Vienna pre-metro

The Vienna pre-metro tramway system, called Untergrundstrassenbahn (German for underground tramway) or sometimes abbreviated U-Strassenbahn, USTRAB or USTRABA was built on separated sections in the 1960s. The pre-metro tunnels are maintained and used by the Wiener Linien, operator of the tramway lines, and used as well by the Wiener Lokalbahnen (WLB), the operator of a regional tram-train service.

After one section close to the Vienna city center was converted to the modern Vienna U-Bahn system, the second section, still in the area of the south of Vienna, is still in operation as a pre-metro tramway tunnel.[1][2] The following sections have been built:

See also

References
  1. "U-Bahn Wien: Die U-Straßenbahn (1959-1969)". Vienna U-Bahn (in German). February 8, 2005. Retrieved December 14, 2018.
  2. "A bécsi "2-es" földalatti villamos (Ustraba) rövid története" [A short story of the "2" underground tram in Vienna (Ustraba)]. hampage.hu (in Hungarian). 2005. Retrieved December 14, 2018.
  3. "Geschichte der U-STRAB in Wien" [History of U-STRAB (sub-pavement tram)]. public-transport.at (in German). February 15, 2015. Retrieved December 14, 2018.
  4. "Linie 26". strassenbahnjournal.at (in German). 2018. Retrieved December 14, 2018.

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