In 1841, the Government approved the Programme of the Austrian Empire for the railways, which, among other things, envisaged the construction of railways in the Kingdom of Galicia and Volyn. The line from Vienna to Lvov to be constructed by December 31, 1863.After that, the city must be connected to Brody , Chernovtsy and other cities in the crown of the earth.
In 1858, Cesarsky , Royal Society of privileged Galician iron Karl Ludwig received a concession for the construction of the station in Lviv. Construction was carried out in the swampy area on the hill 67 morgues.The opening of the station took place simultaneously with the opening movement of the Galician railway Karl Ludwig at the site of Przemysl - Lviv , November 4, 1861. At 14:30 the first train arrived in the parotyagu Jaroslav , two passenger coaches and four platforms. November 24 railroad management was authorized to regular trains from Lviv to Vienna and Krakow.
The first station building ( 1890-1895 ).
In 1866, opened to traffic in Chernivtsi in 1869 - up to Brody and the border with the Russian empire in 1881 - in Ternopil and Pidvolochisk .
The construction of the station was 70 yards long and 10 feet wide .The room housed waiting rooms for passengers of all classes , restaurant, cafe , offices, technical services and the police, the office of the luggage compartment , a post office .At the station were placed two pavilions to offices and apartments for servants, car shed with fourteen cars, barracks for the guards and railroad workers , repair shops , warehouses. Staff station was 38 people: Chief , 26 officers , 10 prison guards and a doctor.
With the construction of the Chernivtsi station, there was competition between them . Subsequently, their functions were divided : Chernivtsi Train Station take the direction of Krakow's main train station - in the direction of Chernivtsi.
In 1892 the railroad became the property of the state.This accelerated flow of investment , respectively , and the construction of new lines. This raised the question of construction in Lviv, a new railway station , because there could not cope and the growing passenger traffic.In 1899, was reviewed and approved the project by Vladislav Sadlovskogo authorship , made in 1898 on the basis of the materials director Ludwik Vezhbitskoi iron .
landing stage station (1904).
The construction was started in 1902 on the site of the old station.Construction work performed by Ivan firm Levinsky, Alfred and Joseph Sosnowski Zakharevich . The main entrance and made the landing stage of the project engineer E. Zelenevskogo . Interiors ochukuvannya halls 1 and 2 classes designed Zakharevich A. . Interiors lounges 3 classes, restaurant and dining sproetuvaly Obminsky T. and A. Lushpinsky .The pediment of the building was decorated with sculptures by A. Popel , and P. Viytovicha : woman symbolizes the railroad and trade , a man on a lion - the industry and the city of Lviv. The main design element of the main lobby was stained Archangel Michael , with panoramic views of Lviv in the background.
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