Klagenfurt Hauptbahnhof

Klagenfurt Hauptbahnhof (German for Klagenfurt Main station; occasionally translated as Klagenfurt Central Station)[1] is the main railway station in Klagenfurt, capital of the Austrian state of Carinthia.[2] It is an important railway junction in southern Austria.

Klagenfurt Hauptbahnhof
Station building after renovation
Location	Walter-von-der-Vogelweide-Platz 1 9020 Klagenfurt Austria
Coordinates	46°36′57″N 14°18′48″E
Owned by	Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB)
Operated by	Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB)
Platforms	6
Connections	Airport: Train: S1 to St. Veit/Glan or Friesach – "Klagenfurt Annabichl"; Bus: Line 42 – "Flughafen" S-Bahn: S1, S3 Bus: Stadtwerke Klagenfurt Lines 40, 41, 42, 43, 80, 81, 82, 85, 93 and 98
Services
Preceding station   ÖBB   Following station Pörtschach am Wörther See toward Villach or Lienz in Osttirol Railjet Sank Veit an der Glan toward Wien Hbf Villach Hbf toward Roma Termini EuroNight Leoben Hbf toward Wien Hbf Terminus IC/EC 32 EC 114 only Krumpendorf/Wörtherse towards Dortmund Terminus IC/EC 62 EC 112 only Krumpendorf/Wörtherse towards Frankfurt
Location
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History

Interior

The station opened on 1 June 1863, when Klagenfurt received connection to the Southern Railway, one of the main train routes within the Austrian Empire, via the Carinthian branch line to Marburg, Styria. One year later, the line was extended to Villach Hauptbahnhof, which quickly superseded Klagenfurt as major Carinthian transportation hub with rail connections to the Brenner Railway at Franzensfeste and the Pontebbana line at Tarvis. In 1906, Klagenfurt received access to the Rosental Railway running from Sankt Veit an der Glan via the Karawanks Tunnel to Assling (Jesenice) in Carniola (present-day Slovenia).

The railway premises located in the present-day district of Sankt Ruprecht south of the city centre were not incorporated into Klagenfurt until 1938. Severely damaged by strategic bombing during World War II the station had to be demolished and completely rebuilt. The reception hall was adorned with a large fresco, created by the local artist Giselbert Hoke (1927–2015) in the style of Pablo Picasso and completed in 1956. The station was extensively renovated from 2002 until November 2015.[3]

Train services

ÖBB Class 1044 at the platform (2009)

Operated by the Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB), Klagenfurt station connects to the Drautal (Drava Valley) and Rosental Railway lines. The Koralm Railway, a direct high-speed connection to the Styrian capital Graz via the 32.9 km (20.4 mi) long Koralm Tunnel is currently under construction. Part of the Pan-European Baltic-Adriatic Corridor, it is scheduled to be completed in 2023.

The station is currently served by the following train connections:

• Railjet services Lienz – Villach – Klagenfurt – Vienna
• InterCity services Klagenfurt – Salzburg – Linz – Vienna
• EuroCity services Dortmund/Frankfurt – Munich – Salzburg – Villach – Klagenfurt
• EuroCity services Klagenfurt – Villach – Tarvisio – Udine – Venice
• EuroNight services Rome/Livorno – Florence – Bologna – Venice – Villach – Klagenfurt – Vienna

Beside long-distance traffic, Klagenfurt is served by ÖBB Regional-Express and Regionalbahn trains. It is also a railway hub of the Carinthian S-Bahn network.

See also

• Rail transport in Austria
• History of rail transport in Austria

References

1. Bulletin of the International Union of Railways, Volume 31, p. 102. (1960).
2. ÖBB travel portal: Stations with Luggage lockers "Upper Austria: Linz Hauptbahnhof, Wels Hauptbahnhof, .. Salzburg Hauptbahnhof, ..Graz Hauptbahnhof, Leoben Hauptbahnhof, ...Carinthia / East Tyrol: Klagenfurt Hauptbahnhof, Villach Hauptbahnhof, Tyrol: Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof, .. "
3. Klagenfurt Hauptbahnof rebuild completed Today's Railways Europe issue 122 February 2006 page 45

External links

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