Salzburg Main Station – being the most important traffic junction in the state of Salzburg – is one of the largest train stations in Austria, with up to 25,000 passengers per day.
The future through station will assume the role of a regional and international hub and will fully meet the requirements of the new age of rail transport. A high level of customer comfort, short distances, barrier-free changing of trains, optimal information for passengers, a central arcade with shops, and a unique architectural concept that unites listed, historical parts of buildings and a modern railway infrastructure will give the festival city a distinctive new portal.

In the coming years one of Austria’s most modern train stations will be built in consultation with the Austrian Federal Office for Monuments, preserving the historical roof structure that covers the present middle platform. The existing passenger tunnels will be replaced by a wide passageway, which will connect the two city districts of Schallmoos and Elisabeth-Vorstadt. This will ensure that the platforms can be reached comfortably. During the construction of the railway track system, the railway bridges over Plainstraße, Rainerstraße and the Nelböck Viaduct will also be renovated.

Construction work will be carried out while the railway services are in full operation. During the various construction phases, a few platforms will be closed off temporarily. The trains affected by this will pull into alternative platforms. High logistic demands will also have to be fulfilled, as construction work in the inner-city area must be carried out under extremely confined space conditions.

For a long time Salzburg Main Station acted as a border station to Germany and was therefore designed as a combined through station and ‘island’ station. Up to now Salzburg Main Station was the terminal station for most trains. The new through station will enable more trains to pass through in future. This expansion of the railway track infrastructure will improve the West-East connection and integrate the Salzburg Main Station even more effectively into the trans-European transport network from Paris and Stuttgart via Vienna to Bratislava (TEN 17).