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Eisenbahntechnische Rundschau | Issue Nahverkehr/2019

Brake Energy: When the underground lights up the stations

May 2019 | Eva Keuschnig, Thomas Raimund Brückl

For exactly 40 years, the underground has been an essential part of Vienna’s image. It provides locals and tourists comfortable, safe, fast travel in the Austrian capital, 365 days a year. But the Vienna underground is far more than “just” a means of transportation that serves more than 453 million passengers each year. Wiener Linien has always placed great importance on the highest environmental standards and the most efficient use of public transport – from acquisition to construction to the operation process...