Classic route
Košice–Prešov railway
Košice → Prešov · Slovakia
- Distance
- 35 km
- Fastest time
- ≈ 37 min
- Average speed
- 57 km/h
- Top speed
- 100 km/h
- Operator
- ZSSK
- Train
- REX · Os regional
- Countries
- Slovakia
- In service since
- 1870
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
Slovakia’s second city reached from its first: the Kaschau–Oderberg company opened the branch on 1 September 1870, north up the Hornád and off the Bohumín main line at Kysak.
How this line was checked
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
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