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KoÅ¡ice–BohumÃn Railway
The KoÅ¡ice–BohumÃn Railway (, , , , ) can refer to: *originally: A private railway company established in 1869 in Austria-Hungary. In 1924 the company was nationalised and put under the Czechoslovak State Railways. *nowadays: The main track of this company (between KoÅ¡ice and BohumÃn). The KoÅ¡ice-BohumÃn track connected the industrial area of Silesia with the city of KoÅ¡ice in what is now eastern Slovakia. It was completed in 1872. Tracks of the company * KoÅ¡ice – BohumÃn (350 km, construction started in 1869, completed in 1869–1872), including: ** BohumÃn – ÄŒeský TěšÃn completed on 5 May 1869 ** ÄŒeský TěšÃn – Žilina completed on 8 January 1871 ** Žilina – Poprad completed on 8 December 1871 ** Poprad – SpiÅ¡ská Nová Ves completed on 12 December 1871 ** SpiÅ¡ská Nová Ves – Kysak completed on 12 March 1872 ** (KoÅ¡ice) – Kysak – PreÅ¡ov PreÅ¡ov () is a city in eastern Slovakia. It is the seat of administrative PreÅ¡ov Region () ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Štrbské Pleso–Štrba Rack Railway
The Å trbské 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 (Å trba railway station), it connects to the standard-gauge KoÅ¡ice–BohumÃn Railway, main line between Bratislava and KoÅ¡ice, and at the mountain terminus (Å trbské Pleso railway station), it connects to the Tatra Electric Railway. Old rack railway History With the completion of the KoÅ¡ice–BohumÃn Railway in 1871, the High Tatras received their first railway connection. Tourism to Å trbské pleso arising from this led to the opening of hotels, footpaths and mountain huts. Under the management of Emil Várnai, the KoÅ¡ice–BohumÃn Railway developed plans for a metre-gauge rack railway connecting Å trbské pleso to the station at Å trba. On 30 July 1895, the railway received a concession from the Hungarian Trade Ministry. Building began quickly and the railway opened on 30 July 1896. The KoÅ¡ice–Bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Railway Lines Opened In 1872
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of land transport, next to road transport. It is used for about 8% of passenger and freight transport globally, thanks to its energy efficiency and potentially high speed.Rolling stock on rails generally encounters lower frictional resistance than rubber-tyred road vehicles, allowing rail cars to be coupled into longer trains. Power is usually provided by diesel or electric locomotives. While railway transport is capital-intensive and less flexible than road transport, it can carry heavy loads of passengers and cargo with greater energy efficiency and safety. Precursors of railways driven by human or animal power have existed since antiquity, but modern rail transport began with the invention of the steam locomotive in the United Kingdom at the beginning of the 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cross-border Railway Lines In The Czech Republic
Borders are generally defined as geographical boundaries, imposed either by features such as oceans and terrain, or by political entities such as governments, sovereign states, federated states, and other subnational entities. Political borders can be established through warfare, colonization, or mutual agreements between the political entities that reside in those areas. Some borders—such as most states' internal administrative borders, or inter-state borders within the Schengen Area—are open and completely unguarded. Most external political borders are partially or fully controlled, and may be crossed legally only at designated border checkpoints; adjacent border zones may also be controlled. For the purposes of border control, airports and seaports are also classed as borders. Most countries have some form of border control to regulate or limit the movement of people, animals, and goods into and out of the country. Under international law, each country is generally permit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Railway Lines In The Czech Republic
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of land transport, next to road transport. It is used for about 8% of passenger and freight transport globally, thanks to its energy efficiency and potentially high speed.Rolling stock on rails generally encounters lower frictional resistance than rubber-tyred road vehicles, allowing rail cars to be coupled into longer trains. Power is usually provided by diesel or electric locomotives. While railway transport is capital-intensive and less flexible than road transport, it can carry heavy loads of passengers and cargo with greater energy efficiency and safety. Precursors of railways driven by human or animal power have existed since antiquity, but modern rail transport began with the invention of the steam locomotive in the United Kingdom at the beginning of the 19th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cieszyn Silesia
Cieszyn Silesia, TěšÃn Silesia or Teschen Silesia ( ; or ; or ) is a historical region in south-eastern Silesia, centered on the towns of Cieszyn and ÄŒeský TěšÃn and bisected by the Olza River. Since 1920 it has been divided between Poland and Czechoslovakia, and later the Czech Republic. It covers an area of about and has about 810,000 inhabitants, of which (44%) is in Poland, while (56%) is in the Czech Republic. The historical boundaries of the region are roughly the same as those of the former independent Duchy of Teschen, Duchy of Cieszyn. Currently, over half of Cieszyn Silesia forms one of the euroregions, the Cieszyn Silesia Euroregion, with the rest of it belonging to Euroregion Beskydy. Administrative division From an administrative point of view, the Polish part of Cieszyn Silesia lies within the Silesian Voivodeship and comprises Cieszyn County, the western part of Bielsko County, and the western part of the town of Bielsko-BiaÅ‚a. The Czech par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austrian Silesia
Austrian Silesia, officially the Duchy of Upper and Lower Silesia, was an autonomous region of the Kingdom of Bohemia and the Habsburg monarchy (from 1804 the Austrian Empire, and from 1867 the Cisleithanian portion of Austria-Hungary). It is largely coterminous with the present-day region of Czech Silesia (with a smaller part in Poland) and was, historically, part of the larger Silesia region. Geography Austrian Silesia consisted of two territories, separated by the Moravian land strip of Moravská Ostrava between the Ostravice and Oder rivers. The area east of the Ostravice around Cieszyn reached from the heights of the Western Carpathians (Silesian Beskids) in the south, where it bordered with the Kingdom of Hungary, along the Olza and upper Vistula rivers to the border with Prussian Silesia in the north. In the east the Biała river at Bielsko separated it from the Lesser Polish lands of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, incorporated into the Austrian Kingdom of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Railway Companies Of Czechoslovakia
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of land transport, next to road transport. It is used for about 8% of passenger and freight transport globally, thanks to its energy efficiency and potentially high speed.Rolling stock on rails generally encounters lower frictional resistance than rubber-tyred road vehicles, allowing rail cars to be coupled into longer trains. Power is usually provided by diesel or electric locomotives. While railway transport is capital-intensive and less flexible than road transport, it can carry heavy loads of passengers and cargo with greater energy efficiency and safety. Precursors of railways driven by human or animal power have existed since antiquity, but modern rail transport began with the invention of the steam locomotive in the United Kingdom at the beginning of the 19th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tatra Electric Railway
The Tatra Electric Railway (), colloquially Tatra Railway, is an electrified (1500 V direct current, DC) single track narrow gauge railway in the Slovak part of the Tatra mountains. It consists of two connected lines: * Poprad-Tatry railway station, Poprad – Starý Smokovec railway station, Starý Smokovec – Å trbské Pleso railway station, Å trbské Pleso (29,1 km) * Starý Smokovec railway station, Starý Smokovec – Tatranská Lomnica railway station, Tatranská Lomnica (5,9 km) At Å trbské Pleso, the railway connects to the Å trbské Pleso–Štrba rack railway. At Starý Smokovec, the railway connects to the Starý Smokovec–Hrebienok funicular. History After the completion of the KoÅ¡ice-BohumÃn Railway in 1871 and of Poprad - Kežmarok in 1892, the High Tatras were easier to access, and tourism expanded, which required accessibility. In 1896, a Å trbské Pleso - Å trba rack railway, rack railway from Å trbské Pleso to Å trba was built. Finally, it wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prešov Railway Station
Prešov railway station () is a railway station in the city of Prešov in Prešov Region, the third biggest city in Slovakia. Description The Prešov railway station was opened in 1872. It serves daily connections of local and express trains in direction to Bratislava and Košice. In 2007, building and platforms became completely reconstructed and the parking lot is also planned. The station also has a cash desk for the sale of national and international tickets, luggage storage, and there are several refreshment points, a restaurant and a waiting room. References Database of Slovakian railway stations Article about reconstruction of the station {{DEFAULTSORT:Presov railway station Railway Station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of ... Railway stations in Prešo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
