Štrba railway station

Štrba

A class 405.95 rack railway train at the station
Location Železničná
05938 Tatranská Štrba
Štrba
Poprad
 Prešov Region
 Slovakia
Coordinates 49°05′02″N 20°03′56″E / 49.08389°N 20.06556°E / 49.08389; 20.06556Coordinates: 49°05′02″N 20°03′56″E / 49.08389°N 20.06556°E / 49.08389; 20.06556
Elevation 895 m (2,936 ft)
Owned by Železnice Slovenskej republiky (ŽSR)
Operated by Železničná spoločnosť Slovensko (ŽSSK)
Line(s) Košice–Bohumín
Štrbské Pleso–Štrba
Distance 218.32 km (135.66 mi)
from Slovakia–Ukraine border
Connections
  • Local buses
History
Opened 8 December 1871 (1871-12-08)
Location
Štrba
Location within Slovakia

Štrba railway station (Slovak: Železničná stanica Štrba) is a break-of-gauge junction station serving the village of Štrba, in the Prešov Region, northeastern Slovakia.

The station forms part of the standard gauge Košice–Bohumín Railway (KBD), and is the highest point on that line. It is also the junction between the KBD and the Štrbské Pleso – Štrba rack railway, a metre gauge line of which it is the valley terminus. As such, the station is a gateway to the High Tatras mountain range, a popular tourist destination.

The station is currently owned by Železnice Slovenskej republiky (ŽSR); train services are operated by Železničná spoločnosť Slovensko (ZSSK).

Location

Štrba railway station is located in the borough of Tatranská Štrba, about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) from the centre of the village.

History

The station was opened in 8 December 1871, upon the commissioning of the KBD's ŽilinaPoprad section. It became a junction when the rack railway opened in 1896.

Although the rack railway was closed in 1932 and lifted soon afterwards, it was reconstructed at the end of the 1960s, and reopened in 1970 in time for that year's FIS Nordic World Ski Championships.

Facilities

The three storey station building houses information and ticketing facilities, and a restaurant.

The standard gauge station yard has tracks equipped with low level platforms for passenger services, and tracks for freight workings and the stabling of rolling stock.

The current rack railway terminus is in an upper section of the station dating from the reconstruction of the rack railway in 1970.

Train services

Štrba railway station is the junction of the following Slovakian railway lines:

Line 180 forms part of Slovakia's main east-west rail corridor, and is also part of Pan-European Corridor Va, which runs from Venice in Italy to Kiev in Ukraine, via Bratislava, Žilina, Košice and Uzhhorod.

Interchange

The station offers interchange with local buses.

Services

Preceding station   ŽSSK   Following station
Liptovský Mikuláš
toward Žilina
  Regional fast trains   Poprad-Tatry
toward Košice
Važec
toward Žilina
  Stopping trains   Štrba zastávka
toward Košice
Tatranský Lieskovec
toward Štrbské Pleso
  Stopping trains
Štrbské Pleso – Štrba rack railway
  Terminus

See also

References

    External links

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