Villach Hauptbahnhof

Villach Hauptbahnhof
Station building
General information
LocationBahnhofplatz
9500 Villach
Austria
Coordinates46°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 ('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

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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

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The 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
Preceding station ÖBB Following station
Spittal-Millstättersee
towards München Hbf
Railjet Velden am Wörther See
Tarvisio Boscoverde Velden am Wörther See
towards Wien Hbf
Terminus Klagenfurt Hbf
towards Wien Hbf
Spittal-Millstättersee Velden am Wörther See
Spittal-Millstättersee EuroCity
Faak am See
Spittal-Millstättersee
towards Lienz
InterCity Pörtschach am Wörther See
towards Wien Hbf
Terminus Velden am Wörther See
towards Wien Hbf
Spittal-Millstättersee
towards Salzburg Hbf
Velden am Wörther See
Tarvisio Boscoverde Nightjet Klagenfurt Hbf
towards Wien Hbf
Schwarzach-St. Veit
towards München Hbf
Preceding station Croatian Railways Following station
Spittal-Millstättersee EuroNight Jesenice
towards Zagreb
Preceding station Optima Tours Following station
Terminus Optima Express (de) Dobova
towards Edirne
Preceding station Carinthia S-Bahn Following station
Puch bei Villach
towards Lienz
S1 Villach Seebach
towards Friesach
Terminus S2 Villach Landskron
Villach Westbf
towards Weizelsdorf
S3 Terminus
Villach Westbf
towards Rosenbach
S4

References

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  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, .. "