Gleischaos in Vienna: Massive construction work paralyzing inner city!

Gleischaos in Vienna: Massive construction work paralyzing inner city!

Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus, Österreich - in Vienna is currently haywire. From today, July 1, 2025, the large track building theater began, which is paralyzing the tram network in the inner city. The work affects the important section between Schwarzenbergplatz, Opera and the Dr.-Karl Renner-Ring and have a direct impact on four tram lines: the 1 Series, 2, D and 71. Above all, the areas around the parliament, the Burgtheater and the State Opera feel the restrictions that will last until August 5th in the middle of the summer time.

It becomes particularly tricky for passengers who commute on the route between Schubertring and Volkstheater. This connection is currently not available and the Viennese lines advise users to switch to the U2 and U3 or alternative routes underground lines. An increased passenger volume is determined at the Volkstheater itself, but the general situation in the city remains calm.

information deficiency causes confusion

Unfortunately, the first day of the lock left the passengers somewhat confused. The information situation was not optimal, which caused questions and confusion. To remedy this, the Viennese lines take more measures: there are multilingual notices and mobile service staff who take care of the concerns of passengers.

However, the track construction work is not the only construction sites with which the Viennese have to deal with. Working on the Währinger belt has also been worked on since June 24, with two lanes being blocked during the day. This leads to traffic jams in the AKH, Alser Straße and Volksoper area. In addition, the Brigittenau bridge has been renovated since July 1, with 281 meters of road being renewed.

numerous diversions and further construction work

The traffic chaos in the city in no way limited to the trams. The travelers are also affected in Landstraßer Hauptstraße and Schlachthausgasse: line 18 has been completely stopped here since the beginning of July to the end of August. The diversions are numerous and require a sharp eye of the passengers. From March to July, the 18-line line had only been driven to a limited extent, and there was also a replacement bus 18e between the Fasangasse and Heinrich-Drimmel-Platz.

There are also exciting developments for line 43: This has been renewed in Jörgerstrasse since mid -June to September, in several phases. The detour leads via line 9 to Gersthof, while line 49 has been on the regular route since June 30 after the tracks and stops have been modernized.

In Floridsdorf, the construction work on Franz-Jonas-Platz is almost complete. Here, lines 25, 26 and 31 will soon run again as planned. The construction process in Hütteldorfer Straße, on the other hand, runs until the end of June and brings temporary restrictions: line 49 is replaced by the early journeys of line 52.