Štrbské Pleso - Štrba rack railway

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KBS 182 Štrba - Štrbské Pleso
Image:Kbs_bhf.png 0,0|Štrba
Image:Kbs_bhf.png 3,0|Tatranský Lieskovec
Image:Kbs_bhf.png 4,8|Štrbské Pleso

The Štrbské Pleso - Štrba rack railway is a 1,000 mm (3 ft 3⅜ in) gauge narrow gauge railway in the High Tatras. It was built in 1896 and reconstructed in 1970. At the lower station (Štrba) it connects to the main track between Bratislava and Košice, at the upper station it connects to the Tatra Electric Railway.

Multiple unit 405.95 driving down to Štrba, near the Štrbské Pleso station
Multiple unit 405.95 driving down to Štrba, near the Štrbské Pleso station

[edit] Old rack railway

  • Gauge: 1000 mm
  • Rack railway system: Riggenbach
  • Length: 4,75 km
  • Maximum gradient: 127 ‰
  • Locomotives: Steam
  • Year of opening: 1896


[edit] New rack railway

Multiple unit 405.95 at the train station in Štrbské Pleso
Multiple unit 405.95 at the train station in Štrbské Pleso


  • Gauge: 1000 mm
  • Rack railway system: von Roll
  • Length: 4,75 km
  • Maximum gradient: 150 ‰
  • Locomotives: Electric
  • Year of opening: 1970

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