Nuremberg U-Bahn

Nuremberg U-Bahn
Nuremberg U-Bahn
Overview
Locale	Nuremberg, Fürth
Transit type	Rapid transit
Number of lines	3
Number of stations	49
Daily ridership	410,000 As of 2017
Annual ridership	111 million (2023)
Website	VAG Nürnberg
Operation
Began operation	March 1, 1972
Operator(s)	Verkehrs-Aktiengesellschaft Nürnberg
Number of vehicles	32 VAG Class DT3; 14 VAG Class DT3-F; 35 VAG Class G1;
Train length	4-car-trains (exclusively on U1, mainly on U2&U3); 2-car-trains (some services on U2&U3)
Headway	100 seconds to 10 minutes
Technical
System length	38.2 km (23.7 mi)
Track gauge	standard gauge
Electrification	750 V DC third rail
Average speed	33.4 km/h (20.8 mph)
Top speed	80 km/h (50 mph)
System map
System map
	Großreuth
	bei Schweinau
	Fürth
	Nuremberg
	Rothenburger
	Straße
	Nürnberg
	Hauptbahnhof
	Friedrich-
	Ebert-Platz
Key

The Nuremberg U-Bahn is a rapid transit system in Nuremberg and Fürth, Bavaria. It is operated by Verkehrs-Aktiengesellschaft Nürnberg (VAG; Nuremberg Transport Corporation), which itself is a member of the Verkehrsverbund Großraum Nürnberg (VGN; Greater Nuremberg Transport Network). The Nuremberg U-Bahn is Germany's newest metro system, having begun operation in 1972, although the Nuremberg-Fürth route (U1) uses part of the right of way of the Bavarian Ludwig Railway, which was Germany's first passenger railway opened in 1835. The current network of the U-Bahn is composed of three lines, serving 49 stations, and comprising 38.2 kilometres (23.7 mi) of operational route, making it the shortest of the four heavy-rail metro systems in Germany, behind Berlin, Hamburg and Munich.

In 2008, driverless and fully automated trains were introduced on the new U3 line, making it Germany's first automatic U-Bahn line. U2 was converted to driverless operation by 2010, the first such conversion anywhere in the world.