Scenic route
Zvolen–Košice railway
Zvolen → Košice · Slovakia
- Distance
- 229 km
- Fastest time
- ≈ 3 h 14 min
- Average speed
- 71 km/h
- Top speed
- 100 km/h
- Operator
- ZSSK
- Train
- ZSSK rychlík
- Countries
- Slovakia
- In service since
- 1874
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
The southern trans-Slovak line: three hours through the karst country via Lučenec, Plešivec and Rožňava beneath medieval mining towns.
How this line was checked
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 9 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of R 913
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
Read more on Wikipedia (in SK) ↗
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