Rail gauge in Slovakia. The

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for most lines in

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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

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are "Russian broad gauge", : * Uzhhorod–Košice broad-gauge track ( Užhorod– Maťovce– Haniska pri Košiciach), * Čop– Dobrá pri Čiernej nad Tisou. On 25 November 2008, a tripartite memorandum of understanding was signed between

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, Ukraine, and Slovakia on the construction of a broad-gauge line to the Austrian border. On 30 April 2009, Austrian chancellor

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announced that his government politically supports the construction of a broad-gauge line from the Austro-Slovak border to

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. In November 2010, the Slovak Prime Minister

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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

* Tatra Electrical Railways / Tatranské elektrické železnice (TEŽ) – **

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– Starý Smokovec–

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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 ...

– Starý Smokovec **

Štrbské Pleso–Štrba rack railway The Štrbské Pleso–Štrba rack railway is a gauge narrow-gauge railway in the High Tatras. It was built in 1896 and reconstructed in 1970. At the valley terminus (Štrba railway station), it connects to the standard-gauge main line between B ...

* Košice Children's Heritage Railway / Košická detská historická železnica (KDHŽ) – ** Čermeľ– Alpínka

Bosnian gauge – 760 mm

* Trenčianske Teplice' Electrical Railway / Trenčianskoteplická elektrická železnica (TREŽ) – **

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–

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* Čierny Hron River Railway / Čiernohronská železnica (ČHŽ) – ** Vydrovo dolina–

Čierny Balog Čierny Balog (until 1927 also Balog, or Čierny Hronec; hu, Feketebalog) is a municipality in Brezno District, in the Banská Bystrica Region of central Slovakia. History The village arose after 1882 (1888 mentioned as ''Feketebalog'') by a mer ...

– Hronec– Chvatimech * Orava-Kysuce Forrest Railway / Oravsko-kysucká lesná železnica (OKLŽ or HLÚŽ) – * Agricultural Museum Railway in

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– * Váh' River Forrest Railway / Považská lesná železnica (PLŽ) – **

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{{Navbox track gauge Rail infrastructure in Slovakia

Russian gauge – 1520 mm

Metre gauge – 1000 mm

Bosnian gauge – 760 mm

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