Nuremberg U-Bahn

Nuremberg U-Bahn
Overview
LocaleNuremberg, Fürth
Transit typeRapid transit
Number of lines3
Number of stations49
Daily ridership410,000 As of 2017
Annual ridership111 million (2023)
WebsiteVAG Nürnberg
Operation
Began operationMarch 1, 1972 (1972-03-01)
Operator(s)Verkehrs-Aktiengesellschaft Nürnberg
Number of vehicles
Train length4-car-trains (exclusively on U1, mainly on U2&U3)
2-car-trains (some services on U2&U3)
Headway100 seconds to 10 minutes
Technical
System length38.2 km (23.7 mi)
Track gaugestandard gauge
Electrification750 V DC third rail
Average speed33.4 km/h (20.8 mph)
Top speed80 km/h (50 mph)
System map
Hardhöhe
Klinikum
Stadthalle
Rathaus
Fürth
Großreuth
bei Schweinau
Jakobinenstraße
Gustav-Adolf-Straße
Stadtgrenze
Sündersbühl
Fürth
Nuremberg
Röthenbach
Muggenhof
Hohe Marter
Eberhardshof
Schweinau
Maximilianstraße
St. Leonhard
Bärenschanze
Rothenburger
Straße
Gostenhof
Plärrer
Opernhaus
Weißer Turm
Nürnberg
Hauptbahnhof
Lorenzkirche
Aufseßplatz
Wöhrder Wiese
Maffeiplatz
Rathenauplatz
Frankenstraße
Maxfeld
Hasenbuck
Kaulbachplatz
Bauernfeindstraße
Friedrich-
Ebert-Platz
Messe
Klinikum Nord
Langwasser Nord
Nordwestring
Scharfreiterring
Rennweg
Langwasser Mitte
Schoppershof
Gemeinschaftshaus
Nordostbahnhof
Langwasser Süd
Herrnhütte
Ziegelstein
Flughafen
Key
U1
U3
U2
U2 and U3

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, 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 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.