Kumanovo railway station

Kumanovo railway station Железничка станица Куманово
View of the station building
Location	Zheleznichka Stanica bb, Kumanovo, Macedonia
Coordinates	42°07′48″N 21°41′06″E / 42.1301°N 21.6850°E / 42.1301; 21.6850Coordinates: 42°07′48″N 21°41′06″E / 42.1301°N 21.6850°E / 42.1301; 21.6850
Owned by	Makedonski Železnici
Line(s)	Corridor VIII Corridor X
Construction
Parking	yes

Kumanovo railway station (KRS) (Железничка станица Куманово) is the main railway station in Kumanovo, Macedonia.

History

The station was built in the time of Ottoman Empire in 1873. Radomir Putnik was at the station in the First Balkan War. Former SFRY Marshal Josip Broz Tito visited Kumanovo on March 7, 1957 and was greeted from 50.000 people at the station.^[1]

Controversy

In 2011 international train Belgrade-Skopje was attacked near the station.^[2]

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