Brezno – Červená Skala railway line

odb. Brezno-Halny – Červená Skala
Stop in Heľpa
Course book series (ZSSK) :	172
Route length:	39.020 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Top speed:	70 km / h
Legend from Podbrezová 0.000 odbočka Brezno-Halny to Tisovec Hron 1,770 Bujakovo 6,594 Gašparovo 7.772 Beňuš 12.875 Bacúch 16,542 Polomka 19.825 Polomka Hámor 21,356 Závadka nad Hronom 22,363 Závadka nad Hronom zastávka 24.873 Heľpa 29,136 Pohorelá 30.214 Pohorelská Maša 33.775 Vaľkovňa 39.020 Červená scale to Margecany

The Brezno – Červená Skala railway line is a single-track main line in Slovakia . It branches off the Podbrezová – Tisovec railway line at Brezno and leads to Červená Skala .

Route description

The route runs in a west-east direction in the valley of the Hron river ( Horehronie region ). The Low Tatras are to the north of the railway line and the Slovak Ore Mountains to the south .

history

The line from Brezno to Červená Skala was inaugurated in 1903.

On February 21, 2009 there was a serious accident on the route when a train hit a coach that was standing on a non-technically secured level crossing near Polomka . Twelve people were killed.

Currently (as of June 2020) there are two pairs of local trains running on weekdays between Brezno and Červená Skala and two pairs of continuous express trains ( regionálny rýchlik, "regional express train ") from Banská Bystrica to Margecany. Until 2014, the Horehronec express train ran once a day on this route ; this name has passed on to one of the express train pairs. Freight traffic is of minor importance.

Web links

• Details about the route: Part 1 , Part 2 , Part 3 (Slovak)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ www.tagesschau.de, accessed on February 22, 2009 ( Memento from February 24, 2009 in the Internet Archive )