Košice railway station

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Košice
The station building in 2008
Station statistics
Address	Staničné Namestie 04001 Košice-Staré Mesto Košice Košice I Košice Region Slovakia
Coordinates	48°43′21″N 21°16′05″E / 48.72250°N 21.26806°E / 48.72250; 21.26806Coordinates: 48°43′21″N 21°16′05″E / 48.72250°N 21.26806°E / 48.72250; 21.26806
Line(s)	Zvolen–Košice Miskolc–Košice Košice–Žilina (Košice)–Kysak–Prešov–Muszyna (PKP) Košice–Čierna nad Tisou–Tschop (Ukrsalisnyzja)
Connections	Košice tramway network Local buses
Distance	98.77 km (61.37 mi) from Slovakia—Ukraine border
Platforms	4
Other information
Opened	14 August 1860 (1860-08-14)
Owned by	Železnice Slovenskej republiky (ŽSR)
Operator	Železničná spoločnosť Slovensko (ZSSK)
Location
Location within Slovakia

Košice railway station (Slovak: Železničná stanica Košice, also known for a short period as Košice hlavná stanica) serves the city of Košice, seat of the Košice Region, eastern Slovakia.

Opened in 1860, the station is the eastern terminus of the Košice–Žilina railway, which forms part of Slovakia's main east-west rail corridor. It is also the terminus of a number of other lines, some of them linking Slovakia with other countries.

The station is currently owned by Železnice Slovenskej republiky (ŽSR); train services are operated by Železničná spoločnosť Slovensko (ZSSK).

Location

Košice railway station is situated at Staničné Namestie, about 1 km (0.62 mi) east of St. Elisabeth Cathedral. It is near the western bank of the river Hornád, in the borough of Staré Mesto, which forms part of the Košice I district.

History

The station was opened on 14 August 1860, upon the inauguration of the Miskolc–Košice railway, which linked Košice with Miskolc in present day Hungary.

The current station building has been in place since 1973, and is a modified version of an earlier building constructed in 1871.

Lines

Košice railway station is a hub for the following Slovakian railway lines:

160 Zvolen–Košice
169 Košice−Hidasnémeti (MÁV)
180 Košice–Žilina
188 (Košice)–Kysak–Prešov–Muszyna (PKP)
190 Košice–Čierna nad Tisou–Chop (Ukrsalisnyzja)

Lines 180 and 190 combine to form part of Pan-European Corridor Va, which runs from Venice in Italy to Kiev in Ukraine, via Bratislava, Žilina, Košice and Uzhhorod.

Interchange

The station offers interchange with Košice trams and local buses managed by the Dopravný podnik mesta Košice (DPMK), or Košice Transit Company. Košice's long distance bus station is nearby.

Services

Preceding station	ŽSSK	Following station
Kysak toward Prague	EuroNight EN Slovakia	Terminus
Kysak toward Bratislava	InterCity	Terminus
Terminus	EuroCity	Hidasnémeti toward Budapest
Kysak toward Žilina	Regional fast trains	Trebišov toward Humenné
Kysak toward Prešov	Regional fast trains	Moldava nad Bodvou toward Zvolen
Ťahanovce toward Prešov or Poprad-Tatry	Stopping trains	Košice predmestie toward Moldava nad Bodvou or Trebišov

References

Catchpole, Paul (1998). Steam and Rail in Slovakia. Kings Norton, Birmingham, England: Locomotives International. ISBN 1-900340-08-9.

External links

Media related to Košice railway station at Wikimedia Commons

Košice railway station on vlaky.net (Slovak)

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike; additional terms may apply for the media files.