Timeframe
The city council agreed to build the station on December 15, 2006. Construction began in June 2007, starting with preliminary works such as the remodelling of the S-Bahn station Südtiroler Platz. In 2008, the S-Bahn and the U-Bahn stations at Südtiroler Platz were connected with each other and Südbahnhof was demolished.
In 2009 ÖBB Infrastruktur awarded a €220m construction contract to a consortium led by Strabag.
The bulk of Südbahnhof's services (platforms 11-19) were closed with the timetable change of 13 December 2009, with Wien Meidling railway station temporarily taking over many of Südbahnhof's services. Construction started in April 2010.
Trains began passing through the new Hauptbahhof without stopping on 6 August 2012. The station became partly operational in December 2012, with regional and S-Bahn services using platforms 9-12 and long-distance trains not stopping. It was expected that the Hauptbahnhof would be fully open in December 2014, however delays completing a footbridge mean it will not be fully operation until December 2015.
The rebuilt station will have around 100 shops and restaurants as well as 600 car parking spaces. Office and residential developments are planned.
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Construction of the platform roofs started in 2011
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State of construction in January 2012
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State of construction in October 2012
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