 In terms of its mainline connection, the new station serves as a key meeting point in Vienna for four individual major railway lines; it also provided access to other local services including the Vienna S-Bahn, a tramway and several bus lines.The station has a total of five island platforms, each with 2 sides, for a total of 10 faces.These five platforms are complete with striking canopies, measuring roughly 210 metres in length and between six and 15 metres in height; the canopies are built on top of a welded and bolted steel framework, covered by Alucobond composite panels, and supported at 38-metre intervals by transverse solid concrete frames, which are clad in sheet steel.