Subway Stations in Vienna
19th-century planning: In 1843, a project for an "atmospheric railway" from Lobkowitzplatz to the Wien Valley was published; in 1858, a horse-drawn subway from a planned central station at Landstraße and a circular railway encompassing the entire future area of Vienna were proposed. In 1892, the "Commission for Transport Facilities in Vienna" was established, composed of representatives from the state, the province of Lower Austria, and the city of Vienna, and it engaged Otto Wagner for the architectural design of the superstructures. Many projects that had long been delayed by financial and other difficulties fell under its purview, such as the Stadtbahn (city railway), the regulation of the Wien River, and the Danube Canal quays.
