Zagreb Glavni kolodvor
| Zagreb Glavni kolodvor | |
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 View of the station building from the forecourt
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| Data | |
| Location in the network | Separation station |
| Platform tracks | 7th |
| abbreviation | MFL |
| opening | 1897 |
| Architectural data | |
| Architectural style | classicistic |
| architect | Ferenc Pfaff |
| location | |
| City / municipality | Zagreb |
| city | City of Zagreb |
| Country | Croatia |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 48 '17 " N , 15 ° 58' 44" E |
| Railway lines | |
| List of train stations in Croatia | |
Zagreb Glavni kolodvor (German: Zagreb Hauptbahnhof ) is the central train station of the Croatian capital Zagreb . The reception building is on König-Tomislav- Platz in the center of the city.
history
Construction began in 1890. The Austrian-Hungarian architect Ferenc Pfaff was in charge . The station was opened to traffic on August 18, 1892.
An underground shopping center was recently built in front of the main train station .
Railway lines
In the Zagreb railway junction are u. a. the following railway lines are linked:
- Direction south: route to Rijeka with a branch to Split
- To the west: route to Savski Marof and on to Slovenia
- To the southeast: route to Sisak and on to Bosnia and Herzegovina
- To the east: route to Dugo Selo and on to Hungary and Serbia
Zagreb Central Station is one of the most important train stations in the course of the Pan-European Transport Corridor X and the Pan-European Transport Corridor V , branch B.
passenger traffic
Zagreb is served by many international day and night connections. There are connections in the direction of Munich (travel time approx. 9 hours), Villach , Vienna (travel time approx. 7 hours), Belgrade and Zurich.
National connections
The Hrvatske Željeznice (Croatian State Railways) offer domestic direct connections to Split , Rijeka , Osijek, for example .
Modern Intercity Nagibni trains ( DB class 612 ) have been running on the route to Split and on other routes since 2005 . This cuts the travel time to Split from nine to six hours.
International direct connections
- EC 158/159 CROATIA Zagreb - Vienna Central Station (via Maribor)
- D 200/201 AGRAM Zagreb - Budapest Déli (via Koprivnica)
- D 204/205 GRADEC Zagreb - Budapest Déli (via Koprivnica)
- D 210/211 SAVA Villach - Zagreb - Vinkovci
- EC 212/213 MIMARA Zagreb - Villach (- Frankfurt)
- D 412/413 NIKOLA TESLA - Zagreb - Belgrade
- IC 310/311 Zagreb - Villach
- D 414/415 Belgrade - Zagreb - Schwarzach St. Veit (further as EN 464/465 to Zurich HB)
- EN 498/499 LISINSKI Zagreb - Munich
In addition, there are other express trains to neighboring countries in daytime traffic, and other destinations can also be reached directly by through coaches in nighttime traffic . Between December 2009 and December 2011 there was a daily pair of Eurocity trains from Siegen via Munich to Klagenfurt with through coaches to Zagreb.
Linking with other modes of transport
Tram lines 2, 4, 6, 9 and 13 of the Zagreb tram stop right in front of the main train station . These are operated by the Zagrebački električni tramvaj (ZET). Lines 2 and 6 take you to Autobusni Kolodvor, three stops away, the city's central bus station, from which many long-distance buses travel to cities and towns in Croatia and the neighboring countries. The bus station is more frequented than the main train station because the Croatian rail network is not very close-knit.
literature
- Hermann Strach: History of the railways of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy. Volume I-IV. Austrian Railway Officials Association, Vienna 1898–1899.
- László Kovács (ed.): History of the Hungarian Railways 1846–2000. Hungarian State Railways, Budapest 2000.
- Uwe Mauch: Zagreb: The Croatian capital and its surroundings. Trescher, Berlin 2011, p. 114 ( Google books ).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Description of the train station ( memento from September 17, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) on vlakovi.com (in Croatian)