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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.

Schottentor
General information
Location	Innere Stadt, Vienna Austria
Coordinates	48.2149°N 16.3633°E / 48.2149; 16.3633
Line(s)
History
Opened	30 August 1980
Services
Preceding station Wiener Linien Following station Rathaus toward Karlsplatz U2 Schottenring toward Seestadt

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.

References

External links

• Media related to Schottentor metro station at Wikimedia Commons

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