Kosice public transit

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Kosice transit company logo

T6A5 tram on line "R3" transports eployees to US Steel entrance area.

KT8D5R.N2 tram with low-floor middle part.

T3 modernized tram.

Skoda 14TrM trolleybus.

Karosa B932E bus.

The Košice public transit system is a public transport system operating in Košice, Slovakia. Services are managed by the Dopravny podnik mesta Košice (DPMK), or Košice Transit Company.

1 System
2 Vehicles
3 History

[edit] System

The Košice public transit system includes trams, buses and trolleybuses. There are 16 tram lines, 2 trolleybus routes and 39 bus routes. The system extends from the city center to industrial areas and outlying villages near the city.

DPMK must comply with conditions regarding arrival times at stops and connections or face financial penalties.^{[citation needed]}

Travelers must have a valid travel ticket. In 2006, tickets cost 6SKK for students and children under 15 years, 12SKK for people 15 years and older. Passengers older than 70 years, handicapped and members of parliament travel free. Tickets are single-use and are time-limited to a particular day, week or month, though students have concessions to this requirement. Travel cards, which are not time-limited, are available to employees.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Vehicles

[edit] Trams

All trams used in the Košice public transit system were made by ČKD between 1982-1992. There are 4 types of trams:

T3SUCS trams manufactured between 1982-1989. 90 are in use by DPMK.

T6A5 trams manufactured 1991-1992. 30 are in use.

KT8D5 trams manufactured 1986-1991. 19 are in use.

KT8D5R.N2 modernized KT8D5 trams, which have a low-floor middle carriage. They were modernized 2003-2006. 5 are in use.

[edit] Buses

The DPMK employs 15 models of buses, of 4 makes:

Karosa brand buses, manufactured 1994-2005 by Iveco in Vysoké Mýto, Czech Republic. These buses are diesel or CNG powered. The C734, C744, B731, B732, B741, B932 and B941 models are in use.

Solaris buses, manufactured 1999-2006 by Solaris Bus & Coach SA. The Urbino 12, Urbino 15, Urbino 15 CNG and Urbino 18 models are in use.

Ikarus buses, manufactured 1989-1997 by Ikarus Bus. The Ikarus 280, Ikarus 415 and Ikarus 435 models are in use.

Novoplan model C12 buses, manufactured 2002.

[edit] Trolleybuses

Two models of Škoda trolleybuses manufactured (1989-1993) and modernized (1998-2006) by Škoda Works Ostrov, the Škoda 15Tr and Škoda 14 TrM.

[edit] History

Košice transit company was founded in 1891 by Stefan Popper, who built ^{[citation needed]} the first track for a horsedrawn tramway. The company had the Magyar name "Kassai villamos vasut", in Slovak "Kosicke pulicne drahy", or in English "Košice street roads". In 1914 all tracks were electrified, and the transit company was renamed to "Kassai villamos kosuti vasut", (Slovak '"Kosicke elektricke poulicne drahy", and English "Košice electric roads").

This system was destroyed in World War I and again in World War II. In 1945, at the end of hostilities, the system was again rebuilt, and the current company name "Dopravne podniky mesta Košice" adopted.