{{Short description|Vienna U-Bahn station}} {{Infobox station | name = Schottentor | type = | style = Wiener Linien | image = Wien U-Bahn-Station Schottentor Bahnsteig.jpg | image_caption = | address = [[Innere Stadt]], [[Vienna]] | country = [[Austria]] | coordinates = {{coord|48.2149|16.3633|type:railwaystation_region:AT|display=inline,title}} | elevation = | line = {{ric|Wiener Linien|U2}} | other = | structure = | platform = | depth = | levels = | tracks = | parking = | bicycle = | baggage_check = | opened = 30 August 1980 | closed = | rebuilt = | electrified = | accessible = | code = | owned = | operator = | zone = | smartcardname = | smartcardstatus = | status = | former = | passengers = | pass_year = | pass_percent = | pass_system = | mpassengers = | services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Wiener Linien |line1=U2|left1=Rathaus|right1=Schottenring }} | map_locator = | web = | route_map = | map_state = | style2 = U2 }} '''Schottentor''' is a station on {{lnl|Wiener Linien|U2}} of the [[Vienna U-Bahn]].<ref>[http://homepage.univie.ac.at/horst.prillinger/metro/english/u2.html Vienna U2 line]</ref> It is located in the [[Innere Stadt]], next to the [[Main building (University of Vienna)|main building of the University of Vienna]]. The station is alternatively designated Schottentor-Universität.
== History == Following the demolition of the city walls in the 1850s, the planning of the [[Ringstrasse|Ringstraße]] and the [[Votivkirche, Vienna|Votivkirche]] resulted in a five-way road junction at the former Schottentor. With the opening of Vienna’s first [[Trams in Vienna|tramway]] lines, the junction became a key node of the horse-drawn tramway network.
On 29 April 1961, an above-ground tram loop was opened, followed by an underground loop on 16 September 1961.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Schottenpassage |url=https://www.geschichtewiki.wien.gv.at/Schottenpassage |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251007080051/https://www.geschichtewiki.wien.gv.at/Schottenpassage |archive-date=2025-10-07 |access-date=2026-02-06 |website=www.geschichtewiki.wien.gv.at |language=de}}</ref> Because of its oval shape, resembling a pan or casserole when seen from above (Viennese dialect: ''Reindl''), and in reference to then mayor [[Franz Jonas]], the facility became known as the ''Jonasreindl''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-09-16 |title=50. Geburtstag für Jonas-Reindl |url=https://wien.orf.at/v2/news/stories/2501851/ |access-date=2026-02-06 |website=wien.orf.at |language=de}}</ref> Trams arriving from Universitätsstraße (lines 43 and 44) use the surface loop, while lines coming from Währinger Straße (37, 38, 40, 41, and 42) use the underground loop on the first basement level. Provision was made for a possible extension of the underground tramway toward the Opera via Herrengasse, but this plan was abandoned in the mid-1960s with the development of the Vienna U-Bahn.
== Station == The Schottentor transport complex is one of the busiest public transport hubs in Vienna, with a total of 13 lines converging there. In addition to the U2, these include the through tram lines D, 1, and 71 running along the Ringstraße; the radial tram lines 37, 38, 40, 41, 42, 43, and 44; and the bus lines 1A and 40A, which terminate at the junction. The high passenger volume is largely due to the adjacent university and the large number of intersecting transport lines. The planned [[Vienna U-Bahn#Missing U5|U5 line]] is intended to relieve the station by taking over passengers from the radial tram lines.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Erweiterung der U-Bahn-Linie U5, Route und Ausbauschritte |url=https://www.wien.gv.at/verkehr/planung-linie-u5 |access-date=2026-02-06 |website=Deutsch |language=de}}</ref>
An underground pedestrian passage connected to the tram loops allows crossings beneath the Ringstraße and Schottengasse via stairs and escalators. The so-called Schottenpassage and the underground loop contain snack bars, shops, and public toilets.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-01-27 |title=Holzer im Grätzel: Schottenpassage vulgo Jonasreindl |url=https://www.falter.at/zeitung/20260127/schottenpassage-vulgo-jonasreindl |access-date=2026-02-06 |website=FALTER |language=de-AT}}</ref>
== Gallery == <gallery> File:U2.05 Schottentor BS a.jpg|The platform of the station File:Schottentorpassage und Schleife Schottentor, sog. Jonasreindl (94171) IMG 9932.jpg|The two-floored Jonasreindl with two trams entering the station File:Jonas-Reindl 3.JPG|A tram in the station File:U2.05 Schottentor Umgebungsplan a.jpg|Map of the surrounding area </gallery>
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== External links == * {{Commons category-inline|Schottentor metro station}}
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