Klagenfurt Hauptbahnhof

Railway station in Carinthia, Austria

Klagenfurt Hauptbahnhof

Station building after renovation

General information
Location| Walter-von-der-Vogelweide-Platz 1
9020 Klagenfurt
Austria
Coordinates| 46°36′57″N 14°18′48″E﻿ / ﻿46.61583°N 14.31333°E﻿ / 46.61583; 14.31333
Owned by| Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB)
Operated by| Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB)
Line(s)|

* Rosen Valley Railway
* Drava Valley Railway

Platforms| 6
Connections|

* Airport: Train: S1 to St. Veit/Glan or Friesach – "Klagenfurt Annabichl"; Bus: Line 42 – "Flughafen"
* S-Bahn: S1, S3
* Bus: Stadtwerke Klagenfurt
Lines 40, 41, 42, 43, 80, 81, 82, 85, 93 and 98

Services
| Preceding station  |  ÖBB | Following station

|
|

Krumpendorf/​Wörthersee

towards München Hbf

|  | Railjet |  | Terminus
Velden am Wörther See

towards Venezia Santa Lucia

| St. Veit an der Glan

towards Wien Hbf

Villach Hbf

Terminus

Pörtschach am Wörther See

towards Vienna Airport

| Terminus
Krumpendorf/​Wörthersee

towards Frankfurt (Main) Hbf

|  | EuroCity |
Pörtschach am Wörther See

towards Lienz

|  | InterCity |  | St. Veit an der Glan

towards Wien Hbf

Pörtschach am Wörther See

towards Villach Hbf

Pörtschach am Wörther See

towards Salzburg Hbf

| Terminus
Villach Hbf

towards Roma Termini or La Spezia Centrale

|  | Nightjet |  | St. Veit an der Glan

towards Wien Hbf

Preceding station  |  DB Fernverkehr | Following station
Terminus |  | IC 32

EC 114 only

|  | Krumpendorf/​Wörthersee

towards Dortmund Hbf

| IC 62

EC 112 only

|  | Krumpendorf/​Wörthersee

towards Frankfurt (Main) Hbf

Preceding station  | Carinthia S-Bahn | Following station
Klagenfurt West

towards Lienz

|  | S1 |  | Klagenfurt Ost

towards Friesach

Klagenfurt Süd

towards Weizelsdorf

|  | S3 |  | Klagenfurt Ebenthal

towards Wolfsberg

Location

Klagenfurt Hauptbahnhof

Location in Austria

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Klagenfurt Hauptbahnhof

Location in Europe

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Klagenfurt Hauptbahnhof (German for Klagenfurt Main station; occasionally translated as Klagenfurt Central Station)[1] is the main railway station in Klagenfurt, capital of the Austrian state of Carinthia.[2] It is an important railway junction in southern Austria.

## History[edit]

Interior

The station opened on 1 June 1863, when Klagenfurt received connection to the Southern Railway, one of the main train routes within the Austrian Empire, via the Carinthian branch line to Marburg, Styria (now part of the Drava Valley Railway). One year later, the line was extended to Villach Hauptbahnhof, which quickly superseded Klagenfurt as major Carinthian transportation hub with rail connections to the Brenner Railway at Franzensfeste and the Tarvisio–Udine railway (Pontebbana line) at Tarvisio. In 1906, Klagenfurt received access to the Rosen Valley Railway running from Sankt Veit an der Glan via the Karawanks Tunnel to Assling (Jesenice) in Carniola (present-day Slovenia).

The railway premises located in the present-day district of Sankt Ruprecht south of the city centre were not incorporated into Klagenfurt until 1938. Severely damaged by strategic bombing during World War II the station had to be demolished and completely rebuilt. The reception hall was adorned with a large fresco, created by the local artist Giselbert Hoke (1927–2015) in the style of Pablo Picasso and completed in 1956. The station was extensively renovated from 2002 until November 2015.[3]

## Train services[edit]

ÖBB Class 1044 at the platform (2009)

Operated by the Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB), Klagenfurt station connects to the Drautal (Drava Valley) and Rosental Railway lines. The Koralm Railway, a direct high-speed connection to the Styrian capital Graz via the 32.9 km (20.4 mi) long Koralm Tunnel is currently under construction. Part of the Pan-European Baltic-Adriatic Corridor, it is scheduled to be operational in 2026.

The station is currently served by the following train connections:

* Railjet services Lienz – Villach – Klagenfurt – Vienna
* InterCity services Klagenfurt – Salzburg – Linz – Vienna
* EuroCity services Dortmund/Frankfurt – Munich – Salzburg – Villach – Klagenfurt
* Railjet services Klagenfurt – Villach – Tarvisio – Udine – Venice
* EuroNight services Rome/Livorno – Florence – Bologna – Venice – Villach – Klagenfurt – Vienna

Beside long-distance traffic, Klagenfurt is served by ÖBB Regional-Express and Regionalbahn trains. It is also a railway hub of the Carinthian S-Bahn network.

## See also[edit]

* Trains portal
* Architecture portal
* Austria portal

* Rail transport in Austria
* History of rail transport in Austria

## References[edit]

1. ^ Bulletin of the International Union of Railways, Volume 31, p. 102. (1960).
2. ^ ÖBB travel portal: Stations with Luggage lockers "Upper Austria: Linz Hauptbahnhof, Wels Hauptbahnhof, .. Salzburg Hauptbahnhof, ..Graz Hauptbahnhof, Leoben Hauptbahnhof, ...Carinthia / East Tyrol: Klagenfurt Hauptbahnhof, Villach Hauptbahnhof, Tyrol: Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof, .. "
3. ^ Klagenfurt Hauptbahnof rebuild completed Today's Railways Europe issue 122 February 2006 page 45

## External links[edit]

Media related to Klagenfurt Hauptbahnhof at Wikimedia Commons

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF

National|

* Germany