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Graz Hauptbahnhof, abbreviated Graz Hbf ( German for ''Graz Main Station''; sometimes translated as Graz Central Station.), is the main railway station in Graz, the capital of the
The first Railway station was opened here in 1847 but due to a big increase in passenger numbers a bigger station was constructed on the same site between 1871 and 1876.
In 1945 the grand station from 1876 was totally destroyed in allied bombing raids.
In 1956 the building works on the current station were completed.
The station was built in the typical style of the 1950s and the main ticket hall is now a listed building.
In 2001 the station was modernised and partly rebuilt to incorporate escalators to the platforms and also a small shopping mall.
Since 2010 there has been further major building work taking place to prepare the station for its new role as an international transport hub and to cope with increasing national and regional traffic. When the construction of the Koralm Railway is completed all international traffic from Vienna to Italy will pass through Graz.
These works include the rebuilding and lengthening of all platforms plus the construction of two extra platforms for regional trains.
All platforms will also have new modern roofing.
One of the two foot tunnels to the platforms has been lengthened to the Wagner Biro Straße giving access to the station from the west as well.
The railway bridge over the Eggenberger Straße has also been rebuilt to make space for extra tracks.
A new local transport hub for trams and buses has been built on and under the station forecourt to connect all four tram lines to the station which run through the local area.
Up until recently two of these tramlines used to terminate on the station forecourt while the other two passed the station nearby.
To rectify this problem a new subsurface tram stop has been constructed under the station forecourt enabling all four tram lines to have a stop just outside the main entrance to the station.
Information on Graz Hbf from OBB web site
Railway stations in Styria Transport in Graz Buildings and structures in Graz
Austria
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n state of Styria. The station is located some west of the city centre, to which it is connected by the tram
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The station serves as a major node on the Southern Railway, which links it to Vienna
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in the north, and Slovenia
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in the south. It is also the terminus
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* Bus terminus, a bus station serving as an end destination
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of the Styrian Eastern Railway, which runs eastwards towards Hungary
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, and of the local Köflacherbahn to the west. In the future, the Koralm Railway
The Koralm Railway (german: Koralmbahn) is an Austrian 127 km-long (79 mi)Johannes Fleckl-Ernst: ''Geodätische Herausforderungen beim Projekt „Koralmtunnel“''. In: ''Felsbau'', Heft 5/2010, S. 315–321, . double-track, electri ...
will provide a direct link from Graz to Italy
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via Klagenfurt
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History
The first Railway station was opened here in 1847 but due to a big increase in passenger numbers a bigger station was constructed on the same site between 1871 and 1876.
In 1945 the grand station from 1876 was totally destroyed in allied bombing raids.
In 1956 the building works on the current station were completed.
The station was built in the typical style of the 1950s and the main ticket hall is now a listed building.
In 2001 the station was modernised and partly rebuilt to incorporate escalators to the platforms and also a small shopping mall.
Project Hauptbahnhof 2020
Since 2010 there has been further major building work taking place to prepare the station for its new role as an international transport hub and to cope with increasing national and regional traffic. When the construction of the Koralm Railway is completed all international traffic from Vienna to Italy will pass through Graz.
These works include the rebuilding and lengthening of all platforms plus the construction of two extra platforms for regional trains.
All platforms will also have new modern roofing.
One of the two foot tunnels to the platforms has been lengthened to the Wagner Biro Straße giving access to the station from the west as well.
The railway bridge over the Eggenberger Straße has also been rebuilt to make space for extra tracks.
A new local transport hub for trams and buses has been built on and under the station forecourt to connect all four tram lines to the station which run through the local area.
Up until recently two of these tramlines used to terminate on the station forecourt while the other two passed the station nearby.
To rectify this problem a new subsurface tram stop has been constructed under the station forecourt enabling all four tram lines to have a stop just outside the main entrance to the station.
Train services
The station is served by the following services: *RailJet services Graz - Vienna - Breclav - Brno - Pardubice - Prague *EuroCity services Zagreb - Maribor - Graz - ViennaReferences
External links
* {{Commonscat-inline, Graz HauptbahnhofInformation on Graz Hbf from OBB web site
Railway stations in Styria Transport in Graz Buildings and structures in Graz