Košice railway station

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.

Košice
The station building in 2018
General information
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°E / 48.72250; 21.26806
Owned by	Železnice Slovenskej republiky (ŽSR)
Operated by	Železnice Slovenskej republiky
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
Platforms	4
Connections	Košice tramway network Local buses
History
Opened	14 August 1860 (1860-08-14)
Location Košice Location within Slovakia

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 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 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 START)
• 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 Kyiv 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.

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		Haniska pri Košiciach toward Zvolen
Terminus
Terminus		Regional Express		Košice predmestie toward Humenné
Ťahanovce toward Prešov or Poprad-Tatry		Stopping trains		Terminus
Terminus		Stopping trains		Košice predmestie toward Čierna nad Tisou
Terminus		Stopping trains		Košice predmestie toward Moldava nad Bodvou

See also

•  Trains portal
•  Architecture portal
•  Slovakia portal

• History of rail transport in Slovakia
• Public transport in Košice
• Rail transport in Slovakia

References

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

External links

 

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Košice railway station.

• Košice railway station on vlaky.net (in Slovak)