25T79 VGH Michelbeuern: around Vienna General Hospital

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E78, V26.

Where the 9th district meets the “inner belt”, the present-day location of Vienna’s Allgemeines Krankenhaus (General Hospital, VGH) with its two dark brown 22-floor towers has been a city fixture since the 1970s. VGH has almost 9-thousand on staff and, as teaching facility, an additional 8-thousand students at the Medizinische Universität Wien (Medical University of Vienna). After moving locations, the first site of VGH became the primary campus for the Universität Wien (University of Vienna).

Since 1987, VGH has its own metro/subway station “Michelbeuern – Allgemeines Krankenhaus” on the U6 U-Bahn line. The new U5 line in extending west to Hernals on the “outer belt” will include a brand new station at VGH.

MUW: Medizinische Universität Wien – AKH: Allgemeines Krankenhaus der Stadt Wien.
Bridge over tracks and Währing Belt Road, connecting the U6 station with the hospital (background).
Covered bridge concourse, facing west towards the station; VGH is behind me in this image.
To the north are “Revisionhallen” or halls for regular inspections. The working U6 tracks are at far-left, as a southbound U6 train approaches the station.
To the south is the U-Bahn Betriebsbahnhof Michelbeuern (service depot and facility at Michelbeuern).
U6 station Michelbeuern – Allgemeines Krankenhaus, with a partly obscured tower of VGH.

I made all images above with an iPhone15 on 25 July 2025. This post composed within Jetpack for iOS appears on Fotoeins Fotografie at fotoeins DOT com.

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