Railway Košice – Žilina

Košice – Poprad-Tatry – Žilina
Ružomberok railway station
Course book series (ZSSK) :	180
Route length:	238.88 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Power system :	3 kV  =
Top speed:	120 km / h
Legend from Tschop / Чоп from Miskolc and from Zvolen 98.75 Košice Hornád 102.75 Ťahanovce Ťahanovce I and II tunnels Hornád 107.35 Kostoľany nad Hornádom Hornád 112.41 Trebejov Hornád 114.43 Kysak to Prešov – Muszyna Hornád Hornád 121.08 Veľká Lodina 123.70 Malá Lodina Hornád 125.80 Ružín Beginning of the laid route Ružín tunnel (130m) Košické Hámre Bujanov (3411 m) and Margecany (431 m) tunnels End of the laid route 131.29 Margecany zastávka to Červená Skala ( Göllnitztalbahn ) 133.70 Margecany Hornád 138.90 Kluknava 141.02 Richnava 144.07 Krompachy Hornád Hornád from Spišské Podhradie 151.20 Spišské Vlachy 155.40 Olcnava 158.04 Vítkovce 159.22 Chrasť nad Hornádom Hornád 161.80 Matejovce nad Hornádom 164.53 Markušovce 168.44 Teplička nad Hornádom Hornád from Levoča 173.29 Spišská Nová Ves 175.96 Smižany 179.95 Spišské Tomášovce 181.36 Letanovce 185.95 Vydrník 188.68 Spišský Štiavnik 193.69 Gánovce from Plaveč 199.39 Poprad Tatry (Connection to the electric Tatrabahn ) 206.54 Svit Poprad Mengušovce 210.73 Lučivná 215.36 Štrba zastávka 218.32 Štrba 895 m (Connection to the rack railway to Štrbské Pleso ) 224.70 Važec 230.58 Východná 241.43 Kráľova Lehota 246.54 Liptovský Hrádok Belá 249.89 Podtureň 253.69 Okoličné Smrečianka 257.59 Liptovský Mikuláš Beginning of the laid route Scales Liptovský Trnovec 268.02 Liptovské Vlachy Parížovce Vlašky End of the laid route 272.08 Liptovská Teplá 276.88 Lisková Korytnica narrow-gauge railway 280.35 Ružomberok 282.61 Ružomberok-Rybárpole 285.72 Hrboltová 290.82 Švošov 293.13 Ľubochňa Narrow-gauge railway from Močidlo 295.13 Stankovany Orava from Suchá Hora 298.57 Kraľovany Beginning of the laid route new (523 m) and old (401 m) Kraľovany tunnel 302.24 Šútovo 304.19 Krpeľany End of the laid route Krpeliansky kanál 308.07 Turany Scales 311.87 Sučany 314.96 Vrútky nákladná stanica (Gbf.) to Zvolen 316.77 Vrútky 319.86 Vrútky zastávka Strečno I tunnel (318 m) Strečno II (593 m) and III (524 m) tunnels Scales 326.00 Strečno 329.37 Varin 334.12 Teplička nad Váhom Scales 337.63 Žilina to Rajec to Bratislava to Bohumín

The Košice – Žilina railway is a main line in Slovakia , which was originally built and operated by the Kaschau-Oderberger Railway . It runs in an east-west direction essentially along the Hornád , through the Podtatranská kotlina basin and then on the Waag . It touches some of the most famous mountain regions in Slovakia, such as the Little and Big Fatra , the Low and High Tatras and the Slovak Ore Mountains .

meaning

The main line between Košice and Žilina is part of the most important railroad in Slovakia. In the east-west direction, it is the only powerful and fully electrified main line in the country. The route is therefore of outstanding importance not only for goods traffic within Slovakia, but also in transit between Western Europe and the Ukraine .

history

→ Main article : Kaschau-Oderberger Bahn

Continuous rail traffic on the entire route of the Košice -Oderberg Railway from Košice via Žilina to Oderberg (today Bohumín ) was opened on March 18, 1872.

Opening dates

• September 1, 1870: Košice– Kysak
• December 8, 1871: Poprad-Tatry –Žilina
• December 12, 1871: Spišská Nová Ves –Poprad-Tatry
• March 18, 1872: Kysak – Spišská Nová Ves

The line was initially single-track. Due to the rapidly increasing demand, the double-track expansion began in the mid-1930s, which continued until 1955. In detail, the following sections have been released for double-track traffic:

• 1955: Košice– Kolinovce
• 1951: Kolínovce– Markušovce
• 1950: Markušovce– Hrabušice
• 1947: Hrabušice– Gánovce
• 1950: Gánovce-Poprad-Tatry
• 1942: Poprad-Tatry– Svit
• 1938: Svit– Lučivná
• 1941: Štrba– Važec
• 1947: Važec– Kráľova Lehota
• 1950: Kráľova Lehota– Šútovo
• 1946: Šútovo– Vrútky
• 1940: Vrútky– Strečno
• 1938: Strečno – Žilina

A second (parallel) tunnel and a second bridge over the Waag had to be built near Strečno .

As part of the double-track expansion of the section from Kraľovany to Turany , a new tunnel was built and the route was relocated over a distance of 6.8 kilometers due to the construction of the Krpeľany reservoir .

At the same time, due to the construction of the Ružín reservoir, the route between Ružín and Margecany zastávka was relocated by tunneling under Bujanov mountain.

Another route change was necessary in the 1970s with the construction of the Liptov reservoir .

The route was electrified between 1956 and 1961.

Current condition

Express trains run every two hours during the day, as well as some Intercity and Eurocity trains as well as local trains. An international pair of SuperCity trains has been running on the route every day since December 2014 . This connects Prague with Košice. It takes 7.5 hours for the entire journey. It is served by the fastest České dráhy trains , the 680 series . Freight traffic is also quite intensive.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://rail.sk/skhist/dvoj.htm
2. ↑ http://rail.sk/skhist/electric.htm

Web links

Commons : Košice – Žilina railway line  - collection of images, videos and audio files

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