Wien Hauptbahnhof

Coordinates: 48°11′12″N 16°22′48″E / 48.186667°N 16.380000°E / 48.186667; 16.380000
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Wien Hauptbahnhof
Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB)
Line(s)
Platforms12
Tracks12 for
ÖBB
4 for loading cars (Wien Hauptbahnhof Autoreisezug)
2 for underground tram
2 for U-Bahn
20 Total
Construction
Structure typeat-grade
Parkingyes
Other information
IATA codeXWC
Websitewww.hauptbahnhof-wien.at (in German)
History
OpenedDecember 2012; 11 years ago (2012-12)
(partly operational)[1]
December 2015; 8 years ago (2015-12)
(fully operational)[2]
Electrifiedyes
Passengers
268,000/day[3]
Services
Preceding station ÖBB Following station
Wien Meidling
towards Zürich Hbf
Railjet Express
Bratislava hl.st.
Budapest Keleti
Wien Meidling
towards München Hbf
Terminus
Wien Meidling
towards Zürich Hbf
Vienna Airport
Terminus
Wien Meidling
Wien Meidling
towards Bregenz
Wien Meidling
towards Graz Hbf
Railjet Břeclav
Břeclav
towards Praha hl.n.
Wien Meidling
towards Villach Hbf
Terminus
Wien Meidling
Wien Meidling
towards Salzburg Hbf
Wien Meidling
towards Graz Hbf
Vienna Airport
Terminus
Wien Meidling
Terminus EuroCity Břeclav
towards Katowice
Břeclav
Wien Meidling
towards Graz Hbf
Břeclav
Wien Meidling Terminus
Terminus Břeclav
Budapest Keleti
Cluj Napoca
InterCity
Bratislava-Petrzalka
towards Košice
Wien Meidling Terminus
Wien Meidling
Wien Meidling
towards Lienz
Wien Meidling
towards Villach Hbf
Wiener Neustadt Hbf
towards Graz Hbf
EuroNight Břeclav
Wien Meidling
Budapest Keleti
Wien Meidling Nightjet Terminus
Wien Meidling
Wien Meidling
towards Bregenz
Wiener Neustadt Hbf
towards Graz Hbf
Břeclav
Wien Meidling Terminus
Wien Meidling ÖBB-Urlaubsexpress
Limited service
Wien Matzleinsdorfer Platz REX 1 Wien Quartier Belvedere
towards Břeclav
Wien Westbahnhof
REX 2 Wien Quartier Belvedere
Wien Matzleinsdorfer Platz REX 3 Wien Quartier Belvedere
towards Satov
Terminus REX 6 Wien Grillgasse
REX 62 Wien Grillgasse
towards Hegyeshalom
REX 64 Wien Grillgasse
REX 8
Bratislava hl.st.
Wien Meidling REX 9 Terminus
Terminus R 81 Wien Simmering
towards Marchegg
R 95 Wien Grillgasse
Preceding station DB Fernverkehr Following station
Wien Meidling
towards Rostock Hbf
IC 17 Terminus
Wien Meidling
towards Dortmund Hbf
ICE 91
Preceding station Vienna S-Bahn Following station
Wien Matzleinsdorfer Platz S1 Wien Quartier Belvedere
towards Marchegg
Wien Matzleinsdorfer Platz
towards Mödling
S2 Wien Quartier Belvedere
Wien Matzleinsdorfer Platz S3 Wien Quartier Belvedere
towards Hollabrunn
S4 Wien Quartier Belvedere
Wien Meidling S60 Wien Grillgasse
Wien Meidling S80 Wien Simmering
Location
Wien Hauptbahnhof is located in Austria
Wien Hauptbahnhof
Wien Hauptbahnhof
Location within Austria
Interior of the station. June 2016

Wien Hauptbahnhof, Vienna Central Station

north, east, south and west, and replacing the old Wien Südbahnhof terminus.[10] With 268,000 daily commuters it is Austria's busiest long-distance railway station.[3] Aside from being voted "Austria's most beautiful railway station" (six times in total; five years in a row),[citation needed] it was also second in Consumer Choice Center's ranking of "Top 10 Railway Stations for Passenger Convenience in Europe".[11]

History

Background

During the 1990s, interest arose in the redevelopment of

Zurich-based Theo Hotz Architects and Planners were awarded an initial design contract to develop a new station solution for the area. While the plans produced by Theo Hotz do not directly correspond with the subsequently-built structure, the architects were still responsible for a large proportion of the station that was later constructed, particularly the design for both the main concourse and the platforms.[12]

The new station, known as Hauptbahnhof, has been designed as a single structure with through platforms, and is capable of handling more trains a day on much less space than its predecessors.[12] It has direct links to the centre of Vienna via the U-Bahn network, while ÖBB state that the other principal stations in the city are to be reachable from the station within 30 minutes.[13] The design of the new station also features extensive onsite retail opportunities, including a 20,000-square-metre (220,000 sq ft) shopping centre positioned below track level, which accommodate for around 100 shops and restaurants, as well as an on-site underground car park with spaces for up to 600 cars and 1,110 bicycles.[14][12]

A major benefit of the scheme has been the release of land within the city centre which had previously been occupied by the two former termini. Plans for its reuse were incorporated into the development of the new station and it has become a major urban development in its own right to include various office, retail and educational facilities.

Erste Group Bank AG and ÖBB's corporate headquarters have both been built on this site, along with the new Sonnwendviertel residential district of 5,000 innercity apartments, accommodating up to 13,000 people.[12]

On 15 December 2006, the

CO2-controlled ventilation and geothermal energy systems have been incorporated, while both the windows and walls are furnished with soundproofing.[15]

Construction

During June 2007, construction work formally commenced in the form of preliminary works, such as the remodelling of the existing S-Bahn station Südtiroler Platz. In 2008, the S-Bahn and the U-Bahn stations at Südtiroler Platz were connected to one another, while the Südbahnhof was demolished, a process which took until 2010 to complete.[15] The bulk of Südbahnhof's services (platforms 11–19) were closed with the timetable change of 13 December 2009; during this transition period, Wien Meidling railway station temporarily took on many of Südbahnhof's services until the new station could be completed.[16]

During 2009, ÖBB Infrastruktur awarded a €220 million contract for the station's construction to a consortium led by Strabag; at this point, it was intended for the first stage of the project to have been completed by 2013, while the finalisation of the overall project was due to occur during 2015.[14] The railway infrastructure for the project was largely built by a joint venture between Arge Östu-Stettin and HOCHTIEF Construction, while the station's diamond-shaped roof was installed by UNGER Steel.[15] The total cost of building the new station has been stated to have been around €987 million; it was financed via ÖBB, the city authorities, the European Union, and property development opportunities.[13]

During April 2010, the construction programme entered into full swing.

timber, reinforced with steel elements, and assembled from four pre-fabricated modules which were lifted into place using cranes.[12]

Opening

View of the main hall. February 2020
View to 4th and 5th platforms of Vienna main station at sunset. June 2016

On 6 August 2012, trains began passing through the new Hauptbahhof station without stopping.[4] During December 2012, the station attained a partial operational status, coinciding with a timetable shakeup on 9 December and the induction of some new alignments;[1] as a result, both regional and S-Bahn services began using platforms 9–12, while long-distance trains continued to not stop at the station.[7]

On the morning of 10 October 2014, Wien Hauptbahnhof was formally inaugurated in a ceremony held at the station, officiated by Austrian President Heinz Fischer.[13] At one point, it was expected that the Hauptbahnhof would be able to fully open during December 2014, however delays were encountered, attributed to difficulties in the completion of a key footbridge, which meant the station was not fully operational until December 2015.[18][7] Upon attaining full operational status, the station has been anticipated to handle 145,000 passengers and 1,000 trains per day.[13] In terms of its mainline connection, the new station serves as a key meeting point in Vienna for four individual major railway lines; it also provided access to other local services including the Vienna S-Bahn, a tramway and several bus lines.[15]

The station has a total of five island platforms, each with 2 sides, for a total of 10 platforms. These five islands are complete with striking canopies, measuring roughly 210 metres in length and between 6 and 15 metres (20 and 49 ft) in height; the canopies are built on top of a

Venezia, Italy.[13]

The new station offers significantly improved connectivity, principally focused upon international routes.

Südtiroler Platz, the new station is better connected to the Vienna U-Bahn system, and is also accessible by Vienna S-Bahn, tram and bus lines.[19] The Südtiroler Platz S-Bahn station was renamed Wien Hauptbahnhof (platforms 1 and 2) in December 2012.[7]

Train services

Trains at Wien Hauptbahnhof in 2019
Railjet trains at Wien Hauptbahnhof in 2019

The station is served by the following services:

  • Intercity Express services (ICE) Hamburg - Hanover - Kassel - Nürnberg - Passau - Linz - St Pölten - Vienna
  • Intercity Express services (ICE) Dortmund - Essen - Düsseldorf - Cologne - Koblenz - Frankfurt - Nürnberg - Passau - Linz - St Pölten - Vienna
  • Intercity Express services (ICE) Berlin - Halle - Erfurt - Coburg - Nürnberg - Passau - Linz - St Pölten - Vienna
  • RailJet
    services (RJ) Zurich - (Bregenz -) Innsbruck - Salzburg - Linz - St Pölten - Vienna - (Vienna International Airport) - Győr - Budapest
  • RailJet services (RJ) (Frankfurt - Stuttgart -) Munich - Salzburg - Linz - St Pölten - Vienna - Győr - Budapest
  • RailJet services (RJ) Frankfurt - Stuttgart - Ulm - Friedrichshafen - Lindau-Reutin - Bregenz - Innsbruck - Salzburg - Linz - St Pölten - Vienna (- Vienna International Airport)
  • RailJet services (RJ) Graz - Vienna (- Vienna International Airport) - Breclav - Brno - Pardubice - Prague
  • RailJet services (RJ) Villach - Klagenfurt - Vienna (- Vienna International Airport)
  • RailJet services (RJ) Vienna - Klagenfurt - Villach - Udine - Treviso - Venice
  • RailJet Express services (RJX) Vienna - St Pölten - Linz - Salzburg - (Innsbruck - Bregenz - Zürich)/(Munich)
  • EuroCity services Vienna - Győr - Budapest - Kiskunmajsa - Novi Sad - Belgrade
  • EuroCity services Vienna - Győr - Budapest - Szolnok - Oradea - Cluj-Napoca
  • EuroCity services Vienna - Győr - Budapest - Debrecen - Zahony ( - Kyiv [Sleeping Cars])
  • EuroCity services Vienna - Győr - Budapest
  • EuroCity services Vienna - Breclav - Prerov - Ostrava - Bohumín - Katowice - Warsaw (- Gdansk - Gdynia)
  • EuroCity services Vienna - Graz - Maribor - Ljubljana (- Trieste)
  • EuroCity services Vienna - Graz - Maribor - Zagreb
  • Nightjet services Vienna - Ostrava - Wroclaw - Frankfurt/Oder - Berlin
  • Nightjet services Vienna - Klagenfurt - Villach - Bologna - Florence - Rome
  • Nightjet services Vienna - Klagenfurt - Villach - Padova - Verona - Milan
  • Nightjet services Vienna - Linz - Salzburg - Villach - Udine - Venice
  • Nightjet services Vienna - Klagenfurt - Villach - Bologna - Florence - Pisa - Livorno
  • Nightjet services Vienna - Innsbruck - Feldkirch - Buchs - Zurich
  • Nightjet services Vienna - Linz - Hanover - Hamburg
  • Nightjet services Vienna - Linz - Frankfurt - Koblenz - Cologne - Düsseldorf (- Amsterdam / Brussels)
  • Nightjet services Vienna - Innsbruck - Feldkirch - Bregenz
  • EuroNight services Zurich - Buchs - Feldkirch - Innsbruck - Vienna - Budapest
  • EuroNight services Stuttgart - Munich - Salzburg - Linz - Vienna - Budapest
  • EuroNight services Vienna - Breclav - Prerov - Ostrava - Bohumín - Katowice - Warsaw / Krakow
  • EuroNight services Vienna - Kosice
  • EuroNight services Bratislava - Vienna - Graz - Maribor - Zagreb - Split
  • InterRegio Night (Romanian Railways) Vienna - Győr - Budapest - Lokoshaza - Arad - Sighişoara - Braşov - Bucharest
  • Regiojet Vienna - Breclav - Brno - Pardubice - Prague
Wien Meidling – Wien Hauptbahnhof (platform 1–2) Wien FloridsdorfGänserndorf
MödlingWien Meidling – Wien Hauptbahnhof (platform 1–2) Wien FloridsdorfWolkersdorfMistelbachLaa an der Thaya
/ Wiener Neustadt HbfBadenMödlingWien Meidling – Wien Hauptbahnhof (platform 1–2) Wien FloridsdorfStockerauHollabrunn (S3)/Absdorf-Hippersdorf (S4)
Wiener Neustadt HbfEbenfurthWien Meidling – Wien Hauptbahnhof (platform 3–12) Bruck an der Leitha
Wien Erzherzog-Karl-Straße – Wien Stadlau - Wien Simmering – Wien Hauptbahnhof (platform 3–12) Wien MeidlingWien Hütteldorf – Unter Purkersdorf
R
to Deutschkreutz, Bratislava, Marchegg, Pamhagen, Wulkaprodersdorf, Győr, Payerbach-Reichenau, Břeclav, Znojmo and Wiener Neustadt Hauptbahnhof

Local public transport

The station is served by the following municipal public transport services:

  • U-Bahn:
  • Tram: 18, D, O
  • Bus: 13A, 69A N66 VAL Flixbus

Tram D is a small walk from the main entrance and can be accessed from section E of platforms 3 to 12. The D station is called "Hauptbahnhof Ost".

Construction

  • Started in 2011
    Started in 2011
  • In January 2012
    In January 2012
  • In August 2012
    In August 2012
  • In October 2012
    In October 2012

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b "Openings increase speeds and capacity". Railway Gazette International. 27 December 2012.
  2. ^
    Österreichische Bundesbahnen
    . Retrieved 2014-12-08.
  3. ^ a b "Die größten Bahnhöfe in Österreich". GoEuro Corp. Retrieved 2021-03-30.
  4. ^ a b "Milestones of Vienna's Main Railway Station". City of Vienna. Archived from the original on 27 June 2012.
  5. ^ "ÖBB Facts & Figures 2019" (PDF). ÖBB Press. 2019. p. 40. Retrieved 2021-10-07.
  6. Österreichische Bundesbahnen. Archived from the original
    (PDF) on 2019-04-14. Retrieved 2013-05-09.
  7. ^ a b c d Fender, Keith (June 2013). "Vienna Hauptbahnhof delayed". Modern Railways.
  8. ^ "Vienna Hauptbahnhof celebrates opening". The Local. 6 October 2014.
  9. .
  10. ^ Averbuck, Alexis; Bedford, Neal (2009). Western Europe. Lonely Planet. p. 66.
  11. ^ "European Railway Station Index 2021".
  12. ^ a b c d e f g h i Schoof, Jakob. "Almost completed: The new Central Railway Station in Vienna's Belvedere district." detail-online.com, 22 October 2014.
  13. ^ a b c d e f g h "Wien Hauptbahnhof officially inaugurated." Railway Gazette International, 10 October 2014.
  14. ^ a b "Wien Hauptbahnhof construction contract awarded". Railway Gazette International. 22 November 2009.
  15. ^ a b c d e f g h "Vienna Central Station (Wien Hauptbahnhof)." railway-technology.com, Retrieved: 3 June 2018.
  16. Österreichische Bundesbahnen. Retrieved 13 February 2010.[dead link
    ]
  17. ^ "Hauptbahnhof Wien" (in German). Hauptbahnhof Wien. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
  18. ^ Beier, Roland (May 2013). "Wien Hauptbahnhof delayed". Today's Railways Europe.
  19. ^ "Facts & Figures project Vienna main station" (PDF). Hauptbahnhof Wien.
  1. ^ Also referred to in English as "Vienna Hauptbahnhof"[7][8] and commonly abbreviated in German as "Wien Hbf".

Bibliography

  • Kaiser, Wolfgang (2011). Die Wiener Bahnhöfe. Geschichte, Gegenwart und Zukunft [Vienna's Railway Stations: Past, Present and Future] (in German). München: GeraMond.
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    .

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