Meidling Hauptstraße (Vienna U-Bahn)

The station Meidling main road is a railway station of the Vienna U -Bahn line U4 in the 12th district of Vienna Meidling. The station and the outgoing bus lines from here constitute a major public transportation hub between the southern Rudolf -Fuenfhaus and the commercial center of the district Meidling.

Location and special features

It is located in the notch next to the Vienna River, along the Schönbrunnerstraße, between the Lobkowitzbrücke and the factory bridge. What is striking is the unusually wide central platform, which refers to the past of the station as a hub of Vienna Stadtbahn. In its present form the metro station was opened on 27 October 1980. Above the station which was built in the late 1970s and during the 2000s rebuilt the business and shopping center " U4 Center", which also houses the nightclub U4, which is closely connected with the rise to international pop star Falco.

Outputs are in the mentioned business center, which includes a branch of a Viennese bakery and other small snack shops. By means of an underpass, the 15th district of Vienna Rudolf -Fuenfhaus be achieved. About the Schönbrunnerstraße you get into the Meidlinger the pedestrian zone and the Municipal District Office for the 12th district. In addition, the station, a hub for numerous bus lines is: so the lines 10A in the direction of Heiligenstadt, 15A in direction Simmering, 63A in southwest cemetery and 9A toward Philadelphia bridge.

The name Meidling main street dates from that period, in which the Meidlinger main road meant only main road. As it was renamed in 1905, but had left the station name.

History

The station Meidling main road goes back to the building of the light rail station Meidling main road, which represented one of the most significant art historical buildings of Vienna city railway station. It was that station in which the belt line and the Wiental were linked. It had three platforms. During the planning for the future U6 line between belt and Philadelphiabrücke the late 1970s, the then Meidlinger SPÖ district director Kurt Neiger favored a link between U4 and U6 to the station Meidling main road. A proposal, which he could not prevail. Today, after conversion to underground operation, the corresponding link will take place towards the city center, in the newly created station Längenfeldgasse.

The Art Nouveau style already be assigned work of architect Otto Wagner was according to contemporary newspaper reports (including courier, December 1, 1967) sacrificed to the projects still to this day unrealized urban highway. Despite vehement protests from citizens and also architectural circles the station building was demolished in August 1968.