KoÅ¡ice–BohumÃn Railway
ÄŒeský TěšÃn railway station
The KoÅ¡ice–BohumÃn Railway (Czech: KoÅ¡icko-bohumÃnská dráha, Slovak: KoÅ¡icko-bohumÃnska železnica, Polish: Kolej koszycko-bogumiÅ„ska, German: Kaschau-Oderberger Bahn, Hungarian: Kassa-Oderbergi Vasút) 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).
- BohumÃn - ÄŒeský TěšÃn completed on 5 May 1869
- ÄŒeský TěšÃn - Žilina completed on 8 January 1871
- Žilina - Poprad completed on 8 December 1871
- Poprad - Spišská Nová Ves completed on 12 December 1871
- Spišská Nová Ves - Kysak completed on 12 March 1872
- (Košice) - Kysak - Prešov (completed on 1 September 1870).
- Štrbské Pleso - Štrba rack railway (gauge 1000 mm, completed in 1896).
- Tatra Electric Railway (gauge 1000 mm, completed in 1912).
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