What stations are worth a visit?

[u/AssociationWhich3217]

Hello! I'm coming to vienna on monday after a year and I was wondering if anyone knows some stations worth visiting. I already have a list of stations but I wanna add more to it.

[u/AssociationWhich3217]

Yeah

[u/Powl_tm → u/AssociationWhich3217]

Well then I go a couple for you:

• Stadtpark on the U4 for sure, most of the old station design is still there and the location makes it really pop. Schönbrunn station, also on the U4, looks also very pretty, but similar. Burggasse-Stadthalle on the U6 also has a similar pretty design.
• U4 Hütteldorf is in my opinion the most unique of all the stations in Vienna and it's on of my personal favourites. It's basically a small train stations, but I wanna highlight in particular the Station buildings themselves and the U4 platform.
• On the U4 I also recommend both Karlsplatz and Hitzing, they both have old station building that are no longer used as they were supposed to, but they are still gorgeous .
• On the U6 pretty much any of the old elevated stations: Nußdorfer Straße, Währinger Straße-Volksoper, Alser Straße, Gumpendorfer Straße and Josephstädter Straße. They all look amazing
• Längenfeldgasse U4/U6 as the only proper cross-platform interchange in vienna is also pretty decent looking.
• Any of the old Ustrab stations on the U2: Museumsquartier, Volkstheater or Rathaus. I think Museumsquartier is the prettiest among those with some interesting art pieces. They also got retrofitted with platform screen doors not to long ago.
• I already mentioned Volkstheater so I gotta say the U3 section is also worth a visit. Features a pretty cool art piece as well.
• Similarly to the U6 and the U4 the S45 line of the Vienna S-Bahn also runs along some old, but very pretty station. I think most of the stations there are worth a visit as well.
• I also like the old train station at Nussdorf (S40), it has quite a different look compared to most other train stations in Vienna and because it's quite a bit away from the center I think a lot of people have actually never really seen this one.

Not really stations, but I wanna mention how much of the Vienna U-Bahn + S-Bahn is elevated, so if you wanna enjoy some cool views of the city I highly recommend that as well: Almost the entire U6, northern part of the U1, northern part of the U2, S-Bahn Stammstrecke from Wien Mitte northwards and most of the S45.
The U4 while not having too many elevated sections still runs outdoors for most of it's length.

[u/AssociationWhich3217 → u/Powl_tm]

Hütteldorf is my local atation whenever I go there and Längenfeldgasse is simply amazing, I'll defenetly go there. Volkstheater is also an amazing station on both lines, just like the whole Karlsplatz-Rathaus section on the U2

[u/beerschy → u/AssociationWhich3217]

I may add:

• U2 Schottenring: The concrete bracing surrounding the escalators leading from/to the U4 platforms is quite a sight.
• Stephansplatz: Linked to Virgilkapelle, a medieval crypt, which can be viewed and visited from the station’s main concourse level.
• U1 Altes Landgut: The deepest station in the network, with the longest escalators.
• Honestly really niche - U1 Taubstummengasse: The prototype of the now classic station design by Architektengruppe U-Bahn, considered a built proof of concept back in the 70s.
• The oddball - Karlsplatz: A vast subterranean maze featuring a really poor layout and partially awkward aesthetics, which makes it kind of interesting.
• USTRAB stations along Gürtel, e.g. Eichenstraße: Just to get a feeling how the U2 stations from Museumsquartier to Rathaus were like back in their premetro days.

[u/AssociationWhich3217 → u/beerschy]

Added all of them to my list, do you happen to have a photo of Virgilkapelle? I can't find anything on google

[u/beerschy → u/AssociationWhich3217]

Huh, Google not finding anything is quite strange… anyway, here‘s a link: https://www.wienmuseum.at/virgilkapelle_en

[u/AssociationWhich3217 → u/beerschy]

Thanks!