Košice–Bohumín Railway

The Košice–Bohumín Railway (Czech: Košicko-bohumínská dráha, Slovak: Košicko-bohumínska železnica, Polish: Kolej koszycko-bogumińska, 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 Košice and Bohumín). The Košice-Bohumín track connected the industrial area of Silesia with the city of Košice in what is now eastern Slovakia. It was completed in 1872.
Český Těšín railway station

Tracks of the company

  • Košice - Bohumín (350 km, construction started in 1869, completed in 1869-1872), including:
    • Bohumín - Český Těšín completed on 5 May 1869
    • Český Těšín - 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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