Wien Hauptbahnhof

Also known as Vienna main station

railway station in Vienna, Austria

Key facts

Location: Favoritenstraße 51, Vienna , Austria
Owned by: Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB)
Lines: Eastern Railway Laaer Ostbahn Southern Railway Verbindungsbahn
Tracks: 12 for ÖBB , 4 for loading cars (Wien Hauptbahnhof Autoreisezug), 2 for underground tram, 2 for U-Bahn , 20 Total
Structure type: at-grade
Parking: yes
Iata code: XWC
Website: www .hauptbahnhof-wien .at (in German)
Opened: December 2012 ; 13 years ago ( 2012-12 ) , (partly operational) , December 2015 ; 10 years ago ( 2015-12 ) , (fully operational)
Electrified: yes

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Interior of the station. June 2016 Wien Hauptbahnhof, Vienna Central Station or Vienna Main Station is the main railway station in Vienna, Austria, located in the Favoriten district. It became fully operational in December 2015, linking major railway lines from the north, east, south and west, and replacing the old Wien Südbahnhof terminus. With 268,000 daily commuters it is Austria's busiest long-distance railway station. Aside from being voted "Austria's most beautiful railway station" (six times in total; five years in a row), it was also second in Consumer Choice Center's ranking of "Top 10 Railway Stations for Passenger Convenience in Europe".

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