St. Anton am Arlberg train station

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new train station St. Anton am Arlberg
Street side of the new train station, in the background the east portal of the Arlberg tunnel.
Street side of the new train station, in the background the east portal of the Arlberg tunnel.
Data
Location in the network Intermediate station
Design Through station
Platform tracks 4th
abbreviation Ao
IBNR 8100064
opening September 11, 2000
location
City / municipality St. Anton am Arlberg
state Tyrol
Country Austria
Coordinates 47 ° 7 '38 "  N , 10 ° 16' 1"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 7 '38 "  N , 10 ° 16' 1"  E
railway station 1303  m above sea level A.
Railway lines
List of train stations in Austria

old St. Anton am Arlberg train station
old St. Anton am Arlberg station (2000)
old St. Anton am Arlberg station (2000)
Data
Design Through station
Platform tracks 5
abbreviation Ao
IBNR 8100064
opening September 20, 1884
Conveyance September 9, 2000
location
City / municipality St. Anton am Arlberg
state Tyrol
Country Austria
Coordinates 47 ° 7 '44 "  N , 10 ° 15' 54"  E
railway station 1303  m above sea level A.
Railway lines
List of train stations in Austria

The St. Anton am Arlberg train station is the highest station of the Arlberg railway . The through station, which was opened in 1884 and located in the center of St. Anton am Arlberg , was replaced by a new building on the southern outskirts in the course of a route relocation in 2000.

Railway station from 1884

history

St. Anton with the old train station before 2000 (view to the east)

The station was built in 1884 in the area of ​​the then called Nasserein municipality, whereby the station was named after the suburb of St. Anton from the beginning. Due to its location near the apex of the line at the east portal of the Arlberg tunnel , the station was operationally important from the start as a water station for supplying steam locomotives and for moving the push locomotives to the head of the train before driving through the tunnel or down towards Landeck .

Due to operational requirements, St. Anton was also an express train stop , although in 1901 the place had fewer than 900 inhabitants. The station with its connection to the transport network was a prerequisite for St. Anton's development into a tourist destination, which began in 1896 with the construction of the Posthotel at the station. On October 1, 1909, the name was changed from St. Anton to St. Anton am Arlberg to avoid confusion with the St. Anton im Montafon station, which opened on the Montafonerbahn at the end of 1905 .

Due to the problematic ventilation conditions in the Arlberg tunnel, the St. Anton station was electrified together with the tunnel and the neighboring Langen am Arlberg station as one of the first stations on the mountain route. The electrical operation to Langen could be started on November 20, 1924. Up until the opening of the section to Landeck on April 29, 1925, electric leader locomotives carried the trains from and to St. Anton through the tunnel. Even after the Arlbergbahn was fully electrified, the now touristically important station remained a stop for all express and express trains over the Arlberg, including well-known trains such as the Arlberg-Orient-Express and the Transalpin .

In 1937 the valley station of the Galzigbahn was opened directly at the train station .

Station complex

ÖBB 1020 in the old station (1984)

Freight traffic was of minor importance in St. Anton. There was also a side ramp next to a free loading street. When the Arlberg Pass was closed in winter, cars were loaded onto flat wagons and transported through the tunnel to Langen. The provisional loading of cars ended with the opening of the Arlberg road tunnel in 1978. The free-standing goods hall was located north of the reception building on platform 5. There a short butt siding branched off to the side ramp.

For passenger traffic, there was a house platform on track 5 with a large canopy and two central platforms on tracks 1 to 4, which were covered over a short distance in the area of ​​the platform underpass. The platforms were connected with a platform underpass, which began on the south side of the reception building and ran under the entire track field and ended at a staircase to the west of the track system.

Railway station from 2000

Planning

At the portal of the Wolfsgrubentunnel in the new train station (2001)

From the beginning of the 1980s there were discussions about the double-track expansion of the line between Schnann and St. Jakob and to St. Anton. The community rejected the project as it would exacerbate the existing problems. From 1987 onwards one began to work out new solution variants. In 1988 the St. Anton town council decided to move the station and the railway line to the northern or southern outskirts. In 1990 the population objected to the expansion of the Arlbergbahn and the train station. This topic was brought up again in 1996, as St. Anton am Arlberg was awarded the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships in 2001. It was finally decided to use the southern variant of the route and the train station, which was built on the slope on an approximately 400 m long open route between the west portal of the Wolfsgruben tunnel and the new east portal of the extended Arlberg tunnel.

Construction of the new station

The station, the relocation of the Arlbergbahn and the double-track expansion were completed within 36 months. This project cost around two billion schillings (around 145 million euros). On September 11, 2000, the route and the new train station could be started. In the area of ​​the old station, the route was abandoned and u. a. replaced by green spaces. By building the new station, the noise pollution could be greatly reduced and the place is no longer divided by rail traffic. However, the walking connection to the Arlberg ski area (Gampenbahn and Galzigbahn ) was also lost. The old station building was preserved.

architecture

The new reception building is the result of a Europe-wide competition and was planned by the architects Gerhard Manzl, Johann Ritsch and Manfred Sandner. The building is characterized by noise protection requirements and acts as noise protection. The concrete hall, which is open to the site, is clad with steel mesh that scatters the sound onto the insulating mats behind. The customer area and the large forecourt are located on the underpass level, so that you only have to change level once to get to the platforms. The memorial stone for the breakthrough of the Arlberg tunnel, which used to be at the breakthrough point, has been placed in the underpass of the new train station.

There is a small bistro in the station concourse. In keeping with the importance of St. Anton as a ski resort, this train station also offers lockers sized for skis. A newly laid footbridge over the Rosanna leads from the forecourt to the village.

The station has four platforms that can be reached by stairs or a lift, each of which can accommodate a Railjet double set, and protrudes approx. 50 m into the Arlberg tunnel. Usually only platform 2 (trains in the direction of Vorarlberg) and platform 3 (in the east) are used for scheduled travel.

In the north of track 1 there is a short parallel track between the reception building and the west portal of the Wolfsgruben tunnel, as well as a short butt track leading from the station area to the street in front of the station.

traffic

Since regional traffic between Landeck-Zams and Bludenz was initially heavily reduced and was completely discontinued in 2010, only long-distance trains stop in St. Anton, primarily Railjet trains from Vienna Central Station to Bregenz or Zurich . Since the timetable change in 2016/2017, Railjets have been running to Vorarlberg every hour; however, since then only the trains to and from Zurich have stopped in St. Anton every two hours, and individual InterCity , EuroCity and EuroNight trains continue to be available. In the winter months, the station is also served by special trains for ski vacationers.

Tickets for the Vorarlberg transport association can be used on buses and trains to / from St. Anton.

In front of the train station are the bus routes 92 to Lech and 4242 to Landeck. A few minutes' walk west of the station forecourt is the " Terminal West ", a bus transfer point where various local and ski buses also stop.

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See also

Web links

Commons : St. Anton am Arlberg station  - collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. Chronicle of the Arlbergbahn (1845-1918). ( arlbergbahn.at ( Memento from February 6, 2013 in the Internet Archive ))
  2. ^ Otto Kapfinger : Building in Tirol since 1980. A guide to 260 buildings worth seeing . Pustet, Salzburg 2002, ISBN 3-7025-0436-2 , p. 1.3 .
  3. Aerial photos from tirisMaps. Retrieved June 7, 2020 .
  4. a b Timetable Vorarlberg Süd 2018. Published by: Verkehrsverbund Vorarlberg, Herrengasse 14, 6800 Feldkirch
  5. Timetable images. In: www.oebb.at. ÖBB, accessed on January 7, 2017 (timetable picture № 400).