 A first provisional terminus opened with the inauguration of the first section of the Emperor Franz Joseph Railway from Vienna to Eggenburg in 1870.The "Kaiser-Franz-Josefs-Bahnhof", lavishly designed in a historicist "Ringstraße" style, was built at the present site from 1872 onwards and finished six years later.In 1907 it received access to the Vienna tramway network providing a direct connection to the Westbahnhof, Nordwestbahnhof, Nordbahnhof (Praterstern) railway stations.