Classic route
R Zakarpatia
Chop → Košice · Ukraine · Slovakia
The daily crossing out of Transcarpathia into the European gauge, over the Tisza at Cierna nad Tisou on a line whose last section opened on 22 October 1873.
- Distance
- 103 km
- Fastest time
- 3 h 19 min
- Average speed
- 31 km/h
Stations
- 0 kmChop
- 9 kmČierna nad Tisou
- 104 kmKošice +6
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. 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 14865039: 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 D 965
Questions and answers
How long is the R Zakarpatia?
The R Zakarpatia runs 103 km from Chop to Košice. It runs through Ukraine and Slovakia.
How long does the R Zakarpatia take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 3 h 19 min for the 103 km. That is an average of 31 km/h end to end.
Who runs the R Zakarpatia?
Železničná spoločnosť Slovensko, with ZSSK regional.
How old is the R Zakarpatia?
The line has been in service since 1873. 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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