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| Vienna holds a key position in the Central European
transport network and air transportation. In 1994, the inner-city
public transport carried 506.3 million passengers with its 35
tramway- and 5 underground railway lines (a total of 1412 railcars
and carriages, 237km overall length, 759km service length). 75
motor-bus lines (516 coaches, 617km service length) were used by
120.4 million passengers in 1994. In addition, in the same year 68
motor-bus lines of postal administration and Austrian National
Railways starting from Vienna carried 24.2 million people. In 1992,
the railway (passenger and goods transportation) commanded a service
length of 178km (32 railway stations, 8.9 million sold tickets). For
short-distance traffic, the high-speed railway makes accessible
Vienna’s surrounding area and the region in the east and is
principal carrier of the daily commuter traffic (around 180,000
commuters per day). In 1984, the public transport network for the
eastern region (Verkehrsverbund Ostregion) was established: the core
area comprises the urban area of Vienna, large parts of Lower
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| All of Vienna’s railway stations were destroyed or
heavily damaged by bombs during the Second World War, the most
important were re-erect and redesigned. The old Westbahnhof was
replaced by a new building in 1951 and in 1993/94 a reorganisation
took place in the course of the involvement of the U3 and the
rearrangement of the Europaplatz. 1976-80 saw the covering of the
Franz-Josefs-Bahnhof; the West- and the Südbahnhof (which
incorporates the former Ostbahnhof) manage the principal and
long-distance traffic; the Franz-Josefs-Bahnhof as well as the
railway stations Wien-Nord/Praterstern and Wien-Mitte are of
importance for domestic traffic. |
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Vienna’s road network is about 2800km long, 680km of which are
streets with special relevance for traffic (motorways, main roads,
high streets), on which 85% of Vienna’s road performance is
generated (14.4 million motor vehicle-km/day). At the end of 1995,
the cycle path network incorporated 545km.
The city area has 5 viaducts and 2 railway bridges over the Danube:
Nordbrücke (part of the Wiener Nordeinfahrt), Floridsdorfer,
Nordbahn-, Brigittenauer, Reichs- and Praterbrücke (emerged in the
course of the construction of the south-east bypass, the
Südosttangente A 20) as well as the Stadlauer Ostbahnbrücke. 23
bridges and foot-bridges cross the Danube channel, among them the
800m long Gürtelbrücke which was built from 1962-1964 and the
Erdberger Brücke, developed in the course of the construction of the
Südosttangente from 1969-1971. |
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The number of motorcars per 1000 resident has risen from 94 in 1961
to 434 in 1995. In 1995 there were 710,827 motorcars in Vienna, the
parking space situation in the densely built up urban area is
accordingly challenging. The southern by-pass (B 301), an important
communication road between A 2 and A 4, is supposed to relieve
Viennese residential areas and make accessible important locations
such as the Donauhafen Albern and the Güter-Terminal Metzger-Werke.
The shipping traffic on the Danube declined heavily after the world
wars. A fresh increase in Danube shipping and freight volume is
expected following the political and economic opening of Eastern
Europe and the disclosure of the Rhein-Main-Donau-Kanal, and thereby
the Wiener Hafen gains importance. In 1996, the harbour handling
amounted to 1.7 million tons. |
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| The Wiener Hafen consists of 3 harbour
facilities: a key element is the Freudenauer Hafen with the biggest
container terminal in a European inland harbour (1996: overall
container handling 159,049 TEU), and with storage centre, duty free
area, car terminal and the head of 3 of Vienna’s harbour
associations, it still lives up to its original function as
protective and winter harbour. The Alberner Hafen, originally
conceived as grain harbour (granary capacity: 90,000t), still plays
a major role in corn exports today. The oil harbour Lobau is also a
protective and winter harbour for oil tankers and is connected
through pipelines (amongst others Barbara-Brücken) with the central
fuel depot and the OMV refinery Schwechat. The Hafen Freudenau is
completed already; another extension of the water-land-transhipment
options is planned for the Hafen Albern. In 1962, the Wiener
Hafen-Betriebs Ges.m.b.H. (today Wiener Hafen Ges.m.b.H.) and in
1979 the Wiencont Containerterminal Ges.m.b.H. were established. Air
transportation (aviation, Austrian Airlines) has its centre at the
Vienna International Airport Wien-Schwechat. |
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| Vienna International Airport is located to the
southeast of Vienna. The airport handled over 237,400 arrivals and
departures in 2006 and was frequented by 16.86 million passengers.
Following lengthy negotiations with surrounding communities, the
airport will be expanded to increase its capacity by adding a third
runway. The airport is currently undergoing a major
expansion(construction of several new buildings) to prepare for an
expected increase in passengers. |
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