Enthusiast's Guide to Travelling the Railways of Europe

SLOVAKIA (Slovenska Republika)

Lines with obscure or sparse passenger services

This list is based on the timetable dated from 10 December 2006 to 8 December 2007, unless otherwise shown. Standard abbreviations used are explained in the General Information document.

Last update for this page: 02 June 2007.

IMPORTANT NOTE: in the Slovak Railways timetable (Cestovný poriadok), the "crossed hammers" working days symbol means "Mondays to Fridays" not, as for most other railways, "Mondays to Saturdays".

Obscure services

Bratislava predmestie - Bratislava-Rača (odbočka Vinohrady) [120] (41B1 not shown) SK07/1

A small number of services on the Bratislava - Trnava route run from or to Bratislava-Nové Mesto rather than Bratislava hlavná stanica: they are clearly marked in table 120. Interestingly, this route contains the only burrowing (flying) junction used by passenger services in Slovakia. See also Bratislava map.

Bratislava predmestie - Bratislava-Vajnory (odbočka Močiar) [130] (41B1 not shown) SK07/2

A small number of services on the Bratislava - Štúrovo route run from or to Bratislava-Nové Mesto rather than Bratislava hlavná stanica: they are clearly marked in table 130. See also Bratislava map.

Chvatimech – Hronec zlieváreň [172, 900] (43A2 not shown) SK07/3

This is a link to the preserved forestry railway Čiernohronská Železnica. A return trip from Banská Bystrica has operated annually on 1 May since at least 2003. The following trains were advertised for 2007:

see note   7731 Banská Bystrica - 09:48 Chvatimech - Hronec zlievareň {note: 1 May only}
see note   7730 ca. 16:30 Hronec zlievareň - Banská Bystrica {note: 1 May only}

Kysak avoiding line: Veľká Lodina – Obišovce [180, 188] (43B2 not shown) SK07/4

This curve is used by trains between Prešov and Margecany which are not booked to call and reverse at Kysak.

D FO R 1505 Bratislava hl.st. - 19:40 Margecany - Humenné
D SuO R 1504 Humenné - 16:04 Prešov - Bratislava hl.st.

Veľké Kapušany - Maťovce [195] (43B2 not correctly shown) SK07/5

Some table 195 services may be extended beyond Veľké Kapušany as staff trains 2.7km to and from the gauge transfer yard at Maťovce.

In mid 2007 the following Maťovce trains were shown on the timetable poster at Veľké Kapušany: 06:44 SSuX, 14:20 SSuX. Further information would be welcomed.

Other sparse services

The following lines have few trains (relative to service levels generally in this country) - fewer than four trains each way on at least three days a week - or do not run each weekday:

132 Rusovce - Rajka (Hungary) [3 trains each way daily]
134 Šaľa - Neded [3 return journeys SSuX]
140 Zbehy - Jelšovce
153 Šahy - Dudince [1 return journey FSuO]
165 Plešivec - Muráň [2 return journeys SuX, 1 SuO]
167 Rožňava - Rožňava mesto [2 return journeys SSuX, 1 SSuO - all early morning]
188 Plaveč - Muszyna (Poland) [1 train each way daily, plus 2 daily dated return journeys]
190 Slovenské Nové Mesto - Sátoraljaújhely (Hungary) [1 return journey daily]
191 Medzilaborce mesto - Łupków (Poland) [2 return journeys FSSuO, summer only]

Lines without services

The following lines have no passenger service, but are still included in the Cestovný poriadok.

112 Zohor - Plavecký Mikuláš
115 Holíč nad Moravou - Hodonín (Czech Republic)
117 Brezová pod Bradlom - Jablonica
124 Nemšová - Lednické Rovne
135 Komárno - Komárom (Hungary)
136 Komárno - Kolárovo
141 Lužianky - Kozárovce
142 Zbehy - Radošina
153 Zvolen - Dudince
161 Lučenec - Kalonda
163 Katarínska Huta - Breznička
166 Plešivec - Slavošovce
167 Rožňava mesto - Dobšiná
168 Moldava nad Bodvou - Medzev
175 Rimavská Sobota - Poltár
186 Spišská Nová Ves - Levoča
192 Trebišov - Vranov nad Topľou

Last complete update: 2 June 2007. Subsequent amendments: none.

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