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| Location | Innere Stadt, Vienna Austria | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 48°13′02″N16°22′17″E / 48.2171°N 16.3713°E | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 2008 | |||||||||||||||
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Schottenring is a station on U2 and U4 of the Vienna U-Bahn. [1]
It is located under the Donaukanal, in the border between the Innere Stadt and Leopoldstadt districts.
It opened in 2008.
The Vienna U-Bahn, where U-Bahn is an abbreviation of the German word Untergrundbahn, is a rapid transit system serving Vienna, Austria. The five-line network consists of 83.1 kilometers (51.6 mi) of route, serving 109 stations. 459.8 million passengers rode the U-Bahn in 2019.
Flex is a nightclub in Vienna. It is located between underground station Schottenring and Augartenbrücke. Many international and Austrian music acts and DJs, such as Pete Doherty, Juliette and the Licks and Arcade Fire, have performed in Flex. There have been hundreds of visits from drum and bass DJs like: Pendulum, High Contrast, DJ Marky, Aphrodite, Patifee, DJ Hype, Logistics, Leopoi, and others. According to the annual rating of German music magazine Spex Flex has been among the best nightclubs in Europe for years. The soundsystem is also widely considered one of the best.
Wien Mitte is a rail and U-Bahn station in Vienna, close to the city centre. It is the city terminus of Vienna's City Airport Train (CAT), which provides non-stop service to Vienna International Airport. The station is a major hub for S-Bahn suburban trains, with little service by InterCity trains. The station is connected to the Landstraße U-Bahn station.
Line U1 is a line on the Vienna U-Bahn metro system. Opened in 1978, it currently has 24 stations and a total length of 19.3 km (12.0 mi), from Oberlaa to Leopoldau. When the extension to Oberlaa was completed in 2017, the line became the longest on the network, surpassing the length of U6.
Line U2 is a line on the Vienna U-Bahn metro system. Opened in 1980, it currently has 20 stations and a total length of 16.7 km (10.4 mi), from Schottentor to Seestadt. It is connected to U1 at Praterstern and U4 at Schottenring.
Line U4 is a line on the Vienna U-Bahn metro system. Opened in 1976, it currently has 20 stations and a total length of 16.5 km (10.3 mi), from Hütteldorf to Heiligenstadt. It is connected to U1 at Karlsplatz and Schwedenplatz, U2 at Schottenring, U3 at Landstraße, U6 at Längenfeldgasse and Spittelau.
Praterstern is a station on U1 and U2 of the Vienna U-Bahn. Above the U-Bahn station is the Wien Praterstern railway station, which is served by regional trains, and by lines S1, S2, S3 and S7 of the Vienna S-Bahn.
Museumsquartier is a station on U2 of the Vienna U-Bahn. It is located in the Innere Stadt District. It opened in 1980, using the structure of a pre-metro station opened in 1966 in the same location.
Rathaus is a station on U2 of the Vienna U-Bahn. It is located in the Innere Stadt District. It opened in 1980. It is on the border between the 1st and 8th districts of Vienna. It is located directly under Landesgerichtsstraße between Josefstädter Straße and Friedrich-Schmidt-Platz and has two side platforms and exits on both sides of Landesgerichtsstraße. At the Josefstädter Straße exit, it is possible to change to tram line 2 in the direction of Dornbach or Friedrich-Engels-Platz. Barrier-free access by elevator is currently only possible via the Friedrich-Schmidt-Platz exit.
Schottentor is a station on U2 of the Vienna U-Bahn. It is located in the Innere Stadt District, below Maria-Theresien-Straße. It opened in 1980.
Taborstraße is a station on U2 of the Vienna U-Bahn. It is located in the Leopoldstadt District. It opened in 2008.
Messe-Prater is a station on U2 of the Vienna U-Bahn. It is located in the Leopoldstadt District. It opened in 2008.
Stadion is a station on U2 of the Vienna U-Bahn. It is located in the Leopoldstadt District. It opened in 2008.
Donaumarina is a station on U2 of the Vienna U-Bahn. It is located in the Leopoldstadt District. It opened in 2010.
Donaustadtbrücke is a station on U2 of the Vienna U-Bahn. It is located in the Donaustadt District. It opened in 2010.
Stadlau is a station on U2 of the Vienna U-Bahn. Despite being a U-Bahn station, it is situated above the Wien Stadlau railway station, which is served by regional trains, and by line S80 of the Vienna S-Bahn.
Hardeggasse is a station on U2 of the Vienna U-Bahn. It is located in the Donaustadt District. It opened in 2010.
Donauspital is a station on the U2 line of the Vienna U-Bahn. It is located in the Donaustadt District of Vienna, Austria. The station opened in 2010.
Aspernstraße is a station on U2 of the Vienna U-Bahn. It is located in Aspern in the Donaustadt District. The station was opened on 2 October 2010 with the opening of the third section of the U2 between Stadion and Aspernstraße.
Ringturm is a prominent skyscraper in Vienna, Austria, and is the headquarters of the Vienna Insurance Group. It was built from 1953 to 1955 after a design by Erich Boltenstern at the Schottenring. The tower is 73 m (240 ft) tall, with 12,000 m2 (130,000 sq ft) of office space, and is the second highest building within the Vienna Ringstraße, after the Stephansdom. It is a venue for architecture exhibitions, and is known for being turned into a piece of art annually, wrapped in cloth designed by notable artists including Robert Hammerstiel, Xenia Hausner, Arnulf Rainer and Mihael Milunović.
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