The Südbahnhof (German for southern railway station) was Vienna's largest railway terminus. It closed in December 2009 to be demolished and replaced with a new station, Wien Hauptbahnhof. It lies in Favoriten, in the south-east of the city.
The earliest antecedents of the modern Südbahnhof were the Gloggnitzer Bahnhof, the start of the Südbahn, and the Raaber Bahnhof, the start of the Ostbahn, which were built by Matthias Schönerer in a classical...
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The Südbahnhof (German for southern railway station) was Vienna's largest railway terminus. It closed in December 2009 to be demolished and replaced with a new station, Wien Hauptbahnhof. It lies in Favoriten, in the south-east of the city.
The earliest antecedents of the modern Südbahnhof were the Gloggnitzer Bahnhof, the start of the Südbahn, and the Raaber Bahnhof, the start of the Ostbahn, which were built by Matthias Schönerer in a classical style (1841–1846). The two stations were placed symmetrically, and both made use of the same depots and workyards.
In the course of industrialisation, the need for rail transportation grew, and the Austrian railways passed from private hands into government control. The old Raaber Bahnhof was replaced between 1867 and 1870 by the Centralbahnhof ("central station"), designed by A. Schumann, then in 1910 by the Staatsbahnhof ("national station") and in 1914, the Ostbahnhof ("eastern station").
The Gloggnitzer Bahnhof was also re-built to a...
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