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Košice railway station

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Opened
  
14 August 1860

Platforms in use
  
4

Košice railway station

Location
  
Staničné Namestie 04001 Košice-Staré Mesto Košice Košice I  Košice Region  Slovakia

Owned by
  
Železnice Slovenskej republiky (ŽSR)

Operated by
  
Železničná spoločnosť Slovensko (ZSSK) RegioJet (RJ, since 14 December 2014)

Line(s)
  
Zvolen–Košice Miskolc–Košice Košice–Žilina (Košice)–Kysak–Prešov–Muszyna (PKP) Košice–Čierna nad Tisou–Tschop (Ukrsalisnyzja)

Distance
  
98.77 km (61.37 mi) from Slovakia—Ukraine border

Connections
  
Košice tramway network Local buses

Address
  
Staničné námestie, 040 01 Košice, Slovakia

Owner
  
Railways of Slovak Republic

Similar
  
Poprad‑Tatry railway station, Kysak railway station, Žilina railway station, Bratislava hlavná stanica, St Urban Tower

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Košice railway station (Slovak: Železničná stanica Košice, also known for a short period as Košice hlavná stanica) serves the city of Košice, seat of the Košice Region, eastern Slovakia.

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Opened in 1860, the station is the eastern terminus of the Košice–Žilina railway, which forms part of Slovakia's main east-west rail corridor. It is also the terminus of a number of other lines, some of them linking Slovakia with other countries.

The station is currently owned by Železnice Slovenskej republiky (ŽSR); train services are operated by Železničná spoločnosť Slovensko (ZSSK), RegioJet (RJ) and LEO Express (LE) (since 14 December 2014).

Location

Košice railway station is situated at Staničné Namestie, about 1 km (0.62 mi) east of St. Elisabeth Cathedral. It is near the western bank of the river Hornád, in the borough of Staré Mesto, which forms part of the Košice I district.

History

The station was opened on 14 August 1860, upon the inauguration of the Miskolc–Košice railway, which linked Košice with Miskolc in present-day Hungary.

The current station building has been in place since 1973, and is a modified version of an earlier building constructed in 1871.

Lines

Košice railway station is a hub for the following Slovakian railway lines:

  • 160 Zvolen–Košice
  • 169 Košice−Hidasnémeti (MÁV)
  • 180 Košice–Žilina
  • 188 (Košice)–Kysak–Prešov–Muszyna (PKP)
  • 190 Košice–Čierna nad Tisou–Chop (Ukrsalisnyzja)
  • Lines 180 and 190 combine to form 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 Košice trams and local buses managed by the Dopravný podnik mesta Košice (DPMK), or Košice Transit Company. Košice's long distance bus station is nearby.

    References

    Košice railway station Wikipedia