Košice–Bohumín Railway
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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.
Tracks of the company
[edit]- 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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Categories:
- Railway lines in Slovakia
- Railway companies of Czechoslovakia
- Habsburg Silesia
- Cieszyn Silesia
- Railway lines in the Czech Republic
- Cross-border railway lines in Slovakia
- Cross-border railway lines in the Czech Republic
- Railway lines opened in 1872
- Defunct railway companies of Hungary
- Defunct railway companies of Austria
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