Kysak railway station explained

Kysak
Address:04481 Kysak
Kysak
Košice-okolie
Country: Slovakia
Coordinates:48.8528°N 21.2239°W
Distance:114.434km (71.106miles)
from Slovakia—Ukraine border
Elevation:298m (978feet)
Line:Košice–Žilina
(Košice)–Plaveč–Čirč–Muszyna (PKP)
Other:
  • Local buses
Owned:Železnice Slovenskej republiky
Operator:Železnice Slovenskej republiky
Map Type:Slovakia
Map Size:300px
Map State:expanded

Kysak railway station (Slovak: Železničná stanica Kysak) serves the village and municipality of Kysak, in the Košice Region, eastern Slovakia. Opened in 1870, the station is an important railway junction, where the Košice–Plaveč–Čirč–Muszyna railway diverges towards Poland from the Košice–Žilina railway, which is part of Slovakia's main east–west rail corridor.

The station is currently owned by Železnice Slovenskej republiky (ŽSR); train services are operated by Železničná spoločnosť Slovensko (ZSSK).

Location

Kysak railway station is situated at the eastern edge of the village.

History

The station was opened on 1 September 1870, upon the inauguration of the KošicePrešov section of the Košice–Plaveč–Čirč–Muszyna railway.

It became a junction station soon afterwards, on 12 March 1872, when the section of the Košice–Bohumín Railway between Spišská Nová Ves and Kysak was completed.

Facilities

The two storey station building houses information and ticketing facilities.

The station yard has six tracks equipped with platforms for passenger services and four tracks for freight workings.

Train services

Kysak railway station is the junction of the following Slovakian railway lines:

Line 180 forms part of Pan-European Corridor Va, which runs from Venice in Italy to Kyiv in Ukraine, via Bratislava, Žilina, Košice and Uzhhorod.

Passenger train traffic is made up of local trains and long-distance services to and from Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary.

Interchange

The station offers interchange with local buses.

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