Štrbské Pleso railway station () is a

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in the

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. It serves the settlement of

Štrbské Pleso Štrbské pleso (, , , or ) is a picturesque tarn (lake), mountain lake of glacial origin and a top tourist destination in the High Tatras, Slovakia. It is the second-largest glacial lake on the Slovak side of the High Tatras, after Veľké Hi ...

, which is part of the

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Štrba Štrba (, ) is a village in the Poprad District, Prešov Region, northern Slovakia. It is situated in the Sub-Tatra Basin, which separates the High Tatras and Low Tatras at the European continental divide between the Baltic and the Black Sea ...

, in the

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, northeastern

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. Opened in 1970, the station is the northwestern terminus of the main line operated by the

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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 sta ...

(TEŽ), and the mountain terminus of the Štrbské Pleso – Štrba rack railway, another metre gauge line. The station is also the highest point of both lines, and of the TEŽ as a whole, at above sea level. The station is currently owned by

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(ŽSR); train services are operated by

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(ZSSK).

Location

Štrbské Pleso railway station is right in the centre of the Štrbské Pleso village, across the road from the Hotel Toliar. The Štrbské Pleso village is a ski, tourist, and health resort. It is adjacent to the town of

Vysoké Tatry Vysoké Tatry (; , ; , ; , ), formally Mesto Vysoké Tatry () is a town at the feet of the Slovak part of High Tatras in Slovakia including all the major resorts in that region. It was created in 1990, and its official name from 1990 to 1999 was ...

, a conglomerate of separate and different settlements (originally separate villages), the only common feature of which is that they are the main tourist resorts in the Slovak High Tatras. These resorts are connected with Štrbské Pleso by a common railway network, the TEŽ.

History

The current station was opened in 1970, for the

FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1970 The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1970 took place on 14–22 February 1970 in Vysoké Tatry, Czechoslovakia (present-day Slovakia). This was the second time this city hosted the event having done so in 1935. It was the first time an event was ...

. It replaced an earlier station down by the lake, which had been opened on .

Facilities

The

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houses information and ticketing facilities, and a restaurant.

Train services

Štrbské Pleso railway station is the junction of the following High Tatras railway lines: *182 Štrba–Štrbské Pleso *183 Poprad-Tatry–Štrbské Pleso railway (the TEŽ's main line)

Interchange

The station offers interchange with local buses.

Services

References

External links

Štrbské Pleso railway station on vlaky.net
{{DEFAULTSORT:Strbske Pleso Railway Station High Tatras Railway stations in Prešov Region Railway stations in Slovakia opened in 1970