Nuremberg U-Bahn

Nuremberg U-Bahn
Overview
Locale	Nuremberg, Fürth
Transit type	Rapid transit
Number of lines	3[1][2]
Number of stations	49[1][2]
Daily ridership	410,000 As of 2017[update][3]
Annual ridership	111 million (2023)[4]
Website	VAG Nürnberg
Operation
Began operation	March 1, 1972; 52 years ago (1972-03-01)
Operator(s)	Verkehrs-Aktiengesellschaft Nürnberg
Number of vehicles	32 VAG Class DT3 14 VAG Class DT3-F 35 VAG Class G1
Train length	4-car-trains (exclusively on U1, mainly on U2&U3) 2-car-trains (some services on U2&U3)
Headway	100 seconds to 10 minutes
Technical
System length	38.2 km (23.7 mi)[2]
Track gauge	standard gauge
Electrification	750 V DC third rail[1]
Average speed	33.4 km/h (20.8 mph)[1]
Top speed	80 km/h (50 mph)
System map

The Nuremberg U-Bahn is a rapid transit system run 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.^[2]

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.