Rail gauge in Slovakia. The
track gauge for most lines in
Slovakia is the international
standard gauge
A standard-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge of . The standard gauge is also called Stephenson gauge (after George Stephenson), International gauge, UIC gauge, uniform gauge, normal gauge and European gauge in Europe, and SGR in Ea ...
of .
Russian gauge – 1520 mm
Two lines connecting to
Ukraine are
"Russian broad gauge", :
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Uzhhorod–Košice broad-gauge track
The Uzhhorod– Košice broad-gauge line is a single-track 1,520-mm-gauge railway mostly in eastern Slovakia, which is used especially for transporting iron ore from Ukraine to the steel works near Košice.
In the 1960s, after construction of ...
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Užhorod
Uzhhorod ( uk, У́жгород, , ; ) is a city and municipality on the river Uzh in western Ukraine, at the border with Slovakia and near the border with Hungary. The city is approximately equidistant from the Baltic, the Adriatic and the B ...
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Maťovce–
Haniska pri Košiciach),
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Čop–
Dobrá pri Čiernej nad Tisou.
On 25 November 2008, a tripartite memorandum of understanding was signed between
Russia, Ukraine, and Slovakia on the construction of a broad-gauge line to the
Austrian border. On 30 April 2009, Austrian chancellor
Werner Faymann announced that his government politically supports the construction of a broad-gauge line from the Austro-Slovak border to
Vienna. In November 2010, the Slovak Prime Minister
Iveta Radičová
Iveta Radičová (; born 7 December 1956) served as the first woman prime minister of Slovakia from 2010 to 2012. She led a coalition government, in which she also briefly held the post of Minister of Defence in the last five months of the coalit ...
announced the Slovak government will not support the project, as it threatens the Slovak workplaces in the
Dobrá bulk terminal, which would be unnecessary after the completion of the project.
[Radičová sklamala Rusov. Širokorozchodná nebude - in Slovak - Hospodárske noviny, http://hnonline.sk/ekonomika/c1-48310440-radicova-sklamala-rusov-sirokorozchodna-nebude]
Metre gauge – 1000 mm
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Tatra Electrical Railways / Tatranské elektrické železnice (TEŽ) –
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Poprad-Tatry–
Starý Smokovec
Starý Smokovec (; german: Altschmecks; hu, Ótátrafüred; pl, Stary Smokowiec) is a part of the town of Vysoké Tatry (town), Vysoké Tatry in northern Slovakia in the Tatras. Its name is pronounced approximately "Star-EE Smoke-oh-vets", mea ...
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Štrbské Pleso
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Tatranská Lomnica
Tatranská Lomnica (; hu, Tátralomnic, pl, Tatrzańska Łomnica) is a part of the town of Vysoké Tatry in northern Slovakia in the Tatras
The Tatra Mountains (), Tatras, or Tatra (''Tatry'' either in Slovak () or in Polish () - ''plura ...
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Starý Smokovec
Starý Smokovec (; german: Altschmecks; hu, Ótátrafüred; pl, Stary Smokowiec) is a part of the town of Vysoké Tatry (town), Vysoké Tatry in northern Slovakia in the Tatras. Its name is pronounced approximately "Star-EE Smoke-oh-vets", mea ...
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Štrbské Pleso–Štrba rack railway
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Košice Children's Heritage Railway / Košická detská historická železnica (KDHŽ) –
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Čermeľ–
Alpínka
Bosnian gauge – 760 mm
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Trenčianske Teplice' Electrical Railway Trenčianske or Trencianske may refer to:
* Trenčianske Bohuslavice, village and municipality in Nové Mesto nad Váhom District in western Slovakia
* Trenčianske Jastrabie, village and municipality in Trenčín District in north-western Slovakia ...
/ Trenčianskoteplická elektrická železnica (TREŽ) –
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Trenčianske Teplice
Trenčianske Teplice (german: Trentschin-Teplitz; hu, Trencsénteplic) is a health resort and small spa town in western Slovakia, in the valley of the river Teplička, at the foothills of the Strážovské vrchy mountains, a few kilometres away ...
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Trenčianska Teplá
Trenčianska Teplá ( hu, Hőlak) is a village and municipality in Trenčín District in the Trenčín Region of north-western Slovakia.
History
In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1155.
Geography
The municipality lies at ...
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Čierny Hron River Railway / Čiernohronská železnica (ČHŽ) –
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Vydrovo dolina–
Čierny Balog–
Hronec
Hronec ( hu, Kisgaram, , until 1886: ) is a village and municipality in Brezno District, in the Banská Bystrica Region of central Slovakia.
History
In historical records, the village was first mentioned as ''Hronecz'' in 1357, when it was the do ...
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Chvatimech
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Orava-Kysuce Forrest Railway / Oravsko-kysucká lesná železnica (OKLŽ or HLÚŽ) –
* Agricultural Museum Railway in
Nitra –
* Váh' River Forrest Railway / Považská lesná železnica (PLŽ) –
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Pribylina
Pribylina ( hu, Pribilina) is a village in Liptovský Mikuláš District in the Žilina Region of northern Slovakia, at the foot of Kriváň, Slovakia's symbolic and often considered most beautiful mountain.
History
In historical records the vil ...
See also
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Rail transport in Slovakia
Rail transport in Slovakia began on September 21st 1840, with the opening of the first horse-powered line from Bratislava to Svätý Jur (at that time in the Kingdom of Hungary). The first steam-powered line, from Bratislava to Vienna, opened on ...
References
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