Košice railway station

Košice
Košice
	The station building in 2018
Location	Staničné námestie; 04001 Košice-Staré Mesto; Košice; Košice I; Košice Region; Slovakia
Coordinates	48°43′21″N 21°16′05″E / 48.72250°N 21.26806°ECoordinates: 48°43′21″N 21°16′05″E / 48.72250°N 21.26806°E
Owned by	Železnice Slovenskej republiky; (ŽSR)
Operated by	Železničná spoločnosť Slovensko; (ZSSK); RegioJet; (RJ, since 14 December 2014)
Line(s)	; ; ; ;
Distance	98.77 km (61.37 mi); from Slovakia—Ukraine border
Platforms	4
Connections	; Local buses;
History
Opened	14 August 1860
Location
	Košice Location within Slovakia

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.

Opened in 1860, the station is the eastern terminus of the , 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 námestie, 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 , which forms part of the Košice I district.

History[]

The station was opened on 14 August 1860, upon the inauguration of the , 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
169 (MÁV START)
180
188
190

Lines 180 and 190 combine to form part of , which runs from Venice in Italy to Kiev in Ukraine, via Bratislava, Žilina, Košice and Uzhhorod.

Interchange[]

The station offers interchange with and local buses managed by the Dopravný podnik mesta Košice (DPMK), or Košice Transit Company. Košice's long distance bus station is nearby.

Services[]

Preceding station	ŽSSK	Following station
Kysak toward Prague	EuroNight EN Slovakia	Terminus
Kysak toward Bratislava	InterCity	Terminus
Terminus	EuroCity	Hidasnémeti toward Budapest
Kysak toward Bratislava	Regional fast trains	Terminus
Kysak toward Prešov	Regional fast trains	toward Zvolen
Terminus	Regional fast trains	toward Zvolen
Terminus	Regional Express	toward Humenné
Ťahanovce toward Prešov or Poprad-Tatry	Stopping trains	Terminus
Terminus	Stopping trains	toward Čierna nad Tisou
Terminus	Stopping trains	toward Moldava nad Bodvou

References[]

Catchpole, Paul (1998). Steam and Rail in Slovakia. Kings Norton, Birmingham, England: Locomotives International. ISBN 1-900340-08-9.

External links[]

Košice railway station on vlaky.net (in Slovak)