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{{Short description|Railway station in Styria, Austria}}
{{Infobox station
| name = '''Graz Hauptbahnhof'''
| imageother_name = Graz Main = Station<br/>Graz HauptbahnhofCentral Halle.jpgStation
| image_sizestyle = 300pxÖBB
| image = Graz Hauptbahnhof bei Nacht.jpg
| image_caption = ticket hall following renovation works
| image_caption = Graz Central Station at nighttime
| address = Europaplatz<br>8020 Graz
| country address = AustriaEuropaplatz<br>8020 Graz
| iso_regioncountry = ATAustria
| coordinates_displaycoordinates = {{coord|47|4|20|N|15|25|2|E|region:AT|display=inline,title}}
| latd elevation = 47
| latm line = 4{{Plainlist|
* [[Köflach railway line]]
| lats = 20
* [[Koralm Railway|Koralm railway line]]
| latNS = N
* [[Southern Railway (Austria)|Southern railway line]]
| longd = 15
* {{ill|Styrian Eastern railway line|de|Steirische Ostbahn}}
| longm = 25
}}
| longs = 2
| longEW distance = E{{Plainlist|
* {{convert|40.2|km}} from {{rws|Köflach}}
| elevation =
* {{convert|211.4|km}} from [[Wien Hauptbahnhof]]
| line =
* {{convert|250.7|km}} from {{rws|Győr}}
| connections =
}}<ref name="atlas" />
*Tram: [[Graz trams]]
| connections = *Tram: [[Graz trams]]
*Bus: Local and regional and international
| code =
| platform platforms = 10{{Plainlist|
* 1 [[side platform]]
| opened = 1847
* 4 [[island platform]]s
| architect = Wilhelm Aduatz (1956)
}}
| closed =
| rebuilttracks = 1876 and 19569
| electrifiedopened = 1847
| owned architect = [[Austrian Federal Railways|Austrian FederalWilhelm RailwaysAduatz (ÖBB1956)]]
| operatorclosed = ÖBB
| servicesrebuilt = 1876 and 1956
| electrified =
 
| owned = [[Austrian Federal Railways|Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB)]]
| map_type = Austria
| map_size operator = 300[[ÖBB Infra]]
| map_locatormap_type = Austria#Europe
| map_caption = Location in Austria##Location in Europe
| map_dot_label =
| embedded = {{Infobox mapframe
| stroke-colour = #C60C30
| stroke-width = 3
| marker = rail-underground
| marker-colour = #009D58
| zoom = 15
}}
| services = {{Adjacent stations|system1=ÖBB
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|line2=RJ Graz-Prague|right2=Bruck an der Mur
|line3=RJ Graz-Vienna|right3=Bruck an der Mur
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|line5=EC Trieste-Vienna|left5=Leibnitz|right5=Bruck an der Mur
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|line7=EC Zürich-Graz|left7=Leoben
|line8=EC Saarbrücken-Graz|left8=Leoben
|line9=EC Frankfurt-Graz|left9=Leoben
|line10=IC Graz-Budapest|right10=Graz Ostbahnhof-Messe
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|line12=IC Innsbruck-Graz|left12=Leoben
|line13=IC Linz-Graz|left13=Leoben
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|system31=Styria S-Bahn
|line31=S1|left31=Judendorf-Straßengel
|line32=S11|left32=Judendorf-Straßengel
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| services_collapsible = yes
| other_services =
}}
'''Graz Hauptbahnhof''', abbreviated Graz Hbf,<ref>{{cite web | title=Station Graz Hbf |url=http://www.oebb.at/en/Services/Services_at_the_station/Station_information/Station/index.jsp?pk_bfnr=3171&ort=graz&nextrow=1|publisher=[[ÖBB]]}}</ref> ([[German language|German]] for ''Graz Main Station'';<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.archdaily.com/306717/graz-main-station-local-transport-hub-zechner-zechner/ |title=Graz Main Station Local Transport Hub / Zechner & Zechner |publisher=www.archdaily.com|accessdate=15 August 2013}}</ref> sometimes translated as Graz Central Station<ref name="ÖBB">{{cite web |url=http://www.oebb.at/en/Travelling_in_Austria/Styria/Services_at_the_station/Graz_Central_Station/index.jsp |title=To and From the Graz Central Station |publisher=[[Austrian Federal Railways]] |accessdate=14 Aug 2013}}.</ref>) is the main railway station in [[Graz]], the capital of the [[Austria]]n state of [[Styria]]. The station is located some {{convert|2|km}} west of the city centre, to which it is connected by the [[Graz tram system|tram]].<ref name="ÖBB"/><ref name=sta>{{Schwandl-TAtlas-Schweiz}}</ref>
 
'''Graz Hauptbahnhof''', abbreviated Graz Hbf<ref>{{cite web | title=Station Graz Hbf |url=http://www.oebb.at/en/Services/Services_at_the_station/Station_information/Station/index.jsp?pk_bfnr=3171&ort=graz&nextrow=1|publisher=[[ÖBB]]}}</ref> ([[German language|German]] for '''Graz Main Station''';<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.archdaily.com/306717/graz-main-station-local-transport-hub-zechner-zechner/ |title=Graz Main Station Local Transport Hub / Zechner & Zechner |publisher=www.archdaily.com|access-date=15 August 2013}}</ref> sometimes translated as '''Graz Central Station'''<ref name="ÖBB">{{cite web |url=http://www.oebb.at/en/Travelling_in_Austria/Styria/Services_at_the_station/Graz_Central_Station/index.jsp |title=To and From the Graz Central Station |publisher=[[Austrian Federal Railways]] |access-date=14 Aug 2013}}.</ref>), is the main railway station in [[Graz]], the capital of the [[Austria]]n federal state [[Styria]]. The station is located some {{convert|2|km}} west of the city centre, to which it is connected by [[Graz tram system|tram]].<ref name="ÖBB"/><ref name="sta">{{Schwandl-TAtlas-Schweiz}}</ref>
The station serves as a major node on the [[Southern Railway (Austria)|Southern Railway]], which links it to [[Vienna]] in the north, and [[Slovenia]] in the south. It is also the [[Terminal train station|terminus]] of the [[Styrian Eastern Railway]], which runs eastwards towards [[Hungary]], and of the local [[Köflacherbahn]] to the west. In future, the [[Koralm Railway]] will provide a direct link from Graz to [[Italy]] via [[Klagenfurt]].
 
The station serves as a major node on the [[Southern Railway (Austria)|Southern Railway]], which links it to [[Vienna]] in the north, and [[Slovenia]] in the south. It is also the [[Terminal train station|terminus]] of the {{ill|Styrian Eastern railway line|de|Steirische Ostbahn}}, which runs eastwards towards [[Hungary]], and of the local [[Köflach railway line]] to the west. In the future, the [[Koralm Railway]] will provide a direct link from Graz to [[Italy]] via [[Klagenfurt]].<ref name="atlas">{{Eisenbahnatlas Österreich|pages=82–83; 101}}</ref>
==History==
 
==History==
The first Railway station was opened here in 1847 but due to a big increase in passenger numbers a bigger station was constructed on the same site between 1871 and 1876.
[[File:19070106 graz sudbahnhof.jpg|250px|left|thumb|Original station from 1876 (destroyed in 1945)]]
The first railway station was opened here in 1847 and due to an increase in passenger numbers a larger station was constructed on the same site between 1871 and 1876.
 
In 1945 the grandrailway station from 1876 was totally destroyed in allied bombing raids. In 1956 the construction of the current station was completed. The station was built in the typical style of the 1950s and the main ticket hall is now a listed building.
In 1956 the building works on the current station were completed.
The station was built in the typical style of the 1950s and the main ticket hall is now a listed building.
 
In 2001 the station was modernised and partly rebuilt to incorporate escalators to the platforms and also a small shopping mall.
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==Project Hauptbahnhof 2020==
[[File:Graz Hauptbahnhof 05.JPG|thumb|left| New subsurface tram stop at the Hauptbahnhof]]
[[File:Hbf Graz PT Nord 1.JPG|thumb|left|New footpedestrian tunnel to Wagner Biro Straße]]
Since 2010 therethe station has been further major building work taking place to prepare the stationadapted for it`sits new role as an international transport hub and to cope with increasing national and regional traffic. When the construction of the Koralm Railway is completed all international traffic from Vienna to Italy will pass through Graz.
 
TheseThis works include theincludes rebuilding and lenghtening oflengthening all platforms plusand the construction of 2two extra platforms for regional trains. All platforms have new, modern roofing.
All platforms will also have new modern roofing.
 
One of the two footpedestrian tunnels to the platforms has been lenghtendextended to the Wagner Biro Straße giving access to the station from the west as well.
 
The railway bridge over the Eggenberger Straße has also been rebuildrebuilt to make spaceroom for extra tracks.
 
A new local transport hub for trams and buses has been buildbuilt on and under the station forecourt to connect all four tram lines to the station. whichUp rununtil throughrecently two of these tramlines used to terminate on the localstation areaforecourt while the other two passed the station nearby.
UpTo untilrectify recentlythis twoproblem ofa thesenew tramlinessubsurface usedtram tostop terminatewas onbuilt under the station forecourt, whileenabling theall otherfour twotram passedlines theto stationstop nearby.outside the main entrance of the station.
 
To rectify this problem a new subsurface tram stop has been constructed on the station forecourt enabling all 4 tram lines to have a stop just outside the main entrance to the station.
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== Layout ==
Graz Hauptbahnhof has five platforms serving nine tracks.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.oebb.at/dam/jcr:773fa9e9-7d3e-4714-849b-3278a0fea82c/haltestellenplan-graz-hbf.pdf | title=Haltestellenplan | lang=de | date=10 July 2022 | accessdate=5 September 2023}}</ref>
 
==Train services==
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*RailJet services Graz - Vienna - Breclav - Brno - Pardubice - Prague
*EuroCity services Zagreb - Maribor - Graz - Vienna
 
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{{s-rail|title=ÖBB}}
{{s-line|system=Railjet|line=|type=Graz|type2=Praha|previous=|next=Bruck an der Mur}}
{{s-line|system=EuroCity|type=Zagreb Glavni kolodvor|type2=Wien Hbf|previous=Leibnitz|next=Bruck an der Mur}}
{{s-end}}
 
== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{Commonscat-inline|Graz Hauptbahnhof}}
 
* [http://www.oebb.at/en/Services/Services_at_the_station/Station_information/Station/index.jsp?dispatcher=true&pk_bfnr=3171&ort=Graz+Hbf Information on Graz Hbf from OBB web site]
 
[[Category:Railway stations in Styria]]
[[Category:Transport in Graz]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Graz]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Austria opened in the 1870s]]
 
[[Category:Railway stations in Austria opened in the 1840s]]
 
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