Košice-Bohumín Railway

Košice-Bohumín Railway

The Košice-Bohumín Railway ( _cs. Košicko-bohumínská dráha, _sk. Košicko-bohumínska železnica, _pl. Kolej koszycko-bogumińska, _de. Kaschau-Oderberger Bahn, _hu. Kassa-Oderbergi Vasút) can refer to:
*originally: A private railway company established in 1869 in Austria-Hungary. In 1924 the company was nationalised and put under the Czechoslovak State Railways.
*nowadays: The main track of this company (between Košice and Bohumín). The Košice-Bohumín track connected the industrial area of Silesia with the city of Košice in what is now eastern Slovakia. It was completed in 1872.

Tracks of the company

* Košice - Bohumín (350 km, construction started in 1869, completed in 1869-1872).
* Bohumín - Český Těšín completed on 5 May 1869
* Český Těšín - Žilina completed on 8 January 1871
* Žilina - Poprad completed on 8 December 1871
* Poprad - Spišská Nová Ves completed on 12 December 1871
* Spišská Nová Ves - Kysak completed on 12 March 1872
* (Košice) - Kysak - Prešov (completed on 1 September 1870).
* Štrbské Pleso - Štrba rack railway (gauge 1000 mm, completed in 1896).
* Tatra Electric Railway (gauge 1000 mm, completed in 1912).

External links

* [http://rail.sk/arp/slovakia/history/histzsr.htm History of the Slovak railways]
* [http://www.zsr.sk/generate_page.php?page_id=421 Košice-Bohumín Railway on the ŽSR page] sk icon


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