Košice railway station


Košice railway station serves the city of Košice, seat of the Košice Region, eastern Slovakia.
Opened in 1860, the station is the eastern terminus of the Košice–Žilina railway, which forms part of Slovakia's main east-west rail corridor. It is also the terminus of a number of other lines, some of them linking Slovakia with other countries.
The station is currently owned by Železnice Slovenskej republiky ; train services are operated by Železničná spoločnosť Slovensko, RegioJet and LEO Express .

Location

Košice railway station is situated at Staničné námestie, about east of St. Elisabeth Cathedral. It is near the western bank of the river Hornád, in the borough of Staré Mesto, which forms part of the Košice I district.

History

The station was opened on 14 August 1860, upon the inauguration of the Miskolc–Košice railway, which linked Košice with Miskolc in present-day Hungary.
The current station building has been in place since 1973, and is a modified version of an earlier building constructed in 1871.

Lines

Košice railway station is a hub for the following Slovakian railway lines:
Lines 180 and 190 combine to form part of Pan-European Corridor Va, which runs from Venice in Italy to Kiev in Ukraine, via Bratislava, Žilina, Košice and Uzhhorod.

Interchange

The station offers interchange with Košice trams and local buses managed by the Dopravný podnik mesta Košice, or Košice Transit Company. Košice's long distance bus station is nearby.

Services