Schottentor station

Schottentor is a station on U2 of the Vienna U-Bahn.[1] It is located in the Innere Stadt District, below Maria-Theresien-Straße. It opened in 1980.

Schottentor
General information
LocationInnere Stadt, Vienna
Austria
Coordinates48.2149°N 16.3633°E / 48.2149; 16.3633
Line(s)
History
Opened30 August 1980
Services
Preceding station Wiener Linien Following station
Rathaus
toward Karlsplatz
U2 Schottenring
toward Seestadt

The station is an interchange node between U2 and 10 tramway lines, 5 of them using a small underground section as a terminal station.

The name of the station derives from the Schottentor, a former city gate in the Vienna city wall, which was demolished in 1860.

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