U2 disorders: Viennese lines warn of problems with new doors!

U2 disorders: Viennese lines warn of problems with new doors!

Wien, Österreich - Wiener Audi passengers are currently experiencing the U2 again, but the return on the route between Karlsplatz and Schottentor, which was carried out on December 6, 2024, not only brings joy, but also inconvenience. The new automatic platform doors turn out to be problematic because they open up much more slowly than the wagon doors. This means that some impatient passengers pull on the doors, which leads to further disorders and annoying delays. A contribution by Today emphasizes that these passengers are urgently patient by the Viennese lines. One should not pull on the handles, as the doors open automatically and should be better coordinated after a certain period of familiarization.

The problems with opening the doors are not new; They are related to the complicated cooperation between the Viennese lines with external French companies that are responsible for the technical implementation. The synchronization of the platform doors with the train doors is a demanding task, which is obviously not yet perfectly solved. Users on social media are dissatisfied and criticize the inefficient technology, such as wien.orf.at reported.

Some passengers say in the comments that the worldwide discount doors are opened synchronously, which raises the question of why Vienna cannot keep up here. Another user suspects that inadequate software optimizations take part in the slowdown. These difficulties again show the challenges associated with the modernization of the infrastructure, especially when new technologies are introduced.