U-Bahn Vienna: Rush-hour U6 Westbahnhof

Rush-hour on the U6 platform at Westbahnhof station

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• wien
• vienna
• u-bahn
• subway
• rush-hour
• u6
• westbahnhof

[lylehsaxon]

Interesting train design. It looks as though it is composed of a series of two-car street cars. Is this the case? Does it break up into component parts later, with different segments of the train going to different destinations? - LHS

[Wskrzeszacz]

Good observation. The older rolling stock on this line was obviously a better tramway. The new trains in this video were designed to be compatible with the older rolling stock, as they were used together in the long transition period.

Of course it would be logical to break the train up serving different branches. But I heard because they are connected via delicate optical fiber, they are not decoupled in operation to reduce wear.

[slytopp]

I love the Vienna metro is very interesting to develop. The metro in Budapest and Vienna Metro is my favorite.I am always traveling in a Vienna subway a little bit:D

Good Video!!!!

[lylehsaxon]

@Wskrzeszacz There are some train lines in Japan where they regularly separate a train and send the two halves in different directions, or else drop cars as the train gets further away from the city center and doesn't need as much carrying capacity, re-adding them as inbound trains approach the city center from the oppostie direction. - LHS

[Trainzcool]

@lylehsaxon The best way to think of the U6 stock is like many metro systems with married pair cars. While the train can be broken up, it hardly ever is, but instead trian size can be adjusted based on demand.

[DiebyTry]

Fetter Scheiss!