Wiener Linien is adding it’s first hybrid buses to its public transport operation in the next fortnight, in addition to the twelve electric buses introduced into the city centre. The move is part of a bid to modernise their fleet of buses around the city and make Vienna transport cleaner and more environmentally friendly. The […]
The Kahlenberg in Vienna could be set to get a cable car according to new reports. The Vienna Chamber of Commerce recommends the implementation of the cable car saying it would be great for tourism. The new concept is to be presented on Friday by Josef Bitzinger, Tourism Representative at the Chamber of Commerce and […]
Prices for public transport in Vienna have gone up as of today (July 1). The increase affects single journeys, weekly and monthly passes as well as some other types of transport tickets. Prices remain the same for owners of the yearly pass. The operator of the Viennese metros, trams, buses and local trains (Strassenbahn) Wiener […]
Wiener Linien is the company that runs the largest part of the transit network of Vienna. They have never had more customers since they introduced the annual ticket for 365 Euros. A traffic expert has now suggested a new tariff system. 907 million passengers used the transit network last year. 32 million of additional passengers […]
A man accused of raping a 23-year-old woman on an underground line during rush hour in the Austrian capital has been arrested in Graz, Styria. The 25-year-old man from Vorarlberg was recognised at a tram stop by an eyewitness and then arrested and detained in Graz. The young woman boarded the train at the underground […]
Austrian firemen in Melk in Lower Austria have been praised after stepping in to help a Chechen family of four who lost everything when their car burst into flames. The couple and their two children could only look on in tears as their car caught fire as they travelled along the Westautobahn near Melk. Fire […]
A climate expert has called on lawmakers to provide people with cheap public transport tickets as petrol prices continue soaring. Stefan Schleicher of the Institute for Economic Research (WIFO) said yesterday (Thurs) the current situation posed a “unique chance” for decision-makers. Schleicher told radio channel Ö1 that politicians should offer affordable long-term tickets for means […]
More and more people are using means of public transport as car fuel prices hit a new high. Diesel cost 1.42 Euros on average last month, according to car club Arbö while the price for Eurosuper soared to 1.46 Euros. Arbö underlined that motorway service stations were charging up to 1.59 Euros for one litre […]
Wiener Linien has explained how it plans to compensate the partial shutdown of one of the city’s busiest underground lines. The company – which is in charge of public transport in Vienna – said there was no alternative to closing down the U1 line service between the stations of Reumannplatz in Vienna-Favoriten district and Stephansplatz […]
The Viennese government has presented plans for a new Bike City housing project. The housing construction initiative for Liesing district resembles buildings in Leopoldstadt district and Vienna-Floridsdorf. Residents of the Bike City in Vienna-Leopoldstadt are allowed to own cars while people living on such an estate in Floridsdorf had to sign a declaration declaring they […]