Trieste Centrale railway station is situated at Piazza della Libertà, north of the city centre.The present day rail network of the city of Trieste is based, for the most part, upon railway lines constructed by the former Austrian and Austro-Hungarian empires.On the same day, in the presence of the Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph I, the new terminal station at Trieste, including its relatively modest original passenger building designed by the engineer Carl Ritter von Ghega (Italian: Carlo Ghega), was officially opened.Rapid development of trade routes to and from Trieste, and therefore also the city itself, soon led to a decision to replace the original passenger building.The renovated station (by Centostazioni in 2007) houses a large passenger building with facilities including a ticket office, central waiting area, chapel, bar, supermarket, bookshop, pharmacy and a new lounge dedicated to high-speed train passengers (Freccia Club, formerly Eurostar Italia).The Autostazione bus station is located to the south and there are long-distance services to Slovenia, Austria and the Balkan Peninsula.