I visited Vienna last year (I'm Australian) and stayed near Karlsplatz - I could see the U2 had been taken out of service but didn't actually know why. Thanks for the explainer :)
Nice video. Reopening of U2 took me by surprise last Friday :) I was going to Schotentor, but took a ride all the way to Karlsplatz, just for fun. I noticed that delay of platform door opening which feels a bit strange. I love new trains from the inside, but when looking from outside they look older than V type for some reason :D
I've mixed feelings with it. On Saturday around 4h I was taking the nightline U2 from Karlsplatz and the train was not able to depart because obviously something was wrong with the doors. It needed around 15 minutes until the train finally could depart. No infos in the train why there was that massive delay. Today coming from 22nd district in the morning the U2 was disrupted and ended at Schottentor (I guess again cause of the new doors). I hope this improves soon then at the moment it is more then annoying...
Yeah, I've heard things haven't been running smoothly. Apparently there's been several delays because people have tried to pull open the emergency lever on the platform doors, because they don't realize that the doors open automatically slightly later.
Will be interesting to see how they change the service pattern of the U2 when it's sharing tracks with the U5. Will every second U2 have to turn around at Schottentor to enable the U5 trains to slot in between the U2 trains in the shared section?
Yes, that will be interesting to see. I hope they won't terminate every 2nd train at Schottentor, would be a bit of downgrade as opposed to the current situation. But only time will tell...
@TSFTransport maybe every 3rd train, that would enable to run the U5 every 6 minutes. But I guess it's impossible to run the U2 every 2 minutes in the peak and also the U5 in between...
I don‘t think that there are plans to install platform doors at even more stations beyond the upcoming U5 stations. Even the 3D models of the upcoming U2 stations don’t include them.
No, currently that is not planned. Probably they're going to test how they are on the U5 and if it does well, roll it out to more lines at some point in the future (just speculation).
Great video as always! As a railway enthusiast studying in Vienna, finding your channel was exactly what I needed lol. Since I study at WU and live in the 7th, reopening of U2 has done it much easier getting to the uni. Now instead of taking the very crowded (and lately often disrupted) trams on the ring just to get to Schottentor, i can just walk from home to the Volkstheater Station and get to the uni directly. However, i guess getting used to the station entrances will take some time lol. Going from one platform to the other takes more time than walking home from the station 😅 Also I'm not sure if it's always been this way, however currently the trains are travelling super slow between karlsplatz and Schottentor, which is a bit strange.
I'm living in Vorarlberg, but I know a few things about Vienna. Go visit Heizhaus Strasshof. It's a short train ride and worth the visit. Great outdoor museum.
Yes, the trams on the ring were really struggling with the high amount of passengers. The U2 section between Schottentor and Karlsplatz always has been slower than the usual 80 km/h, but I also have the feeling it might be even slower now. The stops in the stations are also much longer than usual now, hopefully they will sort that out soon, otherwise it's not really much of an upgrade. 😅
Als in Wien ansässiger halber Japaner muss ich sagen, dass es ein bisschen seltsam von den Wiener Linien rüberkommt, dass eine U-Bahn mit Zusatztüren am Bahnsteig als modern dargestellt wird, während das in Tokio und auch in Seoul (Ich bin Koreanologe.) schon seit mindestens einem Jahrzehnt in U-Bahnen völlig normal ist. In Tokio werden selbst S-Bahnen der Japan Railways und Privatbahnen sukzessive mit solchen Bahnsteigtüren ausgestattet. Mich wundert aber, dass man sich in Wien für Full-Screen-Doors entschieden hat. In Tokio benutzt man ja meistens Türen auf halber Höhe, was sich nach dem Giftgasanschlag vor drei bis vier Jahren auf der Keio-Linie als gute Sache erwiesen hat, da die Leute aus dem Zug rausklettern konnten, während in Moskau Full-Screen-Doors nach einem Brand in der U-Bahn sich als fatal herausgestellt haben. Das heißt nicht unbedingt, dass ich gegen Full-Screen-Doors bin, aber ich habe gewisse, hoffentlich unberechtigte, Sorgen. Normalerweise passiert ja zum Glück nichts dergleichen. ^^
Ich habe mir vor einem Jahr beim Öffitag in Wien die Bahnsteigtüren angeschaut. Es gibt für den Notfall bei der Seite wo die U-Bahn hineinfährt eine Art "Notfallstange" womit man die Tür aufziehen kann.
Klar du kannst Tokyo und Seoul mit 9mio und Einzugsgebieten von 38/25mio Einwohnern aber auch nicht mit Wiens knapp 3mio Einwohner im Einzugsgebiet vergleichen. Gerade bei ÖPNV ist die Besiedlungsdichte ein massiver wirtschaftlicher Aspekt, diese liegt bei Tokio bei und Seoul bei ca. 15.000 Einwohner/m^2. in Wien ist diese bei "nicht mal" 5000 Einwohner/m^2. Zusatz: die die Türen sind vor allem dazu da, dass keine Gegenstände auf die Gleise komme, wenn dann mal eine Autonome U-Bahn fährt
What do you think about the new platform doors? Leave a comment down below. ⬇
I visited Vienna last year (I'm Australian) and stayed near Karlsplatz - I could see the U2 had been taken out of service but didn't actually know why. Thanks for the explainer :)
Nice video. Reopening of U2 took me by surprise last Friday :) I was going to Schotentor, but took a ride all the way to Karlsplatz, just for fun. I noticed that delay of platform door opening which feels a bit strange. I love new trains from the inside, but when looking from outside they look older than V type for some reason :D
Yes, I feel with the type X trains they went with a more "retro" look on the outside for some reason. 😅
Nice work … very interesting! Also appreciate your graphics and research. ✌️
Thank you, glad you appreciate it. 😁
War am ersten Tag nach der Arbeit dort als U-Bahnfan und filmte es. 10:49
I've mixed feelings with it. On Saturday around 4h I was taking the nightline U2 from Karlsplatz and the train was not able to depart because obviously something was wrong with the doors. It needed around 15 minutes until the train finally could depart. No infos in the train why there was that massive delay.
Today coming from 22nd district in the morning the U2 was disrupted and ended at Schottentor (I guess again cause of the new doors).
I hope this improves soon then at the moment it is more then annoying...
Yeah, I've heard things haven't been running smoothly. Apparently there's been several delays because people have tried to pull open the emergency lever on the platform doors, because they don't realize that the doors open automatically slightly later.
I believe we've met on the first day of service! Great video!
Ah yes, I remember, I asked you whether you're also here to look at the reopened stations. 😅 Thanks!
A wonderfully informative video, fabulously presented and really inspiring how you present the future vision!
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it.
Will be interesting to see how they change the service pattern of the U2 when it's sharing tracks with the U5.
Will every second U2 have to turn around at Schottentor to enable the U5 trains to slot in between the U2 trains in the shared section?
Yes, that will be interesting to see. I hope they won't terminate every 2nd train at Schottentor, would be a bit of downgrade as opposed to the current situation. But only time will tell...
@TSFTransport maybe every 3rd train, that would enable to run the U5 every 6 minutes.
But I guess it's impossible to run the U2 every 2 minutes in the peak and also the U5 in between...
Prima!
Will the other lines get the doors too?
I don‘t think that there are plans to install platform doors at even more stations beyond the upcoming U5 stations. Even the 3D models of the upcoming U2 stations don’t include them.
right now there are no such plans
No, currently that is not planned. Probably they're going to test how they are on the U5 and if it does well, roll it out to more lines at some point in the future (just speculation).
In copenhagua the Subway has it
congratulations. and a very nice video. I should ride the U2 myself, maybe today after the grand prix.
Thank you!
Great video as always! As a railway enthusiast studying in Vienna, finding your channel was exactly what I needed lol.
Since I study at WU and live in the 7th, reopening of U2 has done it much easier getting to the uni. Now instead of taking the very crowded (and lately often disrupted) trams on the ring just to get to Schottentor, i can just walk from home to the Volkstheater Station and get to the uni directly. However, i guess getting used to the station entrances will take some time lol. Going from one platform to the other takes more time than walking home from the station 😅 Also I'm not sure if it's always been this way, however currently the trains are travelling super slow between karlsplatz and Schottentor, which is a bit strange.
I'm living in Vorarlberg, but I know a few things about Vienna. Go visit Heizhaus Strasshof. It's a short train ride and worth the visit. Great outdoor museum.
Yes, the trams on the ring were really struggling with the high amount of passengers. The U2 section between Schottentor and Karlsplatz always has been slower than the usual 80 km/h, but I also have the feeling it might be even slower now. The stops in the stations are also much longer than usual now, hopefully they will sort that out soon, otherwise it's not really much of an upgrade. 😅
But it has many Problems… since the reopening on Friday to Sunday 16:19 o clock in total 14 Interuptions… 6 today
Als in Wien ansässiger halber Japaner muss ich sagen, dass es ein bisschen seltsam von den Wiener Linien rüberkommt, dass eine U-Bahn mit Zusatztüren am Bahnsteig als modern dargestellt wird, während das in Tokio und auch in Seoul (Ich bin Koreanologe.) schon seit mindestens einem Jahrzehnt in U-Bahnen völlig normal ist. In Tokio werden selbst S-Bahnen der Japan Railways und Privatbahnen sukzessive mit solchen Bahnsteigtüren ausgestattet. Mich wundert aber, dass man sich in Wien für Full-Screen-Doors entschieden hat. In Tokio benutzt man ja meistens Türen auf halber Höhe, was sich nach dem Giftgasanschlag vor drei bis vier Jahren auf der Keio-Linie als gute Sache erwiesen hat, da die Leute aus dem Zug rausklettern konnten, während in Moskau Full-Screen-Doors nach einem Brand in der U-Bahn sich als fatal herausgestellt haben. Das heißt nicht unbedingt, dass ich gegen Full-Screen-Doors bin, aber ich habe gewisse, hoffentlich unberechtigte, Sorgen. Normalerweise passiert ja zum Glück nichts dergleichen. ^^
Ich habe mir vor einem Jahr beim Öffitag in Wien die Bahnsteigtüren angeschaut. Es gibt für den Notfall bei der Seite wo die U-Bahn hineinfährt eine Art "Notfallstange" womit man die Tür aufziehen kann.
Klar du kannst Tokyo und Seoul mit 9mio und Einzugsgebieten von 38/25mio Einwohnern aber auch nicht mit Wiens knapp 3mio Einwohner im Einzugsgebiet vergleichen. Gerade bei ÖPNV ist die Besiedlungsdichte ein massiver wirtschaftlicher Aspekt, diese liegt bei Tokio bei und Seoul bei ca. 15.000 Einwohner/m^2. in Wien ist diese bei "nicht mal" 5000 Einwohner/m^2.
Zusatz: die die Türen sind vor allem dazu da, dass keine Gegenstände auf die Gleise komme, wenn dann mal eine Autonome U-Bahn fährt
Wo hat Moskau denn Bahnsteigtüren ?
Möchte mich TheWillyStyla anschließen, Moskau hat nie Bahnsteigtüren gehabt, und hat auch nicht vor diese einzusetzen.
Österreich bzw Wien braucht immer etwas länger bis man sich traut für etwas Neues.