Uzhorod - Košice broad gauge track
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The Uzhorod - Košice broad gauge track is a single line railway track mostly in eastern Slovakia, which is used especially for iron ore transportation from the Ukraine to the steel factory near Košice.
In the 1960s, after construction of the steel factory in Košice, the import of iron ore to Slovakia rose steeply, and the existing checkpoint in Čierna nad Tisou couldn't handle this amount anymore, particularly in winter, as Czechoslovakia and the Soviet Union had different gauges, meaning that all the transported goods had to be reloaded. It was thus decided to build one track in Czechoslovakia with Soviet technical parameters to ease the transport. Construction works started on November 4, 1965, and the track was opened on May 1, 1966. In 1978, the track was electrified.
