Scenic route
Zvolen–Vrútky railway
Zvolen → Vrútky · Slovakia
View on the map →Wikipedia (SK) ↗Stations · 8
Slovak line 170 through the mountains north of Zvolen: the Banská Bystrica–Dolná Štubňa section alone, built 1936–40, has 22 tunnels totalling 12.2 km.
Stations
- 0 kmZvolen osobná stanica
- 1 kmZvolen mesto
- 6 kmSliač kúpele
- 20 kmBanská Bystrica mesto
- 22 kmBanská Bystrica
- 66 kmTurčianske Teplice
- 90 kmMartin
- 96 kmVrútky
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 14717099 — 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 R 940
- 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 Zvolen–Vrútky railway?
The Zvolen–Vrútky railway runs 95 km from Zvolen to Vrútky.
How long does the Zvolen–Vrútky railway take?
The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 1 h 44 min for the 95 km. That is an average of 55 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 100 km/h.
Who runs the Zvolen–Vrútky railway?
ZSSK, with R, Regional.
How old is the Zvolen–Vrútky railway?
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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