Museumsquartier (Vienna U-Bahn)

Museumsquartier (formerly Mariahilfer Straße until 1991 and Babenbergerstraße from 1991 until 2000) is a station on Line U2 of the Vienna U-Bahn.[1] It is located in the Innere Stadt District. It opened in 1980, using the structure of a pre-metro station opened in 1966 in the same location.

Museumsquartier
LocationInnere Stadt, Vienna
Austria
Coordinates48.2025°N 16.3614°E / 48.2025; 16.3614
Line(s)
History
Opened1980
Services
Preceding station Wiener Linien Following station
Karlsplatz
Terminus
U2 Volkstheater
toward Seestadt

The station is expected to close temporarily from 2020 until 2022 to install platform screen doors in preparation for the transfer of this segment of U2 to the new driverless U5, which will take place between 2025 and 2027.

References

  1. Prillinger, Horst. "The Vienna Metro: Line U2 Seestadt - Karlsplatz". The Vienna Metro. Archived from the original on 7 May 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
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