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Love that Video. I travel trough the main station daily on my way to work. Overall it is much better than the old Südbahnhof. Which i only know from the eastern Side and the whole construction site. moving that lovely piece of art on the way to the garage is a major dissapointment, since i never saw it before the video, because who would go to the garage on a railwaystation in the middle of a city that is well connected with so many good public transport connection. When i read the comments it would make sense to convert the garage to another underground station and expand the capacity of the rail. The point of the Bicycle gargage which show in the video is only the half part there is one on the other exit of the trainstation, which has a 24h storage. There is so much more i wanted to say about but cannot find the right words at the moment. Have to give you a like and a sub.

❤Thank you for a fantastic video! As a newcomer to the city, I enjoy the transportation and shopping facilities of the main station tremendously!😂

Thank God! Finally done. The first time when they had closed it, I didn't think it was such a big deal as the U2 partial closure didn't seem as if it would be a bit deal. However, it was interesting how much of an annoyance that section closure was. Glad it finally reopened. Don't see the purpose of those glass doors though!

I love it, but it is way too small. I guess, in a year or so they will start tearing everything apart again for the underground tracks. Or, should they go up? Berlin Hbf has several levels over each other...

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12.500 platforms

I have been at that station many times over many years back to its service as the Suedbahnhof. I have never seen that art work either!

8min walk from the platforms down to U1 is just way too long,...

Great video! One question: why do so many big city central train stations in Germany and Austria (Berlin and Wien Hbf included) have parking structures, and who are using them and why? Are they mostly for taxis, or are there that many people who want or need to arrive in their own car or pick up a rental at the Hauptbahnhof instead of at a suburban park and ride station? I always found this odd coming from a country that built way too many park and rides in hopes of reducing car trips to the city centre (often to the detriment of public transport ridership overall)

Very well said. Im from Britain but live in Vienna too for many years.

There are some valid criticisms about the Hbf but the "there is only one 1 subway line" is nonsense. The Hbf has been designed as a tandem with Bhf Meidling. While Meidling is a very cramped station it offers a super efficient transfer to the U6. All trains stop at both stations and therefore there are two efficient subway connections effectively and on top of that the Stammlinie will be upgraded to full subway frequency and it is telling that it is still commonly ignored by pundits. 3 rapid transit line connections are perfectly fine and there are several tram lines and bus lines on top of it all.

I wouldn't be surprised that architects and engineers are studying the idea of building a second set of through-running platform on a HIGHER level than the current station. It won't be cheap, though.

The orginal 18th century Südbahnhof and Ostbahnhof were destroyed in 1872 not 1956. The second Iteration of Süd and Ostbahnhof were not destroyed in the Second World War, it was only damaged, it was repaired and functional until in the 1950s when the deliberate decision to destroy the West, Nord (worst damaged during WWII), Nordwest, Franz Joseph, Süd and Ostbahnhof was made.

me as an Austrian, I don't think that Vienna MTS is particularly interesting or beutiful, but it does it's job pretty well imo. Though yeah the limited bycicle infra at the station is pretty sad, or Vienna as a whole. But Austria (sadly) isn't known for its bike infrastructure unlike the Netherlands

Another aspect worth to mention, also with regard to other big infrastructure projects (like Stuttgart 21, 2. Stammstrecke in Munich or Airport Berlin-Brandenburg) is that the initial budget and time plan could be kept ⏰💶 The costs for Hauptbahnhof Wien amounts to roughly 1 billion Euros and the project can be considered to be planned soundly.

Good video! Can tell you put a lot of work and research into this. 👌

U5 should be extended to Hbf!

Regarding capacity, one major flaw is the lack of dedicated tracks for S-Bahn and local services. As you correctly pointed out, the original plans included 4 underground platforms that would have served this function, with convenient transfers due to their location right underneath the long-distance platforms. Unfortunately this space is now occupied by the parking garage. Additionally, this now also locks in the capacity on the S-Bahn 'Stammstrecke' (which is notoriously overburdened) for the next decades. Having more platforms there (even more than the originally planned 4) would have been very necessary. So in hindsight an arrangement of e.g. 6+10 (or even 8+10) platforms would have been more adequate, not only for future growth, but even for the current amount of traffic. Actually this would even have made construction easier. In the current setup the existing underground S-Bahn station had to be rebuilt while in service, whereas a new, grander underground section could have been comfortably built to the side of it (that area was excavated for the parking garage and the station's foundations anyways). Afterwards, the old S-Bahn tunnel could have easily been converted into a parking garage for the whole quarter (as it runs the length of it). This limited capacity also ties in to the second major drawback: location. Building the new station off to the side of Südtirolerplatz not only makes the way to the U1 longer than necessary, it also makes the whole station arrangement less clear - particularly with the double-use of platforms (due to the lack of capacity), which requires a 100m walk along the platform to get to the other train. This is especially confusing for tourists, but also for locals. When you come up the main escalator you only see the display for the first half of the platform. The slight curve and the roof pillars obscure the view along the platform, so people often aren't aware that their train is leaving from the other half. Thus, there regularly are confused people missing their train or ending up in Budapest instead of the airport because they boarded the wrong train. While this could be somewhat alleviated with better signage and/or maybe a second display showing the train on the far side (with a big arrow pointing in that direction), it could have been easily avoided by just locating the station about 300m to the east - centrally over Südtirolerplatz, with the main corridor running under the middle of the platforms and escalators left and right.

Definitely one of the best railway station of Europe.

I didnt know that there are already capacity issues with storing the trains next to the station. That certainly DOES sound short-sighted.

You deserve way more subscribers.

But not forget Meidling. Not for its look but for it functional reasons (all trains from the west take a halt there) with U6 and so on. And the other ways beside the U1, to travel on.

Great Video!

Gratulation zu deinem Video! Du hast die Historie und die Bahnsteige sehr gut beschrieben. Was mir fehlt, ist der optische Eindruck, den ein Reisender erhält. So gibt es zwei Haupteingänge. Diesen, der an der Seite wo sich der Taxistandplatz befindet hast du überhaupt nicht gezeigt. Zum Beispiel, wie kommt ein Reisender zu seinem gewünschten Zug. Verschiedenste digitale Infotafeln von Ankunft und Abfahrtszeiten, Wagonreihung u.s.w. WC, Gepäckaufbewahrung, Ticketautomaten und persönlicher Infoschalter der ÖBB. Wo sind die Plätze für wartende Gäste? In der Lounge und an den Zugängen zu den Bahnsteigen. Ich möchte nicht der große Kritiker sein. Aber vielleicht kannst du dein Video einmal mit neuen Informationen verlängern?

Well explained video 😊

Super alle Infos zusammengefasst :) Die S45 ist ein wirkliches Erfolgsbeispiel für Wien. Das was mich an ihr allerdings stört, ist dass sie nur in Penzing und Heiligenstadt Barrierefrei ist. Lt. Insidern ist das auch der Grund, warum nie Desiro ML dort verkehren. Eigentlich schade.

Eigentlich perfekt, so wie es geplant wurde. Vorallem weil Hütteldorf ein wichtiger Knotenbahnhof ist. Was man allerdings verbessern kann, ist dass die S45 direkt gegenüber von der S80 wartet. Das wäre eine Kompromisslösung.

Where is the platform door in the first station?

i'm barely old enough to remember the old südbahnhof but i still miss it regardless. no through station will ever achieve the same level of charm of a terminus staion. too bad westbahnhof is the only one left like this in vienna that isn't underground. and the lack of historic station buildings is a shame too in vienna. i remember on my trip to the uk i was stunned by all the beautiful buildings. beautiful brickwork, tall roofs, it was delightful

Wow... Just, wow... I wish I lived in Austria for longer, or had a chance to visit it at least once.

its really a shame that they did not include space for additional platforms for the future. I guess they have to build them underground instead

don't forget: they found a tank from WW2 during the construction. a borgward IV. it's more like a remotely controlled drone, that can detonate when it is in place.

Great video and the quality, that was pretty good from the start. is much better now, but you should get a stabilizer for the camera. I've never been to Wien Huaptbahnhof but I've seen it many times in different videos and I like it (and so does the different youtube rail enthusiastic). As for the platforms, with five island platform (10 tracks) it's pretty big for a through station as trains are not suppose to park there for long time periods. Not building sufficient nearby storage facilities but the advantages of a through station is that it doesn't have to be right next to the station and on the map I see that there are quite a few places a bit further away on both sides. Also, you can always add more platforms/storage underground. In Spain a lot of stations are underground and in many places they moved or are in the process of moving tracks and stations underground as it frees space and allows to connect the sections of the city that are separated by the tracks.

It was really an interesting video.we also dint know that part of Wien Hauptbahnhof where all the old pictures (art work)of the station are. now we are planning to visit specially that area.:) thanks to you. You really explain the history so interestingly.kudos to you 😊👍

I agree with the comment of one of the people you interviewed that the Hauptbahnhof feels like an airport (in a good way). I think the various shopping and eating options are good as well.

Never heard of the bycicle Garage at Wien Hauptbahnhof before. Very interesting fact

You should really have more subscribers. It kinda fells like a mix of Geoff Marshall style exploration and a documentary.

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This is a really good video! I agree that not having a full ring service is suboptimal. Is there no room to squeeze more tracks in, or enhance signalling to increase train volume?

Awesome video, so cool to see the screen doors in and the work for the connection of U5 with present day U2~!

Thank you for this video, I've learned some things about the line that I've lived by since moving to Vienna 3 years ago. I didn't knew about the former stations Unter-Döbling and Baumgarten, even though I lived in this area. Now I live near the Station Penzing and I've noticed that there was a former Station called Baumgarten. Do you know if there is anything remaining from this former station?

I was there while after eating McDonald’s

5:22 I don’t think the official proposal is too bad to be honest. Like in London, you still have passenger services operating in a ring around the city with the London Overground’s Mildmay and Windrush lines, albeit with one change at Clapham Junction or Canonbury / Highbury & Islington. The major benefit of such a solution is that disruption on one of the lines does not affect the entire ring (Mildmay line services are on the North and West of the ring, with Windrush line services on the East and South of the ring).

Great video, I subscribed!

Great video! The coincidence of me releasing a video about the "Manner Christmas Tram" tomorrow is insane! xD