Wien Hetzendorf railway station

Wien Hetzendorf
S-Bahn station
Location	Eckartsaugasse 2[1] Austria
Coordinates	48°08′05″N 16°17′02″E / 48.13472°N 16.28389°E / 48.13472; 16.28389Coordinates: 48°08′05″N 16°17′02″E / 48.13472°N 16.28389°E / 48.13472; 16.28389
Owned by	Austrian Federal Railways
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Disabled access	No
Other information
Fare zone	Core Zone (100)
History
Opened	1849 (1849)
Electrified	15 kV 16,7 Hz
Services
Preceding station   ÖBB   Following station Wien Atzgersdorf toward Mödling Wien Meidling toward Laa a.d. Thaya Wien Atzgersdorf toward Wiener Neustadt Hbf. Wien Meidling toward Hollabrunn Wien Meidling toward Absdorf-Hippersdorf

Railway station Hetzendorf in 1897

Wien Hetzendorf is a Vienna S-Bahn station, served by S1 and S2. The station is 1.63 km (1.01 mi) west of Wien Meidling. The station is situated between Altmannsdorfer Straße and Hetzendorfer Straße. Connections are available to Lines 16A, 62A, 64A of Wiener Linien Bus service and Line 62 of Wiener Linien Tram service.

History

The railway station was opened in June 1841 as a part of the railroad from Vienna to Gloggnitz in Lower Austria. The first steam locomotive using the new railroad was built by the Norris Locomotive Works in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1837 and brought to Vienna. The locomotive was named Philadelphia and a bridge across the railroad between the railway stations Wien Meidling and Wien Hetzendorf is called Philadelphiabrücke up to now in commemoration of the early days of that railroad. It was completed as the Southern Railway in Austria until 1857 to reach the harbour of Trieste, then part of the Austrian Empire.

The railway station gained importance when the later Emperor Charles I of Austria lived close to the station in Schloss Hetzendorf. The station was also the best connection from Schönbrunn Palace to the south.

References

External links

Media related to Wien Hetzendorf railway station at Wikimedia Commons