My Vienna :: My u-bahn station

I'm going to try something new. I don't know how long I'll be able to carry on, but I thought it might be fun to periodically show you some sites from my daily life. I'll start with a place that I visit almost everyday -- my u-bahn station.

This is Aderklaaer Strasse station. It's a five to ten minute walk from my apartment. Eventually, there will be a shopping center in this large field in front of the u-bahn station.



This is a fairly new station and it's much cleaner than the stations on the other side of the river. It's not always so sparsely populated. I just happened to arrive right as the u-bahn was leaving, so the place was empty. The sign on the left side of the photo shows the names of the stops for each direction. You can see that this is almost the end of the line. There are electronic signs that display the end station and how many minutes until the next train. You can see one of these signs on the right side of the photo.



There are a lot of signs at each station. There are several signs like the one below -- I guess so you always know where you are.



There's usually more than one exit from an u-bahn station, so at every exit there's a sign that says the street name. This is the exit we take from the Aderklaaer Strasse station. Most u-bahn stations are underground, but this one is above ground. However, you still have to walk UP stairs to get out. Outside the door you walk down stairs to get to the ground level. Austrians love their stairs. I love their escalators, but unfortunately they don't have escalators at the smaller stations like this one.



And here's a quick glimpse of the inside of an u-bahn. This is the new model and it's completely open from the front to the back. You can walk the entire length of the train if you want to do so. The older models have individual cars, so you're pretty much stuck in the section where you enter.



I hope you enjoyed this little tour of my u-bahn station. I have several other places in my part of Vienna that I plan to show you in the coming weeks.