 It was located in Favoriten, in the south-east of the city.The East-bound rail services of Südbahnhof remain in operation throughout the reconstruction via provisional train station "Südbahnhof (Ostbahn)".The earliest antecedents of the modern Südbahnhof were the "Gloggnitzer Bahnhof", the start of the South railway, and the "Raaber Bahnhof", the start of the East railway, which were built by Matthias Schönerer in a classical style (1841–1846).