Wels Hauptbahnhof
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Wels Hauptbahnhof
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The station building
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| Location | Bahnhofstraße 4600 Wels Austria |
| Coordinates | 48°9′56″N 14°1′36″E / 48.16556°N 14.02667°ECoordinates: 48°9′56″N 14°1′36″E / 48.16556°N 14.02667°E |
| Owned by | Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) |
| Operated by | ÖBB |
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Western Railway Wels–Passau railway Alm Valley railway Aschach railway |
| Platforms | 7 through platforms 4 bay platforms |
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| Architect | Franz Maul Maximiliam Lugner |
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| Opened | 1851 |
| Rebuilt | 1937, 1945, 2003-2005 |
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 Wels Hauptbahnhof
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Wels Hauptbahnhof, occasionally Wels Central Station or Wels central station is a railway station at Wels, which is the second largest city in the federal state of Upper Austria, in the north of Austria.
Opened in 1851, the station is owned and operated by the Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB). It forms part of the Western Railway, and is also a junction of the Wels–Passau railway, the Alm Valley railway, and the Aschach railway.
Wels Hauptbahnhof is situated in the Bahnhofstraße, at the northwestern edge of the city centre.
On 1 April 1835, the Budweis–Linz–Gmunden horse-drawn railway was opened. Its route included Wels. In addition to people, it transported salt from the Salzkammergut to Linz, or further to Bohemia. The horse-drawn railway passed directly through the Wels city centre. However, as early as 1855 the horses were replaced by steam locomotives. From that time, the line contracted to the section between Linz and Gmunden, because the horse-drawn railway's northern section was not suited to the locomotives.
In 1851, the Western Railway was opened from Vienna to Salzburg and Passau, and the Wels station building was moved. The new station building was constructed in the Romantic style. It consisted of an elongated central section with corner pavilions at both ends. At that time, the station had only four tracks.
When the Passau railway was planned, it was decided that its terminus would be Wels instead of Linz. This decision made the Wels station a major railway hub. In 1860, the Passau line went into operation.
In 1886, the line to Aschach was opened; this line branched off the Passau line only in Haiding, but the trains continued to Wels. In 1893, the Alm Valley railway opened, and this line similarly terminated in Wels, before continuing via Sattledt to Rohr im Kremstal, where the Alm Valley railway and the Pyhrn railway met each other. In 1901, the Alm Valley railway was extended to Grünau im Almtal. Due to the increase in traffic associated with the opening of these lines, Wels Hauptbahnhof had to be enlarged.
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