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.
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| Location | Innere Stadt, Vienna Austria | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 48°12′54″N 16°21′48″E / 48.2149°N 16.3633°E | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 30 August 1980 | ||||||||||
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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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