The latest metro expansion project in Wien took a step forward in February with the start of work on the future Frankhplatz-Altes AKH station. This will be part of the city's first driverless metro line, which is due to open in 2024. The construction of Line U5, and the associated project to expand Line U2, forms the largest transport project cur rently underway in the Austrian capital. The €lbn U2xU5 project aims to close a gap in network coverage, which is important in the rapidly growing city. Wien already has 1·9 million inhabit ants, with a further 1 million in the wider urban area, and public transport use is growing: in 2018 total ridership was 961·7 million passengers, up from 954 million in 2016, although metro ridership fell from 440·1 million pas sengers to 428·8 million.
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