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Seestadt Station
Seestadt is a metro station on the U2 line of the Vienna U-Bahn, located in Seestadt Aspern in Donaustadt Donaustadt (; "Danube City") is the 22nd district of Vienna, Austria (). Donaustadt is the easternmost district of Vienna.Statistik Austria, 2007, webpagestatistik.at-23450. Wien.gv.at webpage (see below: References). Geography The Donaustadt ..., Vienna's 22nd district. It opened in 2013 as the final stop on the line. History The station opened on 5 October 2013 as part of the fourth phase of the Vienna U-Bahn#Fourth expansion phase (since 2010): Further extension of the Vienna U-Bahn, Vienna U-Bahn expansion from Aspernstraße station, Aspernstraße, becoming the eastern Train station#Terminus, terminus of the U2. It is one of two metro stations serving the Seestadt, alongside Aspern Nord station, Aspern Nord. Due to low demand, only every second train on the U2 travels to Seestadt, with the others terminating at Aspernstraße. The frequency of trains going to Seest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donaustadt
Donaustadt (; "Danube City") is the 22nd district of Vienna, Austria (). Donaustadt is the easternmost district of Vienna.Statistik Austria, 2007, webpagestatistik.at-23450. Wien.gv.at webpage (see below: References). Geography The Donaustadt district is situated in the northeast part of Vienna and is the largest of the districts by area, occupying about one-quarter of the Vienna city area, . It borders the 2nd District ( Leopoldstadt), the 11th District ( Simmering), and the 21st District ( Floridsdorf), as well as parts of Lower Austria. The district has a large part to the west of the Danube, Danube Island and Old Danube. In the east and north, Donaustadt shares the Marchfeld. Overall, about 59 percent of the district's territory is in green areas, making 30 percent of Vienna's green space lie in the 22nd District. By Danube regulation, in 1870-75, the territory of the present district was radically changed. The Danube had originally spread out in numerous arms, so she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vienna
Vienna ( ; ; ) is the capital city, capital, List of largest cities in Austria, most populous city, and one of Federal states of Austria, nine federal states of Austria. It is Austria's primate city, with just over two million inhabitants. Its larger metropolitan area has a population of nearly 2.9 million, representing nearly one-third of the country's population. Vienna is the Culture of Austria, cultural, Economy of Austria, economic, and Politics of Austria, political center of the country, the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, fifth-largest city by population in the European Union, and the most-populous of the List of cities and towns on the river Danube, cities on the river Danube. The city lies on the eastern edge of the Vienna Woods (''Wienerwald''), the northeasternmost foothills of the Alps, that separate Vienna from the more western parts of Austria, at the transition to the Pannonian Basin. It sits on the Danube, and is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austria
Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, states, of which the capital Vienna is the List of largest cities in Austria, most populous city and state. Austria is bordered by Germany to the northwest, the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia to the northeast, Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west. The country occupies an area of and has Austrians, a population of around 9 million. The area of today's Austria has been inhabited since at least the Paleolithic, Paleolithic period. Around 400 BC, it was inhabited by the Celts and then annexed by the Roman Empire, Romans in the late 1st century BC. Christianization in the region began in the 4th and 5th centuries, during the late Western Roman Empire, Roman period, followed by the arrival of numerous Germanic tribes during the Migration Period. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metro Station
A metro station or subway station is a train station for a rapid transit system, which as a whole is usually called a "metro" or "subway". A station provides a means for passengers to purchase tickets, board trains, and evacuate the system in the case of an emergency. In the United Kingdom, they are known as underground stations, most commonly used in reference to the London Underground. Location The location of metro stations are carefully planned to provide easy access to important urban facilities such as roads, commercial centers, major buildings and other transport nodes important areas. Most stations are located underground, with entrances and exits leading up to ground or street level. The bulk of the station is typically positioned under land reserved for public thoroughfares or parks. Placing the station underground reduces the outside area occupied by the station, allowing vehicles and pedestrians to continue using the ground-level area in a similar way as be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Line U2 (Vienna U-Bahn)
, Line U2 is a line on the Vienna U-Bahn metro system. Opened in 1980, it currently has 20 stations and a total length of , from to . It is connected to , U3, and U4. Stations Line U2 serves the following stations: * (transfer to: ) * * (transfer to: ) * * * (transfer to: ) * * (transfer to: ) * * * * * ( park & ride facility) * (transfer to: ) * * * * * * (transfer to: ) * History Construction (1963–1980) The construction of the tunnel, which was later the centrepiece of the U2, was started in 1963. After the tunnel was completed in 1966 with a length of 1.8 kilometres, it ran from Vienna Secession to Friedrich-Schmidt-Platz. Soon after, the modern construction of Vienna's railway was built on the 3 November 1969. This consisted of the newly built U1 line, and two merged lines from a tram and old metro, of the line U2 and U4 respectively. As the result of a more streamlined network, there were new routes between U1, U2 and U4. In the 196 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vienna U-Bahn
The Vienna U-Bahn () is a rapid transit system serving Vienna, Austria. The five-line network consists of of route, serving 109 stations. 459.8 million passengers rode the U-Bahn in 2019. The modern-day U-Bahn opened on 25 February 1978, after test operations that began on 8 May 1976. Parts of two of the lines, designated U4 and U6, date back to the ''Vienna Stadtbahn, Stadtbahn'' ("city railway") system, which opened in 1898. Parts of the U2 and U6 lines began as subway tunnels built to accommodate earlier tram lines. Only the U1 and U3 were built wholly as new subway lines. Lines are designated by a number and the prefix "U" (for U-Bahn) and identified on station signage and related literature by a colour. There are five lines; U1, U2, U3, U4 and U6. Since the late 1960s there have been numerous suggestions of routings for a line U5, but all these projects had been shelved until the construction of a new U5 was announced in early 2014. Stations are often named after streets, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seestadt Aspern
Seestadt Aspern is a quarter under construction within Donaustadt, Vienna, Austria. It is one of the largest ongoing urban development projects in Europe. By completion there are expected to be 25,000 residents and 20,000 jobs in the city. The city is named after the Aspern Lake, a man-made lake dug in its centre. Location The city lies about 10 km northeast of the centre of Vienna, just north of the Lobau and west of the Marchfeld. It spans an area of approximately 2.4 km2 . The city was built on the ground of the Wien-Aspern Airport. The airfield originally served citizens, but was later repurposed by the military during the two World Wars. It was decommissioned during the 1980s and taken apart in the early 21st century. History In response to the 2004 enlargement of the European Union, 2004 enlargement of the EU, the city proposed the development of the airfield into an independent quarter of Vienna. In 2005, the council held a competition for the design of a maste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Further Extension Of The Vienna U-Bahn
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Aspernstraße Station
Aspernstraße is a station on the of the Vienna U-Bahn. It is located in Aspern, Donaustadt, the 22nd district of Vienna. The station was opened on 2 October 2010 as part of the third expansion of the U2 between Stadion and Aspernstraße. About The station opened in 2010 after the expansion of the U2 from Stadion in Leopoldau on the western side of the Danube. The tracks cross the river over the Donaustadtbrücke, which was built in 1997 and originally served buses of the Wiener Linien. It was adapted for trains in 2006. Until the expansion of the U2 towards Seestadt in 2013, Aspernstraße was the eastern terminus of the U2. Due relatively low demand from the under-construction Seestadt Aspern, only every second train continues to the end, with the others terminating at Aspernstraße. The station has two tracks on an island platform, with trains departing towards Karlsplatz in the city centre and Seestadt to the east. To the north of the station, a siding allows trains t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Train Station
A train station, railroad station, or railway station is a railway facility where trains stop to load or unload passengers, freight, or both. It generally consists of at least one platform, one track, and a station building providing such ancillary services as ticket sales, waiting rooms, and baggage/freight service. Stations on a single-track line often have a passing loop to accommodate trains travelling in the opposite direction. Locations at which passengers only occasionally board or leave a train, sometimes consisting of a short platform and a waiting area but sometimes indicated by no more than a sign, are variously referred to as "stops", " flag stops", " halts", or "provisional stopping places". The stations themselves may be at ground level, underground, or elevated. Connections may be available to intersecting rail lines or other transport modes such as buses, trams, or other rapid transit systems. Terminology ''Train station'' is the terminology typic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aspern Nord Station
Aspern Nord is a metro station on the U2 line of the Vienna U-Bahn, located in Seestadt Aspern in Donaustadt, Vienna's 22nd district. It opened in 2013 as part of the fourth expansion of the U2. It is connected to the Wien Aspern Nord railway station. About The station is one of two in the Seestadt, along with Seestadt station. Due to low demand, only every second train on the U2 travels to Seestadt, with the others terminating at Aspernstraße. The frequency of trains to Seestadt will increase as the area continues to grow. The metro station is located next to the Wien Aspern Nord railway station, which is served by the REX train between Hauptbahnhof and Bratislava, the regional R train between the Hauptbahnhof and Marchegg, and the S-Bahn S80 to Wien Hütteldorf. Buses from the Wiener Linien, including routes 89A, 95A, 99A, and 99B, stop at the station. The upcoming 27 tram, set to open in autumn 2025, will connect Donaustadt and Floridsdorf, running from Aspern Nord to St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ada Lovelace
Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace (''née'' Byron; 10 December 1815 – 27 November 1852), also known as Ada Lovelace, was an English mathematician and writer chiefly known for her work on Charles Babbage's proposed mechanical general-purpose computer, the Analytical Engine. She was the first to recognise that the machine had applications beyond pure calculation. Lovelace was the only legitimate child of poet Lord Byron and reformer Anne Isabella Milbanke. All her half-siblings, Lord Byron#Children, Lord Byron's other children, were born out of wedlock to other women. Lord Byron separated from his wife a month after Ada was born and left England forever. He died in Greece when she was eight. Lady Byron was anxious about her daughter's upbringing and promoted Lovelace's interest in mathematics and logic in an effort to prevent her from developing her father's perceived insanity. Despite this, Lovelace remained interested in her father, naming her two sons Byron King-Noel, V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
