Company profile

Wiener Linien is the first choice when it comes to mobility in Vienna. The company even sets new standards internationally in terms of integrated and modern public transport management. Wiener Linien focusses on customer satisfaction and is committed to providing the best possible service. The combination of its high level of customer service, attractive fares and, not least, its awareness of social and environmental responsibility, account for the outstanding success of Wiener Linien.
With approx. 8,700 employees, Wiener Linien is one of Vienna’s major employers. The personnel, from 45 different countries, are just as diverse as the city itself. They work in dozens of different professions including as mechanics, technicians, electricians, station supervisors or demand planners. Their dedication around the clock contributes to ensuring that Vienna remains a city worth living in.

Products and services

Wiener Linien operates five underground lines, 28 tram and 131 bus routes in the Vienna city area. The highly efficient network is approx. 1,180 km long, has 5,627 stops and stations, and transported 747 million passengers in 2022. 30% of all trips made by Viennese are made using public transport. This puts public transport in second place after “walking” with 37 percent. Car traffic takes third place with only 27 percent.

Wiener Linien provides a comprehensive range of mobility options throughout the city. The annual pass costing just EUR 365, the modernisation of the bus and tram fleets, and the construction of the new U2xU5 intersection will improve public transport even further in future. The success of Wiener Linien is illustrated by an impressive statistic: Around 1.17 million passengers in Vienna’s public transport network have an annual ticket, a semester ticket, a TOP ticket or a youth ticket or a climate ticket. There are more public transport users in Vienna than registered cars. The trend that has existed in Vienna since 2015 remains unchallenged: there are more people in Vienna with an annual pass than cars.

Chronicle

1865

First horse-drawn tram Schottenring-Hernals

1872

Founding of Neue Wiener Tramway-Gesellschaft

1903

The City of Vienna takes over most tram lines, considered as the founding of the Wiener Linien

1925

Initial startup of the first subsection of the Wiener elektrische Stadtbahn, which is an early prototype of today’s underground train

1949

Wiener Stadtwerke founded (power plants, gasworks, transport services)

1968

Municipal decision to plan the underground network layout

1976

First operation of the Friedensbrücke–Roßauerlände U4 underground section

1978

Commissioning of Karlsplatz–Reumannplatz U1 section

1982

Completion of the underground core network

1991

Commissioning of the U3 underground line

1999

Wiener Stadtwerke-Verkehrsbetriebe converted into a corporation under private law

2008

U2 underground is extended by 5 Stations to Stadion

2010

Underground lines begin operating during the night at weekends and before public holidays

2013

Opening of the U2 line extension from Aspernstrasse to Seestadt

2017

Opening of the U1 extension from Reumannplatz to Oberlaa

2014-2024

Modernisation of the U4 underground line

2026

Planned opening of the U5 to Frankhplatz

2028

Planned opening of the U2 to Matzleinsdorfer Platz
Wiener Linien GmbH & Co KG
Address
Erdbergstrasse 202
1031 Vienna

Map

Phone
+43 1 7909-0
Fax
+43 1 7909-24609
Email
post@wienerlinien.at
Internet
http://www.wienerlinien.at
Established
1903
Employees
rund 8.700
Contact person
Mag.a Anna Maria Reich
Head of Corporate Communications

Wiener Linien move more than 2 million people a day quickly, safely and reliably from A to B and also rank among the best international urban mobility service providers. Our more than 8,700 employees actively promote environmentally-friendly urban mobility and make a major contribution every day to the quality of living in Vienna. In order to ensure this for the future generations, we invest into the development of our network and the modernisation of our fleet. The WienMobil stations combine public transport with bicycle- and car-sharing and offer our passengers flexible services tailored to their specific needs.

We are glad to be awarded and appreciate this as recognition of our success.

Mag.a Alexandra Reinagl, CEO Wiener Linien

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