Košice–Prešov railway

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.

Stations

1. 0 kmKošice +6
2. 4 kmŤahanovce
3. 9 kmKostoľany nad Hornádom
4. 14 kmTrebejov
5. 16 kmKysak +1
6. 18 kmObišovce
7. 20 kmLičartovce
8. 23 kmDrienovská Nová Ves obec
9. 24 kmDrienovská Nová Ves
10. 26 kmKendice
11. 29 kmHaniska pri Prešove
12. 32 kmPrešov

The stations OpenStreetMap maps along this line, in order along the line as drawn here, with the distance along it. Not every train stops at every station. A +N after a station: N other routes on this map stop or end there, and the map draws it as a station where lines meet.

How this line was checked

• Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 905628 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
• Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 3 m from it
• Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits 0.1 km from the shape of Os 8504

Questions and answers

How long is the Košice–Prešov railway?

The Košice–Prešov railway runs 35 km from Košice to Prešov.

How long does the Košice–Prešov railway take?

The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 37 min for the 35 km. That is an average of 57 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 100 km/h.

Who runs the Košice–Prešov railway?

ZSSK, with REX, Os regional.

How old is the Košice–Prešov railway?

The line has been in service since 1870. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.

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