Poprad-Tatry railway station
Poprad-Tatry | |
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Železnice Slovenskej republiky | |
Line(s) | Košice–Bohumín 185 Poprad-Tatry–Plaveč 183 Tatra Electric Railway |
Distance | 199.39 km (123.90 mi) from Slovakia–Ukraine border |
Platforms | 4 |
Connections |
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History | |
Opened | 8 December 1871 |
Location | |
Poprad-Tatry railway station (
.Opened in 1871, the station forms part of the
The station is currently owned by
Location
Poprad-Tatry railway station is situated at Jiřího Wolkera, at the north western edge of the town centre.
History
The station was opened on 8 December 1871, together with the rest of the
With the commissioning of the first part of the Poprad-Tatry–Plaveč railway in 1889, the station was transformed into a junction.
The metre gauge connection with the High Tatras was achieved on 20 December 1908, via Starý Smokovec.
On 25 March 1942, the first deportation of
Following a renovation in the 1980s, the station reached its present form as a two level interchange station. An SKK 858 million modernization and extension of the 1980s renovations was carried out in 2006–2007.[3]
Train services
Poprad-Tatry railway station is the junction of the following Slovakian railway lines:
- 180 Košice–Žilina (part of the Košice–Bohumín Railway)
- 183 Poprad-Tatry–Starý Smokovec–Štrbské Pleso (part of the Tatra Electric Railway)
- 185 Poprad-Tatry–Plaveč
Line 180 forms part of Pan-European Corridor Va, which runs from Venice in Italy to Kyiv in Ukraine, via Bratislava, Žilina, Košice and Uzhhorod.
Interchange
The station offers interchange with local buses.
Services
Preceding station | ŽSSK
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Following station | ||
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Prague
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EuroNight EN Slovakia |
Spišská Nová Ves toward Košice | ||
Liptovský Mikuláš toward Bratislava |
InterCity | Kysak Košice | ||
Štrba toward Žilina |
Regional fast trains | Spišská Nová Ves toward Humenné | ||
Svit toward Žilina |
Stopping trains | Gánovce toward Košice | ||
Terminus | Stopping trains | Matejovce pri Poprade toward Tatranská Lomnica | ||
Terminus | Stopping trains | Matejovce pri Poprade toward Stará Ľubovňa | ||
Veľký Slavkov toward Štrbské Pleso |
Stopping trains Tatra Electric Railway |
Terminus |
See also
References
- ^ "Memorial Plaque to the Deported Jews at Poprad Railway Station". Retrieved 6 June 2013.
- ^ "Memorial plaque for deported Jews at Poprad railway station". Holocaust Memorials: Monuments, Museums and Institutions in Commemoration of Nazi Victims. Berlin, Germany: Stiftung Topographie des Terrors. Retrieved 2019-10-20.
- ^ "Vynovili stanicu v Poprade" (in Slovak). 5 October 2007. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
- Catchpole, Paul (1998). Steam and Rail in Slovakia. Kings Norton, Birmingham, England: Locomotives International. ISBN 1-900340-08-9.
External links
Media related to Poprad-Tatry railway station at Wikimedia Commons
- Poprad-Tatry railway station on vlaky.net (in Slovak)