Rail gauge in Slovakia. The track gauge for most lines in Slovakia is the international standard gauge of 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in). Two lines connecting...
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In rail transport, track gauge is the distance between the two rails of a railway track. All vehicles on a rail network must have wheelsets that are compatible...
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1,011 km double track) Narrow gauge: 50 km (45 km of 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) gauge; 5 km of 760 mm (2 ft 5+15⁄16 in) gauge) Slovakia has a range of railway...
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border crossings Slovenská strela Track gauge in Slovakia Transport in Slovakia Uzhhorod–Košice broad-gauge track "Railway Statistics – 2017 Synopsis"...
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different gauges meet in marshalling yards or passenger stations. Dual-gauge tracks are by far the most common configuration, but triple-gauge tracks have...
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railway track gauge of 5 ft (1,524 mm) first appeared in the United Kingdom and the United States. This gauge became commonly known as "Russian gauge", because...
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A standard-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge of 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in). The standard gauge is also called Stephenson gauge (after George...
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With railways, a break of gauge occurs where a line of one track gauge (the distance between the rails, or between the wheels of trains designed to run...
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The Uzhhorod–Košice broad-gauge line is a single-track 1,520-mm-gauge railway mostly in eastern Slovakia, which is used especially for transporting iron...
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Metre-gauge railways (US: meter-gauge railways) are narrow-gauge railways with track gauge of 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) or 1 metre. Metre gauge is used in around...
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urban tram systems in Slovakia with the other system located in Košice. Conversions to standard-gauge railway have been proposed in the past, but the network...
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with their track length, track gauge, electrification system. The vast majority of tram systems use 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge. Generally...
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Tatra Electric Railway (category Metre gauge railways in Slovakia)
(Slovak: Tatranská elektrická železnica), colloquially Tatra Railway, is an electrified (1500 V DC) single track 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) narrow gauge...
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have a combined dual gauge 1435/1520mm track. In 2019, the Košice (Slovakia) to Mukachevo (Ukraine) passenger service was opened. In August 2022, a previously...
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U. S. Steel Košice, s.r.o. (category Steel companies of Slovakia)
located in Šaca, Košice, Slovakia. The company is decended from the former communist-era company Východoslovenské železiarne (VSŽ) Košice (East Slovak Ironworks...
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Čierna nad Tisou railway station (category Railway stations in Slovakia opened in 1872)
Uzhhorod–Košice broad-gauge track, a Russian-gauge line from Ukraine into Slovakia Slovak Railways website Article on converting the line to Broad Gauge...
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Bogie exchange (redirect from Replaceable Track Axles)
wagons on two or more gauges to overcome difference in the track gauge. To perform a bogie exchange, a car is converted from one gauge to another by removing...
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extend the 1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in) Russian gauge (broad-gauge) railway line from the city of Košice in eastern Slovakia to Vienna and Bratislava. It would...
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Chop railway station (category Slovakia–Ukraine border crossings)
Standard gauge line to Čierna nad Tisou railway station in Slovakia with through connections to Prague in the Czech Republic. Standard gauge line to Mukachevo...
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Bosnian-gauge railways are railways with track gauge of 760 mm (2 ft 5+15⁄16 in). These were found extensively in the former Austro-Hungarian Empire as...
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independent companies. Same gauge: Czech Republic Germany Slovakia Break-of-gauge – 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)/1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in) Lithuania Belarus Russia...
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Štrbské Pleso–Štrba rack railway (category Metre gauge railways in Slovakia)
railway is a 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) gauge narrow-gauge railway in the High Tatras. It was built in 1896 and reconstructed in 1970. At the valley terminus...
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Hungary, Latvia, Slovakia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, and Bulgaria. While most railways in Europe use 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge—in some other...
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name of the Slovakian 760 mm (2 ft 5+15⁄16 in) narrow-gauge rail transport line between Trenčianska Teplá and the town of Trenčianske Teplice in with tram...
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voltage is 3 kV DC. Same gauge – 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in): Czech Republic – same voltage Germany – 3 kV DC/15 kV AC Slovakia – same voltage Sweden – by...
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(RJ) Rail transport in Slovakia Railway gauges in Slovakia Slovenská strela Transport in Slovakia Uzhhorod - Košice broad gauge track Bujanov Tunnel Harmanec...
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Horseshoe curve (category Railway track layouts)
the Dovre plateau, standard gauge, single track. The Flåm Line, Norway, has a double horseshoe, one inside a tunnel, one in the open, few kilometres below...
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Cargo. In 2009 the country had 9,420 km of standard gauge track, 3,153 km of which is electrified. There are two main electrification systems in the Czech...
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M62 locomotive (category 5 ft gauge locomotives)
LHS broad gauge line. Today around 50 of the class are located at Zamość depot, and it has been decided to mothball them for the moment. In 2005, two...
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