Starý Smokovec railway station
Starý Smokovec | |
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![]() The station building | |
Location | Stary Smokovec 5/30 06201 Starý Smokovec ![]() Poprad District ![]() ![]() |
Coordinates | 49°08′21″N 20°13′21″E / 49.13917°N 20.22250°ECoordinates: 49°08′21″N 20°13′21″E / 49.13917°N 20.22250°E |
Elevation | 1,355 m (4,446 ft) |
Owned by | Železnice Slovenskej republiky (ŽSR) |
Operated by | Železničná spoločnosť Slovensko (ZSSK) |
Line(s) | (Tatra Electric Railway (TEŽ)) |
Distance | 19.4 km (12.1 mi) from Poprad-Tatry |
History | |
Opened | 17 December 1908 |
Location | |
![]() ![]() Starý Smokovec Location within Slovakia |
Starý Smokovec railway station (Slovak: Železničná stanica Starý Smokovec) is a junction station in the High Tatras. It serves the ski, tourist and health resort of Starý Smokovec, in the Prešov Region, northeastern Slovakia.
Opened in 1908, the station is the focal point of the metre gauge Tatra Electric Railway (TEŽ). It forms the junction between the TEŽ's main line and its only other line, the branch.
The station is currently owned by Železnice Slovenskej republiky (ŽSR); train services are operated by Železničná spoločnosť Slovensko (ZSSK).
Location[]
Starý Smokovec railway station is right in the heart of Starý Smokovec, which forms part of the town of Vysoké Tatry, a conglomerate of separate and different settlements (originally separate villages). The only common feature of the Vysoké Tatry settlements is that they are the main tourist resorts in the Slovak High Tatras, connected through a common railway network, the TEŽ. After the country's capital, Vysoké Tatry is Slovakia's major tourist destination.
History[]
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The station was opened on 17 December 1908Poprad-Tatry and Starý Smokovec.[1]
, together with the rest of the TEŽ's 19.4 km (12.1 mi) first stage, betweenOn 16 December 1911, Starý Smokovec became a temporary switchback station, with the opening of the 6 km (3.7 mi) branch between Starý Smokovec and Tatranská Lomnica.[1]
The station was finally transformed into a junction station on 13 August 1912, when the rest of the TEŽ's main line was completed between Starý Smokovec and Štrbské Pleso.[1]
Facilities[]
The station building is an attractive three-storey building of half timbered design. It houses information and ticketing facilities, and a restaurant.
Train services[]
Starý Smokovec railway station is the junction of the following High Tatras railway lines:
- Line : (the TEŽ's main line)
- Line :
Interchange[]
The station offers interchange with local buses.
Services[]
Preceding station | ŽSSK | Following station | ||
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Nový Smokovec toward Štrbské Pleso |
Stopping trains Tatra Electric Railway |
toward Poprad-Tatry | ||
Terminus | Stopping trains Tatra Electric Railway |
toward Tatranská Lomnica |
See also[]
References[]
Notes[]
Books[]
- Catchpole, Paul (1998). Steam and Rail in Slovakia. Kings Norton, Birmingham, England: Locomotives International. ISBN 1-900340-08-9.
External links[]
Media related to Starý Smokovec railway station at Wikimedia Commons
- Starý Smokovec railway station on vlaky.net (in Slovak)
- Railway stations in Prešov Region
- Railway stations opened in 1908
- 1908 establishments in Austria-Hungary