays, Sundays and holidays with trains every 15 minutes.
Opening dates:
Metropolitan railway:
The Stations:Floridsdorf: ("the village of Floridus") - Station opened in 1996. Architects: Kucera/Mossburger/Partsch. The name of Vienna's 21st district. This area was once owned by the monks of Klosterneuburg until Abbot Floridus Leeb allowed other people to settle here. Neue Donau: ("New Danube") - Station opened in 1996. Architects: Holzbauer/Marschalek/Ladstätter/Gantar. The New Danube flows in the new river bed that was excavated in the 1970s to provide better protection against flooding. Handelskai: ("Trade Quays") - Station opened in 1996. Architects: Holzbauer/Marschalek/Ladstätter/Gantar. Road of trade along the Danube. Dresdner Strasse: ("Dresden Street") - Station opened in 1996. Architects: Kucera/Mossburger/Partsch. Street named after the city in Saxony. Jägerstrasse: ("Hunter Street") - Station opened in 1996. Architects: Holzbauer/Marschalek/Ladstätter/Gantar. Street named after a small hunter cabin that once existed here here to protect the church of St Brigid (built in 1645). Spittelau: ("Hospital-in-the-Mead") - Station opened in 1996. Architects: Kucera/Mossburger/Partsch. Former village (now part of Vienna's 9th district) named after a hospital which was built here during the plague in 1677. Nussdorfer Strasse: ("the road to Nussdorf") - Station opened in 1898. Architect: O. Wagner. Nussdorf is a former village in what is now Vienna's 19th district. Währinger Strasse - Volksoper: ("Währing High Street & People's Opera") - Station opened in 1898. Architect: O. Wagner. Währing is Vienna's 18th district. The People's Opera is a popular opera and operetta venue. Michelbeuern - Allgemeines Krankenhaus: ("Michelbeuern & General Hospital") - Station opened in 1987. Architect: K. Schlauss. Michelbeurn is a former village in what is now the 9th and 18th district; the General Hospital is a huge block built between the 1960s and the 1990s. Alser Strasse: Station opened in 1898. Architect: O. Wagner. The street forms the border between Vienna's 8th and 9th districts and is named after the small river Als, which used to flow here long ago. Josefstädter Strasse: ("Josefstadt High Street") - Architect: O. Wagner. Station opened in 1898. Josefstadt ("Joseph's town") is the name of Vienna's 8th district. Thaliastrasse: Station opened in 1980. Architects: Keimel/Höfer. Street named after the Thalia Theatre, which was situated here between 1857 and 1870. Burggasse - Stadthalle: Station opened in 1898. Architect: O. Wagner. Street named after the road that leads to the Imperial Palace (Burg). The Stadthalle is a popular venue located here. Westbahnhof: Station opened in 1898; completely rebuilt and re-opened in 1992. Architects: Holzbauer/Marschalek/Ladstätter/Gantar. Mail railway station for trains to Western Austria, Germany, Switzerland and Hungary. Gumpendorfer Strasse: ("Gumpendorf High Street") - Station opened in 1898. Architect: O. Wagner. Street named after the former village Gumpendorf ("village on the pond"), now a part of Vienna's 6th district. Längenfeldgasse: - Station opened in 1989. Architect: E. Geiger. Street named after Josefine Haas von Längenfeld-Pfalzheim (1782 -1846). Niederhofstrasse: Station opened in 1989. Architect: K. Schlauss. Street named after a former manor, the "Niederhof am Bache". Philadelphiabrücke: ("Philadelphia Bridge") Station opened in 1989. Architect: K. Schlauss. Bridge named after the first steam engine used on the Southern Railway mainline. Wien Meidling railway station is also located here. Tscherttegasse: Station opened in 1995. Architect: J. G. Gsteu. Street named after Hans Tschertte, who built some of the city fortifications during the first attacks of the Turks in the 16th century. Am Schöpfwerk: ("By the pump house") - Station opened in 1995. Architect: J. G. Gsteu. Vienna's drinking water comes via a system of water pipes from the Styrian alps, more than a hundred kilometres away. In this area there used to be a pump house for the water pipe system. Alterlaa: Station opened in 1979; adapted for metro and re-opened in 1995. Architects: Glück/Hlaweniczka/Requat/Reinthaller. A former village which is now part of Vienna's 23rd district. Erlaaer Strasse: ("Erlaa High Street") - Station opened in 1995. Architect: J. G. Gsteu. The road between Alterlaa and Neuerlaa. Perfektastrasse: Station opened in 1995. Architect: J. G. Gsteu. Street named after a local factory. Siebenhirten: ("Seven Shepherds") - Station opened in 1995. Architect: J. G. Gsteu. A former village which is now part of Vienna's 23rd district. Closed Stations:Meidling Hauptstrasse - Opened in 1898, closed in 1985. See line U4. Friedensbrücke - Opened in 1901, closed in 1991. See line U4. Heiligenstadt - Opened in 1898, closed in 1996. See line U4. Source for information on street names: Simbrunner, Peter: Wien: Strassennamen von A bis Z (Wien: Ueberreuter, 1989). |