Bratislava main railway station
Bratislava main railway station (Slovak: Bratislava hlavná stanica, abbreviated as Bratislava hl.st.; Hungarian: Pozsony főpályaudvar) is the main railway station of the city of Bratislava, Slovakia. It averages about 60,000 passengers per day. Apart from domestic routes, international routes from this station include trains to Austria, Croatia (summer only), Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Serbia, and Switzerland. Etymology Prior to 1919 the city was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and was known as "Pressburg", in German, and "Pozsony", in Hungarian. The station was named Pressburger Hauptbahnhof and Pozsony főpályaudvar in those languages. History The first station building, a two-storey building at Šancová 1, now serves as the headquarters of the railway police. It was built in 1848 as the terminus for the Vienna - Gänserndorf - Bratislava (Pressburg) and Břeclav - Bratislava (Pressburg) lines. The second building, which is used to this day, was built after the completion of the Budapest - Párkány (Štúrovo) - Bratislava line in 1905 to the design of Ferenc Pfaff, who was the Hungarian State Railways's main architect at the time. Originally it was built in eclectic style, however in 1960 it underwent a major reconstruction, when the exterior was completely changed to be more