New Hungerburg railway - Innsbruck
Get away from it all, up into the mountains in no time. What could be better?
For residents of Innsbruck, the capital of Tyrol, and its visitors, this is not just a utopian dream but thanks to the
Hungerburg railway has been a reality for over a century. The first railway connection from Innsbruck to Hungerburg
was already in operation in 1906 but did not run as far as the city centre.
The construction of a new railway was decided in 2003. Since December 1st 2007, passengers can now travel
from the city centre directly and get out at Hungerburg’s alpine station in just under eight minutes.
There are four stops on the way up, starting at the congress centre, just a walk away from the Little Golden Roof.
The »Congress« station and the second station »Löwenhaus« are connected by a tunnel. After that, the train
emerges from underground to travel over a bridge across the River Inn. It travels onwards following the river bank,
through the Weiherburg tunnel to stop at »Alpenzoo« and finally to the 857 metre high alpine station »Hungerburg«.
If you wish to continue your journey, you can always take the Nordketten cable car as far as alpine station »Hafelekar
« at an altitude of 2,256 metres.
All four stations and the bridge over the Inn were planned by Zaha Hadid and bear the unmistakable mark of this
star architect. Despite the originality of each of the structures, they clearly relate to each other with their expressive,
organic architecture. The stations are defined by their dynamic flowing shape. Light-coloured, exposed concrete
bases support the hybrid, computer-generated roof structures which surround the tracks in their unique way,
and push through the alpine landscape like moving snow or glacier tongues. Thermoformed glass surfaces, painted
inside, are installed on the basic steel frame structure. The originality of these building sculptures is enhanced
even more so at night when brilliance, material and unique shape are highlighted by indirect lighting with in-ground
floodlights.
| Bauherr |
Stadt Innsbruck / STRABAG |
| Architekten |
Zaha Hadid Architects, London |
| Lichtplanung |
Zaha Hadid Architects, London
Zumtobel Licht |
| Elektroplanung |
ILF, Rum |
| Elektroinstallation |
EAE Stöckl GmbH, Innsbruck |
Information Brochure 2 - 2008
