Wien Hauptbahnhof
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Wien Hauptbahnhof is the name for a railway station under construction in Vienna
, Austria
. It will replace the Südbahnhof terminal station with a through station which links four major railway lines that converge on Vienna from the North, East, West and South
. In doing so, the new station will offer significantly improved, principally international, connectivity.
station Südtiroler Platz. In 2008, the S-Bahn and the U-Bahn stations at Südtiroler Platz were connected with each other and Südbahnhof was demolished. The bulk of Südbahnhof's services (platforms 11-19) were closed with the timetable change of 13 December 2009, with Wien Meidling station temporarily taking over many of Südbahnhof's services. Construction of the station started in April 2010 with a goal of the station becoming partly operational in December 2012. The station is expected to be fully completed by 2015.
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
, Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
. It will replace the Südbahnhof terminal station with a through station which links four major railway lines that converge on Vienna from the North, East, West and South
Southern Railway (Austria)
The Southern Railway is a two-track, electrified railway line in Austria that runs from Vienna to Graz and Trieste via Wiener Neustadt and the Semmering Pass and is one of the major lines of Austria. It was originally built by the Austrian Southern Railway...
. In doing so, the new station will offer significantly improved, principally international, connectivity.
Timeframe
The city council agreed to build the station on December 15, 2006. Construction began in June 2007, starting with prerequisite alterations such as the remodelling of the S-BahnS-Bahn
S-Bahn refers to an often combined city center and suburban railway system metro in Austria, Germany, Switzerland and Denmark...
station Südtiroler Platz. In 2008, the S-Bahn and the U-Bahn stations at Südtiroler Platz were connected with each other and Südbahnhof was demolished. The bulk of Südbahnhof's services (platforms 11-19) were closed with the timetable change of 13 December 2009, with Wien Meidling station temporarily taking over many of Südbahnhof's services. Construction of the station started in April 2010 with a goal of the station becoming partly operational in December 2012. The station is expected to be fully completed by 2015.