Behind the scenes
Over half of an underground station building is not accessible to the public. Some rooms are visited every day by employees, while others are only opened in case of emergency.…
The inner workings of a tunnel
Tunnels form microcosms in which you can find equipment for operations and precautions in case of emergencies. The superstructure, which refers to the track bed on which the tracks are…
Guidance system of Vienna’s underground network
In order to be able to communicate important information to passengers in an understandable way, underground stations make use of clearly recognisable colours, easy-to-read typefaces and pictograms. Pictograms are simple…
At work around the clock
Wiener Linien employs around 8,700 people. Around 3,000 of these work on the underground system, 480 of whom as drivers. While we are fairly familiar with their job, this is…