Vienna Central Station
Wien Hauptbahnhof (German for Vienna Main station; also referred to as Vienna Hauptbahnhof) is a partially operational railway station being developed in the Favoriten district of Vienna in Austria as the city's main station.
Wien Hauptbahnhof has replaced the Wien Südbahnhof terminus with a through station linking four major railway lines converging on Vienna from the North, East, West and South. When completed, the new station will offer significantly improved, principally international, connectivity. By moving the main access to Südtiroler Platz, the new station will be better connected to the Vienna U-Bahn system, and will also be accessible by Vienna S-Bahn, tram and bus lines. The Südtiroler Platz S-Bahn station was renamed Wien Hbf (platforms 1 and 2) in December 2012.
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