!!!Südbahn

Southern Railway, initially connected Vienna with Trieste: 1839-1842 
private "Wien- Gloggnitzer Eisenbahn" railway line, 
1842-1857 Muerzzuschlag- Graz- Laibach/Ljubljana- Trieste; built by 
the state on the recommendation of Archduke Johann, 1848-1854 
connected via the  Semmering Railway, planned by K. von  Ghega; 
in 1858 sold to the private Southern Railway Company, which also built 
the Marburg/Maribor- Klagenfurt- Villach- Lienz- 
Franzensfeste/Fortezza line 1863-1871. The Southern Railway was 
nationalised in 1923; since then the Bruck an der Mur- 
Klagenfurt- Villach line has formed part of the connection with Italy. 
In 1956 the Vienna Suedbahnhof (southern railway) station and the 
adjacent Ostbahnhof (eastern railway) station were rebuilt. Both had 
been destroyed in World War II. In May 1963 the Vienna-Tarvisio 
section and in May 1966 the Bruck an der Mur- Graz section of the 
Southern Railway were electrified.

!Literature
J. Dultinger, Die "Erzherzog Johann-Bahn", 1985.


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