Kysak railway station

Kysak railway station (Slovak: Železničná stanica Kysak) serves the village and municipality of Kysak, in the Košice Region, eastern Slovakia. Opened in 1870, the station is an important railway junction, where the Košice–Plaveč–Čirč–Muszyna railway diverges towards Poland from the Košice–Žilina railway, which is part of Slovakia's main east-west rail corridor.

Kysak
View of the station yard, 2009
Location04481 Kysak
Kysak
Košice-okolie
 Košice Region
 Slovakia
Coordinates48°51′10″N 21°13′26″E
Elevation298 m (978 ft)
Owned byŽeleznice Slovenskej republiky
(ŽSR)
Operated byŽelezničná spoločnosť Slovensko
(ZSSK)
Line(s)Košice–Žilina
(Košice)–Plaveč–Čirč–Muszyna (PKP)
Distance114.434 km (71.106 mi)
from Slovakia—Ukraine border
Connections
  • Local buses
History
Opened1 September 1870 (1870-09-01)
Location
Kysak
Location within Slovakia

The station is currently owned by Železnice Slovenskej republiky (ŽSR); train services are operated by Železničná spoločnosť Slovensko (ZSSK).

Location

Kysak railway station is situated at the eastern edge of the village.

History

The station was opened on 1 September 1870, upon the inauguration of the KošicePrešov section of the Košice–Plaveč–Čirč–Muszyna railway.

It became a junction station soon afterwards, on 12 March 1872, when the section of the Košice–Bohumín Railway between Spišská Nová Ves and Kysak was completed.

Facilities

The two storey station building houses information and ticketing facilities, and a restaurant.

The station yard has six tracks equipped with platforms for passenger services and four tracks for freight workings.

Train services

Kysak railway station is the junction of the following Slovakian railway lines:

  • 180 Košice–Žilina (part of the Košice–Bohumín Railway)
  • 188 Košice–Plaveč–Čirč–Muszyna (PKP)

Line 180 forms part of Pan-European Corridor Va, which runs from Venice in Italy to Kiev in Ukraine, via Bratislava, Žilina, Košice and Uzhhorod.

Passenger train traffic is made up of local trains and long distance services to and from Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary.

Interchange

The station offers interchange with local buses.

Services

Preceding station   ŽSSK   Following station
Spišská Nová Ves
toward Prague
  EuroNight
EN Slovakia
  Košice
Terminus
Poprad-Tatry
toward Bratislava
  InterCity   Košice
Terminus
Margecany
toward Žilina
  Regional fast trains   Košice
toward Humenné
Prešov
Terminus
  Regional fast trains   Košice
toward Zvolen
Veľká Lodina
toward Gelnica or Poprad-Tatry
  Stopping trains   Trebejov
toward Košice
Obišovce
toward Prešov
   

See also

References

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

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