Kumanovo Railway Station

Kumanovo Railway Station
Железничка станица Куманово

View of the station building
Location Zheleznichka Stanica bb, Kumanovo, Macedonia
Coordinates 42°07′48″N 21°41′06″E / 42.1301°N 21.6850°E / 42.1301; 21.6850Coordinates: 42°07′48″N 21°41′06″E / 42.1301°N 21.6850°E / 42.1301; 21.6850
Owned by Makedonski Železnici
Line(s) Corridor VIII
Corridor X
Construction
Parking yes

Kumanovo Railway Station (KRS) (Железничка станица Куманово) is the main railway station in Kumanovo, Macedonia.

History

The station was built in the time of Ottoman Empire in 1873. Radomir Putnik was at the station in the First Balkan War. Former SFRY Marshal Josip Broz Tito visited Kumanovo on March 7, 1957 and was greeted from 50.000 people at the station.[1]

Controversy

In 2011 international train Belgrade-Skopje was attacked near the station.[2]

See also

Kumanovo

Gallery

External links

References

  1. macedonium.org Посетите на Тито во Македонија
  2. kumanovonews.com Каменуван воз на Железничка станица 11. 04. 2011
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