Feldkirch railway station
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Feldkirch
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View of the station and the site of the former wagon workshop.
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| Location | Bahnhofstraße 6800 Feldkirch Austria |
| Coordinates | 47°14′28″N 09°36′15″E / 47.24111°N 9.60417°ECoordinates: 47°14′28″N 09°36′15″E / 47.24111°N 9.60417°E |
| Elevation | 457 m (AA) |
| Owned by | Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) |
| Operated by | ÖBB |
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Feldkirch–Buchs railway Vorarlberg railway |
| Distance | 46.912 km (29.150 mi) from St. Margrethen |
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| Opened | 1 July 1872 |
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 Feldkirch
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Feldkirch railway station (German: Bahnhof Feldkirch) serves the city of Feldkirch, in the Feldkirch district of the Austrian federal state of Vorarlberg. Opened in 1872, it forms the junction between the Vorarlberg railway and the Feldkirch–Buchs railway.
The station is owned and operated by the Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB).
Feldkirch railway station is situated in Bahnhofplatz, in the northern Feldkirch district of Levis, between the Ardetzenberg and the Känzele.
The station was opened on 1 July 1872, together with the rest of the Vorarlberg railway. The original station building was repeatedly extended from 1884, as the Arlberg railway transformed Feldkirch into an international transport hub.
In the 1960s, the original station building was torn down. In early 1969, the new building was put into operation.
Between 1999 and 2001, the station was renovated and rebuilt again, as part of the ÖBB-Bahnhofsinitiative. The renovation work included replacement of the platforms, the pedestrian underpass and the station building.
In 2010, in a survey conducted by the Verkehrsclub Österreich (VCÖ), the station was nominated by the interviewed passengers as the sixth most beautiful railway station in Austria.
Feldkirch is one of Vorarlberg's major railway stations. It also serves as a loading station for the motorail train from Feldkirch to Vienna, Graz and Villach. Additionally, Feldkirch is the border station of the line to Buchs; it is the only Austrian border station adjacent to the Principality of Liechtenstein.
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