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Frankfurt U-Bahn

Frankfurt U-Bahn: Overview

Frankfurt has an underground railway metropolitan transit system (U-Bahn) composed by 9 lines and 87 stations. As a complement of this system there are lines of suburban trains (S- Bahn) and trams.

  • Known as: U-Bahn
  • System length: 65 km
  • Number of lines: 9
  • Number of stations: 87
  • Website: http://www.vgf-ffm.de
  • Operator: Verkehrsgesellschaft Frankfurt
  • Average ridership: 140 million per year
  • Start of operation: It operates since October 4, 1968. The first line goes from Nordwestzentrum to Hauptwache.

 

Munich U-Bahn and S-Bahn

MUNICH U-BAHN: TRANSIT SYSTEM OVERVIEW:
In the city of Munich, the transit system comprises the Munich U-Bahn, an underground electric rail rapid transit network, and the Munich S-Bahn a commuter train system that forms a dense urban transport network that make it easier the movement of the Bavarian capital.
U-Bahn is the contraction for Untergrundbahn (underground train) in german and S-Bahn for Stadtschnellbahn…