Košice–Bohumín Railway Explained

The Košice–Bohumín Railway (cs|Košicko-bohumínská dráha, sk|Košicko-bohumínska železnica, pl|Kolej koszycko-bogumińska, de|Kaschau-Oderberger Bahn, hu|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.

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)

External links

• History of the Slovak railways
• Košice-Bohumín Railway on the ŽSR page