About Wiener Linien

Public transport is the preferred way to move around Vienna

Wiener Linien is committed to providing the best possible service, and to thereby steadily increasing the public transport share of city traffic. The Viennese appreciate this effort: On average, some 2.4 million passengers per day use the Wiener Linien network. Around 1.3 million people are regular customers and have an annual pass or another permanent public transport ticket - that's more than ever before. In total, people in Vienna choose public transport for one third of their journeys - an international record.

Every day, 2.4 million passengers travel on our buses, trams and underground trains. 

In 2024, 873 million passengers travelled on public transport in Vienna. This represents an increase of almost 7% as compared to 2023. (Note: Following a system error, the figures for 2023 have been recalculated and updated to 817 million passengers.)

1.3 million people are regular public transport customers.

More and more people are remaining loyal to public transport as regular customers, while fewer and fewer own a car. In 2024, 1.3 million people had an annual pass or other permanent ticket from Wiener Linien, but only 736,000 still owned their own car. This means that a trend that has been in place since 2015 remains unchallenged: There are more regular public transport customers in Vienna than registered cars.

People in Vienna use public transport for 34% of their journeys.

This corresponds to a third and therefore significantly more than the 25% or a quarter of journeys made by car in Vienna.

Vienna has the sixth largest tram network in the world.

Wiener Linien operates the largest regional transport network in Austria. It comprises around 84 kilometres of underground lines and 893 kilometres of bus routes. With an operating length of 171 kilometres, the tram network is the sixth largest in the world. The infrastructure of Wiener Linien includes not only tracks and tunnels, but also 109 underground stations, three bus garages, ten tram depots, three underground service stations and the main workshop in Simmering.

At peak times, 1,000 vehicles are on the road at the same time. They can accommodate 270,000 people.

Around 500 trams, over 480 buses and over 160 underground trains are available to our passengers. In total, they can accommodate more than 270,000 people at any one time - that's almost as many as the population of Austria's second largest city, Graz.

We drive around the world five times a day.

In 2024, our vehicles travelled a total of around 78 million kilometres. Our buses, trams and underground trains travel 214,000 kilometres per day - that's five times the circumference of the earth. Our buses cover the most kilometres (approx. 50%), followed by trams (approx. 30%) and underground trains (approx. 20%).

Public transport accounts for 1% of Vienna's ecological footprint.

This is despite the fact that 34% of people in Vienna travel by public transport. The reason: public transport makes much better use of space and resources than private motorised transport.

One underground train can accommodate around 900 people. 

To transport the same number of people, 790 cars would be needed (because the average number of passengers in a car is 1.14 people).

80% of public transport passengers already travel electrically and are therefore environmentally friendly. 

This is because our underground trains, trams and e-buses are powered by electricity from renewable sources. 

We obtain 100% of the electricity for our vehicles from renewable energy sources.

Ten bus routes are already completely electric and emission-free. In the course of 2025, three more routes will be converted to buses with zero-emission drives.

The U2xU5 public transport expansion will neutralise 75,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO₂) per year.

This corresponds to the climate effect of a 30-year-old forest with six million trees. 

300 million additional passengers will be able to travel by public transport each year thanks to the U2xU5 public transport expansion.

This corresponds to a total of 1.3 billion passengers per year - almost as many as the population of India.

Around 9,700 people from around 60 nations work at Wiener Linien.

Around half of our employees work as bus, tram or underground drivers. In 2024, Wiener Linien trained 337 tram drivers, 105 underground train drivers and 199 bus drivers. There are also many other professions at Wiener Linien - in total, you can work in over 100 job profiles with us. We also offer an excellent apprenticeship programme; in 2024, Wiener Linien trained over 300 apprentices in promising professional fields.