Entering metro station without ticket is apparently a violation, however no barriers or no signage…read moreof that, incredibly rude ticket controller who does not possess any ounch of emotional self control. System seems setup to take advantage of non-locals, not people with intention of cheating. Come on Austria, you should be able to do better than that.

An efficient way to get around Vienna! You'd think for such…read morea beautiful city with such thought put into the public buildings, they'd put more public artwork in there. But it's nice, and clean! Signs are easy to read, the walking distances between subway lines isn't too far. They broadcast announcements clearly, and there are maps on the trains. Everything was well lit, clean, and easy to navigate! I especially liked the ease of getting tickets from the kiosks, available in a myriad of languages. Just remember to validate your ticket if you use it later. Unfortunately, you can't drink beer on the subway here in Vienna. Hmph.

Had no idea THIS is the main station. I thought Wien Mitte was…read more I went to the Mitte OBB office to buy Bratislava and Budapest train tickets and discovered Wein Meidling is where most trains depart from Vienna heading for other countries. Most of this station- ticket sales and food court is underground. So it's a little deceiving when walking up to it and only seeing the tracks. There is an OBB office and business class lounge here. I recommend staying towards the center underground in the winter while waiting on your train. The chilly wind comes down the steps quickly. This station connects underground with the U6 and several Rapid trains.

I use this station almost every day, as i change here to go to work in the mornings. With the more…read moremodern look it has now and better access to the platforms, i find it rather easy to move about here. It also offers everything else you may need for your train travels, food, newspapers and books, as well as travel center and ticket office. All in all quit good i reckon.

Praterstern is good and bad at the same time. Now i am…read moreloving the modernization of the entire area, as i knew it 12 years ago, so 10000000% improvement. It is of course very practical station and function very well, i use it every day and also i go to the airport from here. There is also the BILLA inside which is open 7 days a week and well as many other stores. It offers a lot to anyone who travels through here. BUT it is homeless central here and you do need to walk past and through a lot of homeless and drunk people to get inside and past a HUG thick wall of smoke to get inside. The outside of the station is almost always dirty and makes me want to puke when walking though it, but the inside is normally clean. Therefore i have many mixed feelings regarding this station.

Really clean train station right near the amusement park and University of Vienna. The last stop of…read morethis train takes you to Karlsplatz which is where the Opera House is as well as other sites. The train runs until midnight on Sundays.

I am always a little unsure of how to rate subway stations. Especially those that are like this…read moresmall, and extremely simple. While I do not have to take the U-Bahn to get to school, since this station is closest to my flat, if I need to get almost anywhere else not in immediate walking distance, this is the station I go to. Like I said earlier, the station is very simple as is the architecture, but I like that there are those windows to let some daylight into the station. There are two entrances, on on the far side of the exhibition center, and another near the Prater amusement park garage. Right across the cross walk from Motel One. Platform is the kind where trains arrive on both sides, so not one where you can accidentally end up on the wrong side, and take a train in the wrong direction. Elevators on both sides, but from what I have seen, the elevator on the Prater side has a tendency to get stuck. One time the thing broke while I was walking down the stairs next to it. The good news, however, is that in both cases, when I returned in a few hours, there was already a technician working on it. Escalator only on the Messe side. There is a station supervisors office in the station, but in the times I have been to that side of the station, the office was closed. Station is clean! it is not shiny, and I would not eat off the ground, but relative to some other train stations I have seen around the world, this one is pretty neat.