Klagenfurt Hauptbahnhof

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Klagenfurt Hauptbahnhof is a through station in the city of Klagenfurt in the Austrian state of Carinthia and, with its up to 190 trains per day to the most important transport hub in the south of Austria!

History

In 1863 Klagenfurt was connected to the Southern Railway, and a central station Klagenfurt- St. Ruprecht built. Klagenfurt am Whörtersee should the center of the railways in Carinthia are, however, the city fathers opposed it, so that today Villach Hauptbahnhof take on this role at that time. The Klagenfurt station was not until 1938 in the town of Klagenfurt, only through the incorporation of St. Ruprecht the station was renamed to Klagenfurt Hauptbahnhof. During the Second World War, the old station was so badly damaged that it was demolished and a new building was erected. In the years 2001 to 2005 he was converted and upgraded to the latest state of the art.

Reception building

The station building is structured in two levels. The ground floor is the main hall of the train station and the station platform 1 and 21 over is a staircase and two escalators to reach the upper floor, which leads to the platforms 2-5. There is also a connection to the district of St. Ruprecht. Currently (2011) trains can stop at 6 platforms, with a dead-end track is located on platform 21 at Klagenfurt Hauptbahnhof. The platform 1 is the reception building and is on the east side of the platform 21 has a common central platform. The platforms 2 and 3 and 4 and 5 are each composed of a central platform. The platforms are state on the basis of the railway station and are equipped with elevators or escalators.

Hoke artwork

The main hall of the main station was designed by Giselbert Hoke. In 1950, he won his first competition: designing now listed wall frescoes in the hall, each 22 meters wide and 5 meters high. The east-side " wall of the plaintiffs ' and the west-side " wall of the accused " show up in a formal language by Pablo Picasso. The Klagenfurt population revealed by modern art but little done: Upon completion in 1956, there were protests. The artwork was preserved.

Passenger

Intercitybus

WESTbus

Twice a day connects the WESTbus - a subsidiary of Westbahnf - Klagenfurt and Vienna. The bus leaves from Klagenfurt about St. Michael (Styria ) to Vienna Erdberg U

Bus station

Directly in front of the main entrance to keep the buses of the STW, with those in the tight cycle of the Holy Spirit Square, the central Transport Exchange in the city, can be reached. Since the switch 2012, the Central Station is a hub in the network of public utilities.

The post of Klagenfurt buses connect with the entire central region of Carinthia, regional buses into Styria.

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