It won’t be long before Wiener Linien will have to live up to its promise: Normal intervals. Meanwhile, the trouble continues.
Almost every day at Wiener Linien goes by without disruptions, cancellations and delays. The anger of the public transport drivers increases from breakdown to breakdown. The U3 has turned out to be the new “worry line”. On Wednesday, of all times, traffic was once again obstructed in the morning traffic. According to Wiener Linien because of a damaged vehicle. In addition, the train emergency stop was misused, which also led to delays. But last weekend there were massive delays. On Monday afternoon, nothing worked at all on the U3 for eight (!) hours. Reason: Due to the enormous heat, a short circuit put a transformer out of action. Passengers had to dodge a large area.Student Marcel. S is angry: “I was late for work three times in a row. Now I have to leave home an hour earlier.” Currently, three out of five subway lines (U2, U4 and U6) do not run continuously. For the Viennese, who depend on public transport, this means one thing above all: a lot of trouble and frustration. Tuesday there were still problems with the tram line 49 and on Wednesday afternoon there was the next massive failure of the U3, due to a signal box malfunction at the Landstraße station – nothing worked anymore! Now there are even more restrictions But the summer is still a long time and the current construction work is on only the beginning. From August 7th up to and including September 3rd, the U1 will be run in two parts during the day. From Leopoldau to Reumannplatz there is a train every four minutes during peak times. Passengers who want to continue to Oberlaa change to a shuttle train at Reumannplatz. However, this only runs every twelve minutes . You can cycle for free on Währinger Straße between Schottentor and Währinger Straße/Volksoper. No real pleasure in the heat either. Liliputbahn as an alternative to public transport? ÖBB passengers, on the other hand, have recently been shown the Liliputbahn as a transfer connection at the Praterstern junction. After all, it can easily keep up with the current snoring nose intervals of Wiener Linien. On weekends and public holidays, the train even runs every 5 to 10 minutes. However, it remains to be seen whether the turnaround in mobility will succeed in this way. The countdown is on…
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