Railway line Hronská Dúbrava – Banská Štiavnica

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Hronská Dúbrava – Banská Štiavnica
A class 812 diesel multiple unit in the Banská Štiavnica station
A class 812 diesel multiple unit in the Banská Štiavnica station
Course book series (ZSSK) : 154
Route length: 19.717 km
Gauge : 1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Route - straight ahead
from Turčianske Teplice
Station, station
0.000 Hronská Dúbrava
   
1.400 to Zvolen
   
Hron
Stop, stop
7,866 Kozelník
Stop, stop
12.688 Banská Belá zastávka
Station, station
15.154 Banska Belá
Stop, stop
17,571 Banský Studenec zastávka
tunnel
18.012 Banská Štiavnica tunnel (1160 m)
End station - end of the line
19.717 Banská Štiavnica

The Hronská Dúbrava – Banská Štiavnica railway is a branch line in Slovakia that was originally built and operated as a narrow-gauge railway through the Selmeczbánya keskenvágányu vasút . It runs in a southerly direction from Hron through the valley of the Jasenica river to the town of Banská Štiavnica .

history

The predecessor of today's railway was a narrow-gauge railway in meter gauge , which was opened as the first public narrow-gauge railway in Hungary in 1873. It took an hour and a half to reach the end of the 20 km route.

Construction of the standard gauge line began in 1943, but was interrupted in 1944 due to the outbreak of the Slovak National Uprising . After the German occupation and the course of the front in World War II , construction could only be resumed in 1946. Shortly after the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia came to power in February 1948, the route was named Trať Mládeže (Youth Route).

The entire standard gauge line was opened on October 29, 1949. A planned continuation to the municipalities of Pukanec and Hontianske Nemce did not get beyond the planning stage.

Today several local trains run to the Hronská Dúbrava and Zvolen train stations.

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