St. Pölten Hauptbahnhof

• Western Railway
• Leobersdorfer web
• Mariazellerbahn
• Tullnerfelder web

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The St. Pölten Hauptbahnhof train station or St. Pölten is a through station and railway junction in Lower Austria St. Pölten. It lies on the western railway opened in 1858 and is the starting point for many rail lines.

The station is one of the endpoints of the Western Transport Association Eastern Region (VOR).

• 2.1 Highway
• 2.2 Regional Transport
• 2.3 high-speed railway traffic
• 2.4 Platforms

History

After construction of the " Empress Elisabeth Western Railway " in 1851 took place on 9 September 1856 groundbreaking for the St. Pölten Train Station. The construction of the station meant for the city significantly change the soft image. First, the Kremsertor had to give way to the station, soon follow the razing of entire city wall. In their place, today's promenade was built. Even two years later could use the new breakpoint the first trains. The lines of St. Pölten ( Traisental train) in operation, eight years later to Krems and Tulln - 1877 was the railway line Leobersdorf - Little Mountain. After additional railway lines were connected to the existing building was too small, from 1887 the current station building was built with passage to the Kremser country road in two years time. Since 1907, the station is finally starting point of today electrified Mariazellerbahn, 1911 followed the tram St. Polten. The station was rebuilt several times over the years. In addition to the extensive renovations to 1889 was just poorly renovated after the bombing in April 1945. Only in the years 1965 to 1969, the western part of the station was renewed and the historic Eckpavillions replaced by functional buildings that still exist today.

Station reconstruction

Between 2006 and December 2011, the station will be rebuilt to 190 million euros as part of the railway station. Here, a new central pedestrian passage at the Krems country road and the railway platforms and platform roofs were rebuilt, the platform of the Mariazell Railway was resurfaced. Was built a replacement road tunnel on the western edge of the station building, the square was redesigned by the city of St. Pölten. Also, the station building was completely renovated: In addition to the renovation of the roof and façade, the building was completely remodeled inside and got a new bright concourse, a new travel center and new shops. The old pedestrian tunnel north and the old banking hall were locked in the station opening and replaced by the new station concourse and passage in the renovated historic train station main building. Furthermore, a second pass was with the new pedestrian tunnel east built the new station building was opened on 10 September 2010, the total completion in December 2011.

• The train station before and under renovation

The station St. Pölten under renovation (2010)

Entrance to the main station from union square

Old banking hall

The construction work in 2013 still hold on

• The train station after reconstruction

New railway lines

New signs

New waiting areas

New passage

Traffic

In St. Pölten Hbf maintained, with few exceptions, all long-distance and regional trains. Due to its location on both the existing Austrian Western Railway as well as on their new line, the station, a stop on the Magistrale for Europe from Paris to Bratislava / Budapest represents the main link are the trains to Vienna. It also operate regional express trains and regional trains both towards Vienna as well as the direction of Amstetten and Linz. In addition, some features of the Erlauftalbahn of Poechlarn be bound to St. Polten. The station is the starting point of three railway lines for regional transport:

• Traisental train ( Leobersdorfer train): This non- electrified line heads south. In the city of St. Pölten are currently six stations ( St. Pölten Alpine railway station, St. Pölten Porsche road spatters stop, spatters, hard - Worth and St. Georgen ). In Traisen the path divides: A road leads to Hain field (and formerly further to Leobersdorf on the southern railway ), the other to Lilienfeld and St. Aegyd am Neuwalde.
• Tullnerfelder train: This electrified route leads north over Duke castle and through the field to Tulln Tulln on the Franz Josef Railway. In the urban area is still a couple of years ago, newly built station St. Pölten Traisenpark and the stations Viehofen Oberradlberg and Unterradlberg. In Herzogsburg the non-electrified route branches off to Krems. The doubling between St. Pölten and Duke Castle is planned.
• Mariazellerbahn: The narrow-gauge electrified railway and leads with a different clock timetable direction south to the Styrian pilgrimage site of Mariazell. In Upper Village Graf -chain a non-electrified line to Mank, called Krumpe from. The end of 2010 it was decommissioned and replaced by bus services.

Long-distance traffic

Regional Transport

High-speed railway traffic

Platforms

The long-distance trains of Western Railway route use the platforms 3, 4 and 5, the local trains of the Western railroad line and the Leobersdorfer train use the platforms 1 and 2 Tullnerfeld train to Krems use the platforms 6 and 7, the S-train to Vienna Franz- Josephs-Bahnhof uses the platform 7 trains to the Mariazell Railway depart from the railway siding 13, and arrive at the railway siding 12. Another track 8 (without platform), is used by freight trains and other trains that do not stop at the station.

People

• Hermann Binder, CEO 1984
• Josef Rabenseifner, Chief Executive 1968
• Hermann Weber ( b. 1939 ), dispatcher and later as Head of several sections in various federal ministries