Schönbrunn underground station
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| District : | Hietzing |
| Coordinates : | 48 ° 11 '9 " N , 16 ° 19' 9" E |
| Opened: | 1898 (steam light rail ), 1925 (electric light rail), 1981 (underground) |
| Newly designed: | 2008 (refurbished) |
| Tracks (platform): | 2 ( side platform ) |
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| Transfer options : | 10A N60 |
The Schönbrunn station of the Vienna underground line U4 is in the 13th district of Hietzing . It is named after the former summer residence of the Habsburgs , Schönbrunn Palace . Despite its name, most of the station belongs to the Rudolfsheim cadastral community , the border to the Schönbrunn cadastral community runs right through the reception building .
description
The station is located in the cut next to the Wien River west of the Schönbrunn Bridge. Exits at both ends of the platform lead to Grünbergstrasse and the area between the Wien River and Schönbrunner Schlossstrasse. These areas are used for sports fields and as a parking lot for coaches. Because of its proximity to Schönbrunn, Austria's most visited attraction, the station is mainly used by tourists. The Schönbrunn Palace exit in the direction of Schönbrunner Schlossstrasse was rebuilt at the beginning of the 2000s, and an elevator was also built in. In the direction of Grünbergstrasse (Schönbrunn Bridge) the historic reception building has been preserved.
history
The stop with the operational abbreviation SB, built by Otto Wagner on behalf of the Commission for Transport Systems in Vienna for the Vienna steam light rail, was structurally completed in August 1896 and opened on June 1, 1898. The only light rail station was its reception building, with due regard near the castle, instead of the usual white plaster originally painted in Schönbrunn yellow . Schönbrunn played a particularly important role in the times of the steam light rail system with the heavy excursion traffic on Sundays and public holidays in summer , on those days it was the busiest light rail station.
On June 4, 1925, the Vienna Electric Light Rail system finally replaced the steam light rail system that had been discontinued in 1918. The station was largely preserved in the original Otto Wagner style. The two side platforms have trapezoidal roofs, the supporting metal columns, some of the station signs and the floor tiles are decorated with the Art Nouveau elements typical of the Vienna light rail system . In the 1970s, the renovation for subway operation and the gentle adaptation to the general design of the U-Bahn architectural group took place . On August 31, 1981, the U4 was extended beyond Meidling-Hauptstrasse to Hietzing , which also gave Schönbrunn its connection to the U-Bahn. In autumn 2008 the listed station was closed for a period of several weeks and completely renovated. Among other things, the damaged floor tiles were replaced with faithfully reproduced ones.
Otto Wagner's reception building in the opening year 1898
Reception building in 2012
Station name on the platform facade
literature
- Heinz Geretsegger, Max Peintner : Otto Wagner 1841-1918. Unlimited Big City: Beginning of Modern Architecture . Munich 1980.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Otto Antonia Graf: Otto Wagner. 1: The Architect's Work 1860–1902. 2nd Edition. Böhlau, Vienna 1994, pp. 134–248.
- ^ Hans Peter Pawlik, Josef Otto Slezak: Wagner's work for Vienna. Total work of art Stadtbahn (= International Archive for Locomotive History. Volume 44). Slezak, Vienna 1999, ISBN 3-85416-185-9 , p. 4
- ^ Alfred Horn: 75 years of the Vienna light rail. "Between the 30s Bock and the Silver Arrow". Bohmann-Verlag, Vienna 1974, ISBN 3-7002-0415-9 , p. 72.
- ^ Line U4 Heiligenstadt-Hütteldorf
- ^ U4 station Schönbrunn is open again (ORF Vienna, November 1st, 2008)
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Hietzing ← Hütteldorf |
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Meidling main street Heiligenstadt → |