The Tatra Electric Railway ( Slovak : Tatranská elektrická železnica ), colloquially Tatra Railway , is an electrified (1500 V DC ) single track 1,000 mm ( 3 ft 3 + 3 ⁄ 8 in ) narrow gauge railway in the Slovak part of the Tatra mountains . It consists of two connected lines:
6-596: At Štrbské Pleso, the railway connects to the Štrbské Pleso–Štrba rack railway . At Starý Smokovec, the railway connects to the Starý Smokovec–Hrebienok funicular . After the completion of the Košice-Bohumín Railway in 1871 and of Poprad - Kežmarok in 1892, the High Tatras were easier to access, and tourism expanded, which required accessibility. In 1896, a rack railway from Štrbské Pleso to Štrba
12-553: The High Tatras , Slovakia . The first rolling stock for the funicular was ordered from the legendary Ganz Works by Matejka és Kriger (Matejka Vince and Kriger Vilmos), a company based in Poprad (then part of Hungary , within Austria-Hungary ). After several years of preparations, the first tourist passengers travelled by funicular on 20 December 1908. The funicular operated on the original track until 1967. Great reconstruction of
18-578: The line took place in 1967. New technology for the entire line was provided by the Italian Ceretti-Tanfani company. The passenger capacity of the new funicular cars increased from 45 to 130 passengers. With the implementation of then up-to-date technology, the duration of a one-way ride on the route decreased from 11 to 7 minutes. The 1960s rolling stock was replaced with brand new vehicles in November 2007. New rolling stocks were made by Garaventa ,
24-413: The old ČSD Class EMU 89.0 trains built by ČKD in the 1960s were replaced by new Stadler GTW ZSSK Class 425.95 railcars. [REDACTED] Star%C3%BD Smokovec%E2%80%93Hrebienok funicular The Starý Smokovec–Hrebienok funicular ( Slovak : Pozemná lanová dráha Starý Smokovec – Hrebienok ) is a funicular between Starý Smokovec and the tourist complex at the summit of Hrebienok in
30-659: The railway was nationalised. From 1950 to 1992, it was managed by the Czechoslovak State Railways and since 1993 by the Railways of the Slovak Republic . In the second half of the 1960s, the railway underwent major reconstruction during preparations for the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in 1970. Since 1970, the railway provides only passenger service. At the beginning of the 21st century,
36-426: Was built. Finally, it was decided to build an electrified, narrow gauge railway from Poprad to Starý Smokovec. Construction started in 1906 and the track was opened in 1908. The branch line from Starý Smokovec to Tatranská Lomnica was opened in 1911 and the final extension from Starý Smokovec to Štrbské Pleso was opened in 1912. At that time, the railway was used for passenger, as well as for cargo transport. In 1948,
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