Kysak – Muszyna railway line
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Railway station in Prešov
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Course book range : | ZSSK: 188, PKP: 130 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Route length: | 83 km | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gauge : | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Power system : | 3 kV = | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Kysak – Muszyna railway is a single-track and electrified main line in Slovakia and a short stretch in Poland . It runs from Kysak via Prešov and Plaveč to Muszyna . It is part of the Pan-European Railway Corridor IX .
history
The line from Kysak to Prešov was opened by the Kaschau-Oderberger Railway on September 1, 1870.
The section from Prešov to the national border was built by the Eperjes-Tarnów Railway . The Prešov-Plaveč section was opened on May 1, 1873. The continuation to the Polish (then Galician ) town of Muszyna went into operation on August 18, 1876.
The section from Kysak to Prešov was electrified in 1978. In 1988 the section from Plaveč to Muszyna followed. The remaining gap between Prešov and Plaveč was closed in 1996/97.
Cross-border passenger traffic has ceased to exist since December 13, 2010. Today, passenger trains only run to Lipany every day, individual trains to Plaveč on Friday, Sunday and on public holidays.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://rail.sk/skhist/electric.htm
- ↑ ZSSK timetable tables ( Memento of the original from September 27, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.