Villach Hauptbahnhof

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Villach Hauptbahnhof
Villach Hbf (2016).jpg
Station building
LocationBahnhofplatz
9500 Villach
Austria
Coordinates46°37′6″N 13°50′54″E / 46.61833°N 13.84833°E / 46.61833; 13.84833Coordinates: 46°37′6″N 13°50′54″E / 46.61833°N 13.84833°E / 46.61833; 13.84833
Owned byAustrian Federal Railways (ÖBB)
Operated byAustrian Federal Railways (ÖBB)
Line(s)
Platforms12
Location
Villach Hauptbahnhof is located in Austria
Villach Hauptbahnhof
Villach Hauptbahnhof
Location within Austria

Villach Hauptbahnhof (translated as Villach Central Station[1]) is the main railway station in Villach, the second largest city in the Austrian state of Carinthia.[2] It primarily serves as a passenger station and is an important junction within the Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) network.

Operational usage[]

Railway tracks

The station has twelve tracks, four of them sidings, and a motorail terminal. It is linked with both to the Southern Railway line to Vienna and the Tauern Railway line towards Salzburg.

Villach is served by Austrian Railjet, InterCity and Regional-Express trains, as well as by the Carinthian S-Bahn rapid transit system. The station also hosts international EuroCity and EuroNight trains leading to destinations like Munich, Ljubljana and Zagreb, or to Venezia Santa Lucia via Tarvisio Boscoverde and Udine.

Train services[]

The station is served by the following services:

  • RailJet services (Lienz -) Villach - Klagenfurt - Vienna
  • EuroCity services Klagenfurt - Villach - Salzburg - Munich (-Dortmund/Frankfurt)
  • Railjet services Vienna - Klagenfurt - Villach - Udine - Venice
  • EuroNight services (Belgrade-) Zagreb - Ljubljana - Villach - Innsbruck - Zurich
  • EuroNight services Rome - Florence - Bologna (Milan - Verona) - Venice - Villach - Klagenfurt - Vienna
  • EuroNight services Zagreb - Ljubljana - Villach - Salzburg - Munich
Preceding station   ÖBB   Following station
toward 
Railjet
toward Wien Hbf
Klagenfurt Hbf
Terminus
EuroCity
toward Munich Hbf
Railjet
toward Wien Hbf
TerminusEuroCity
toward Zagreb Glavni kolodvor
toward Roma Termini
EuroNight
Klagenfurt Hbf
toward Wien Hbf
EuroNight
Klagenfurt Hbf
toward Wien Hbf
Preceding station     Following station
Terminus
toward Edirne

References[]

  1. ^ Villach at Rail Europe. Accessed on 14 Aug 2013
  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, .. "

External links[]

Media related to Villach Hauptbahnhof at Wikimedia Commons

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