A look into the future
The U5 represents a new underground line with both a modern design and a new operating system: a fully automated, driverless underground line, as is already being used in Paris,…
Platforms at the new U5 stations
In order to ensure the highest degree of safety during fully automated underground operations, platforms will be operated from the tracks with a glass wall and automatic doors. It is…
New forms
The striking appearance of Vienna’s underground stations can be traced back to the 1970s. The panel cladding and clear colour guidance system were revolutionary for the time. This concept has…
At full speed
Vienna’s underground system today is already largely automated. Drivers primarily monitor the preprogrammed journeys and coordinate the arrival and departure of trains at stations. The U5 will be fully automated.…