Railway Infrastructure and Spatial Development of Zagreb from 1850. to 1945

Izgradnja zagrebačke željeznice u 19. stoljeću direktno je utjecala na smjer i intezitet prostornog širenja grada te je postavljen temelj modernizacijskim procesima urbanizacije. Longitudinalno prostiranje željeznice unutar urbanog tkiva ubrzo počinje onemogućavati daljnji razvoj grada, a novonastale posljedice pokušavaju se razrješiti već u prvim generalnim regulatornim osnovama. Regulatorne osnove nastojale su pomiriti potrebe rastućeg industrijskog grada te ga, prostorno i funkcionalno, povezati u jedinstvenu cjelinu sa željeznicom. Pokušajima rješavanja „željezničkog pitanja“, iznimno važnog za prijestolnicu, nerijetko se upliću državni interesi te ekonomsko-političke prilike, što rezultira velikim raskorakom između predviđenih prostornih planova i njihove implementacije u prostoru. Kroz povijest se odnos Zagreba i željeznice može opisati kao simbiotska veza u kojoj su odnosi podložni mijenjaju, od mutualizma prema parazitizmu. The construction of the Zagreb railway in the 19th century directly influenced the direction and intensity of the city's spatial expansion and laid the foundation for the modernization processes of urbanization. The longitudinal extension of the railway within the urban fabric soon begins to prevent the further development of the city, and the newly created consequences are already being resolved in the first physical plans. The regulatory bases sought to reconcile the needs of the growing industrial city and connect it, spatially and functionally, into a single unit with the railway. Attempts to solve the "railway issue", which is extremely important for the capital, often interfere with state interests and economic and political opportunities, which results in a large gap between the urban planning maps and their implementation in space. Throughout history, the relationship between Zagreb and the railway can be described as a symbiotic relationship in which relations are subjected to change, from mutualism to parasitism.