kk Southern State Railways

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The kk Südliche Staatsbahn (SStB) was an Austro-Hungarian railway company which, among other things, established the continuous rail link Vienna - Trieste in 1857 . The SStB network comprised the Gloggnitz - Mürzzuschlag - Graz - Marburg - Cilli - Laibach - Trieste route .

history

At the beginning, the Vienna-Raaber Bahn operated for the SStB. From May 1, 1851, the SStB took over the operation on its own. The first section Mürzzuschlag – Graz was opened on October 21, 1844, the Semmering Railway (Gloggnitz – Mürzzuschlag) on ​​July 17, 1854. With the completion of the last section Laibach – Trieste on July 27, 1857, the continuous connection Vienna – Trieste was established.

“From the Imperial and Royal Lieutenancy Presidium in Trieste to the Imperial and Royal Ministries of the Interior and Trade. Trieste, July 27th.
Se. Kk Apostolic Majesty arrived this morning at 10 o'clock, opening the Ljubljana-Trieste railway line, happily and graciously deigned to lay the cornerstone, after which, to the cheering of the population, they went to the very high descent quarters. "

On September 23, 1858, the SStB was sold to the Südbahngesellschaft (privatization), which finally merged the Vienna – Trieste route into a huge railway network.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ For the construction of the Trieste train station, see the description and illustrations in the [Allgemeine Bauzeitung (1836–1918) | Allgemeine Bauzeitung] from 1859, page 223 ( ANNO digitalisat ).
  2. ↑ Evening paper of the Oesterreichisch-Kaiserliche Wiener Zeitung , No. 169, Monday, July 27, 1857