Margecany–Červená Skala railway

Single track through the Slovak Ore Mountains and along the south-east flank of the Low Tatras, climbing to the spiral and viaduct at Telgárt.

Stations

1. 0 kmMargecany
2. 6 kmŽakarovce
3. 8 kmGelnica
4. 9 kmGelnica mesto
5. 15 kmPrakovce zastávka
6. 16 kmPrakovce
7. Show 8 more stations

   1. 19 kmHelcmanovce
   2. 23 kmMníšek nad Hnilcom
   3. 31 kmŠvedlár
   4. 35 kmStará voda
   5. 39 kmNálepkovo
   6. 44 kmTretí Hámor
   7. 47 kmNálepkovo-Peklisko
   8. 53 kmHnilec
8. 63 kmMlynky
9. 65 kmDedinky
10. 69 kmStratená
11. 73 kmDobšinská Ľadová Jaskyňa
12. 83 kmTelgárt penzión

The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them.

How this line was checked

• Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 10290347 — 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 4 m from it
• Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of Os 1782
• Wikipedia has an article for this line
• See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it

Questions and answers

How long is the Margecany–Červená Skala railway?

The Margecany–Červená Skala railway runs 82 km from Margecany to Telgárt.

How long does the Margecany–Červená Skala railway take?

The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 2 h 06 min for the 82 km. That is an average of 39 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 80 km/h.

Who runs the Margecany–Červená Skala railway?

ZSSK, with REX, Regional-Express.

How old is the Margecany–Červená Skala railway?

The line has been in service since 1936. 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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