According to Wiener Linien

Passengers are partly to blame for hot public transport

Summer is not a cool time for public transport users. There are now also changes to the U1. Wiener Linien sees the many passengers as a source of heat.

(Bild: Krone KREATIV/Manfred Helmer, Instagram/Wiener Linien)

The public transport company has now come in for a lot of criticism with its clarification on air-conditioned public transport - people as fuel rods. But the public transport anger goes even further

Why is it so hot on public transport? It's not just passengers who are asking this question, but Wiener Linien itself. On Instagram, the transport company tries to explain the reasons for the oven bombers on the tracks. When it comes to reason 2, very few Viennese could keep a cool head - because they themselves are sometimes responsible for the tropical temperatures. Because: "Every passenger is a source of heat." The more of them (e.g. through creepy intervals on the U4), the more the air conditioning has to do.

Wiener Linien's statement has provoked heated discussions on social media. Many passengers are angry.

(Bild: Instagram/Wiener Linien)

There was a heated debate on social media. One comment: "Of course, now it's the passengers' bodies as heat sources that are to blame!" In other countries (Singapore, Rome), air conditioning would also work.

Meanwhile, the Viennese are in for further public transport trouble: from August 5 to November 24 inclusive, the U1 in the direction of Leopoldau will not stop at Kagran station. From August 5 to August 18, the Bimlinie 26 will have a short service. The replacement bus 26E will run between Kagraner Platz and Hausfeldstraße. Reason: switch construction work for the new streetcar line 27.