Štrba railway station
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.
Štrba | |
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 A class 405.95 rack railway train at the station | |
| Location | Železničná 05938 Tatranská Štrba  Poprad   |
| Coordinates | 49°05′02″N 20°03′56″E |
| 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 |
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| History | |
| Opened | 8 December 1871 |
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  Štrba Location within 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 Žilina–Poprad 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:
- 180 Košice–Žilina (part of the Košice–Bohumín Railway)
- 182 Štrba–Štrbské Pleso
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 | ||
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| 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 |
References
- Catchpole, Paul (1998). Steam and Rail in Slovakia. Kings Norton, Birmingham, England: Locomotives International. ISBN 1-900340-08-9.
External links
- Štrba railway station on vlaky.net (in Slovak)