Villach Hauptbahnhof ('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.
Villach Hauptbahnhof | |||||
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 Station building | |||||
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| Location | Bahnhofplatz 9500 Villach Austria | ||||
| Coordinates | 46°37′6″N 13°50′54″E / 46.61833°N 13.84833°E | ||||
| Owned by | Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) | ||||
| Operated by | Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) | ||||
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| Platforms | 12 | ||||
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Operational usage
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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
editThe station is served by the following services:
- RailJet services (Lienz -) Villach - Klagenfurt - Vienna
- Railjet services Vienna - Klagenfurt - Villach - Udine - Venice
- EuroCity services Klagenfurt - Villach - Salzburg - Munich (-Dortmund/Frankfurt)
- EuroCity services Villach - Ljubljana - Zagreb
- 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
See also
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edit- ^ Villach at Rail Europe. Accessed on 14 Aug 2013
- ^ 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, .. "
