Bratislava hlavná stanica
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 View of the entrance to the main train station
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| Design | Through station |
| Platform tracks | 6th |
| abbreviation | Bratislava St. |
| opening | 1848 |
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| City / municipality | Bratislava |
| Regional Association | Bratislavský |
| Country | Slovakia |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 9 '30 " N , 17 ° 6' 25" E |
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| List of train stations in Slovakia | |
Bratislava hlavná stanica (in short: Bratislava hl.st .; German literally: Pressburg Hauptbahnhof , Hungarian: Pozsony főpályaudvar ) is the most important train station in the Slovak capital, Bratislava .
history
The first station building was built in the course of the construction of the first railway line from Vienna to Pressburg, the Marchegger Ostbahn , which opened on August 20, 1848. Shortly afterwards, on December 16, 1850, the Bratislava – Budapest railway via Parkan (today Štúrovo ) was opened and a second, somewhat larger building was erected. On February 2, 1883, today's Bratislava – Žilina railway was added in the direction of Ratzersdorf (now Rača ).
With the establishment of Czechoslovakia, the station initially received the Slovak station name Bratislava , and from the end of the 1920s it was called Bratislava hlavné nádražie ( Bratislava hl.n. for short ).
In 1962 the new line to the Bratislava-Nové Mesto station was opened as part of the eastern bypass.
The station name Bratislava hlavná stanica has been used since the early 1970s .
The years of neglect of the station halls and the complete underdimensioning of the existing facilities gave rise to the plan for the extension of the station building in the 1980s . In 1988 a third building was opened (popularly Skleník , in German "glass house"), since 2006 the train station and the tracks have been rebuilt and renovated. The “glass house” is soon to be demolished as part of a major renovation and a modern complex with a train station and shopping area will be built in its place and in its vicinity, with the tram lines being laid underground.
location
The train station is located about 1.3 kilometers as the crow flies north of the old town ( Staré Mesto ). At the station forecourt there are transfer options to the buses and the Bratislava trolleybus , both of which are operated by the Bratislava City Transport Authority, and to the taxis . You can walk to the old town in around 15 minutes.
There is also a connection to the Bratislava tram lines 1 and 2.
meaning
Bratislava hlavná stanica is a through station and, with its six through tracks, is relatively small for a capital city station and its surroundings. Because of its cramped location at the foot of a mountain, it can hardly be expanded.
From the west and north-west, the Lamač tunnel has to be crossed in order to enter the station. In order to reach the Bratislava-Petržalka train station south of the Danube, the entire urban area has to be bypassed to the east, which is a time-consuming process.
Several important national and international railway lines meet here, including European main lines such as the routes:
- Berlin - Prague - Brno - Bratislava - Budapest (- Bucharest ): Pan-European Transport Corridor No. VI ,
- Prague - Bratislava - Budapest - Belgrade
- Vienna - Bratislava - Žilina - Katowice (Poland) (corridor No. VI) or Žilina - Košice - Uschhorod (Ukraine) (corridor No. Va)
See also list of InterCity train stations .
business
The station belongs to the railway infrastructure of the ŽSR . Passenger traffic is largely operated by ŽSSK .
See also: List of course book routes in Slovakia
- 100 Bratislava – Devínska Nová Ves – Marchegg (ÖBB)
- 132 Bratislava – Rusovce – Rajka (MÁV)
- 120 Bratislava – Žilina
- 130 Bratislava – Štúrovo – Szob (MÁV)
Web links
- Information about the station and its history (last update 2004!)