Graz Hauptbahnhof

Graz Hauptbahnhof, abbreviated Graz Hbf[2] (German for Graz Main Station;[3] sometimes translated as Graz Central Station[4]), is the main railway station in Graz, the capital of the Austrian state of Styria. The station is located some 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) west of the city centre, to which it is connected by tram.[4][5]

Graz Hauptbahnhof
Ticket hall following renovation works
General information
LocationEuropaplatz
8020 Graz
Austria
Coordinates47°4′20″N 15°25′2″E
Owned byAustrian Federal Railways (ÖBB)
Operated byÖBB Infra
Line(s)
Distance
  • 40.2 kilometres (25.0 mi) from Köflach
  • 211.4 kilometres (131.4 mi) from Wien Hauptbahnhof
  • 250.7 kilometres (155.8 mi) from Győr
[1]
Platforms
Tracks9
Connections
  • Tram: Graz trams
  • Bus: Local and regional and international
Construction
ArchitectWilhelm Aduatz (1956)
History
Opened1847
Rebuilt1876 and 1956
Services
Preceding station ÖBB Following station
Terminus Railjet Bruck an der Mur
towards Berlin Hbf
Bruck an der Mur
towards Praha hl.n.
Bruck an der Mur
EuroCity Bruck an der Mur
Leibnitz Bruck an der Mur
towards Wien Hbf
Leibnitz
Leoben
towards Zürich Hbf
Terminus
Leoben
Leoben
Terminus InterCity Graz Ostbahnhof-Messe
Leibnitz
towards Ljubljana
Leoben Terminus
Leoben
towards Linz Hbf
Leoben
towards Salzburg Hbf
Terminus EuroNight Bruck an der Mur
Nightjet Bruck an der Mur
Bruck an der Mur
towards Zürich Hbf
Terminus
Preceding station Styria S-Bahn Following station
Judendorf-Straßengel
towards Bruck an der Mur
S1 Terminus
Judendorf-Straßengel
towards Übelbach
S11
Terminus S3 Graz Don Bosco
towards Fehring
S31 Graz Don Bosco
towards Weiz
S5 Graz Don Bosco
Graz Don Bosco
towards Wies-Eibiswald
S6 Terminus
Graz Köflacher
towards Wies-Eibiswald
Location
Graz Hauptbahnhof is located in Austria
Graz Hauptbahnhof
Graz Hauptbahnhof
Location in Austria
Graz Hauptbahnhof is located in Europe
Graz Hauptbahnhof
Graz Hauptbahnhof
Location in Europe

The station serves as a major node on the Southern Railway, which links it to Vienna in the north, and Slovenia in the south. It is also the terminus of the Styrian Eastern railway line, which runs eastwards towards Hungary, and of the local Köflach railway line to the west. In the future, the Koralm Railway will provide a direct link from Graz to Italy via Klagenfurt.[1]

History

Original station from 1876 (destroyed in 1945)

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

New subsurface tram stop at the Hauptbahnhof
New foot tunnel to Wagner Biro Straße

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.

Layout

Graz Hauptbahnhof has five platforms serving nine tracks.[6]

Train services

The station is served by the following services:

  • RailJet services Graz - Vienna - Breclav - Brno - Pardubice - Prague
  • EuroCity services Zagreb - Maribor - Graz - Vienna

References

  1. Eisenbahnatlas Österreich [Austrian railway atlas] (in German) (3rd ed.). Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2021. pp. 82–83, 101. ISBN 978-3-89494-150-5.
  2. "Station Graz Hbf". ÖBB.
  3. "Graz Main Station Local Transport Hub / Zechner & Zechner". www.archdaily.com. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
  4. "To and From the Graz Central Station". Austrian Federal Railways. Retrieved 14 Aug 2013..
  5. Schwandl, Robert (2010). Schwandl's Tram Atlas Schweiz & Österreich. Berlin: Robert Schwandl Verlag. ISBN 978 3 936573 27 5. (in German and English)
  6. "Haltestellenplan" (PDF) (in German). 10 July 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
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