Čierna nad Tisou railway station

Railway station in Košice Region, Slovakia
48°25′10″N 22°05′12″E / 48.41944°N 22.08667°E / 48.41944; 22.08667Line(s)190Platforms3Tracks916HistoryOpened1872

Čierna nad Tisou railway station (Slovak: Železničná stanica Čierna nad Tisou) is an important border railway station in the town of Čierna nad Tisou, Košice Region, Slovakia. It is close to the border with Ukraine and, as the railways have two different gauges, all trains have to change gauge here: the railway has 916 tracks and is the biggest 'harbour on land' in Central Europe. The first station across the border is Chop. The station is on the Pan-European Corridor VA from Venice in Italy to Kyiv in Ukraine via Bratislava, Žilina, Košice and Uzhhorod.

Train services

The station is served by the following trains:

  • Osobný vlak (local stopping service) Košice - Čierna nad Tisou
  • RegionalExpress Košice - Čierna nad Tisou
  • Osobný vlak (local stopping service) Čierna nad Tisou - Chop
Preceding station   ŽSSK   Following station
Čierna nad Tisou zastávka
toward Košice
  Stopping trains   Terminus
Terminus   Stopping trains   Chop Ukraine
Terminus

See also

References

External links

  • Slovak Railways website
  • Article on converting the line to Broad Gauge