Classic route
ZSSK InterCity
Bratislava → Košice · Slovakia
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Up the Váh valley, then along the 1872 Košice–Bohumín railway: the High Tatras panorama, crowned by 2,655 m Gerlach, rolls past at Poprad.
Stations
- 0 kmBratislava hl.st.
- 4 kmBratislava-Vinohrady
- 46 kmTrnava
- 123 kmTrenčín
- 157 kmPúchov
- 168 kmPovažská Bystrica
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- 200 kmŽilina
- 220 kmVrútky
- 238 kmKraľovany
- 256 kmRužomberok
- 282 kmLiptovský Mikuláš
- 321 kmŠtrba
- 340 kmPoprad-Tatry
- 366 kmSpišská Nová Ves
- 405 kmMargecany
- 424 kmKysak
- 440 kmKošice
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 16799568 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within 40 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 15 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of EX 609
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the ZSSK InterCity?
The ZSSK InterCity runs 445 km from Bratislava to Košice.
How long does the ZSSK InterCity take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 4 h 51 min for the 445 km. That is an average of 92 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 160 km/h.
Who runs the ZSSK InterCity?
ZSSK.
How old is the ZSSK InterCity?
The line has been in service since 1872. 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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