Štrbské Pleso–Štrba rack railway
| Štrbské Pleso–Štrba rack railway | |
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| Overview | |
| Owner | Železnice Slovenskej republiky (ŽSR) |
| Locale | Slovakia |
| Service | |
| Operator(s) | Železničná spoločnosť Slovensko (ZSSK) |
| Technical | |
| Track gauge | 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge |
| Electrification | 1,500 V DC |
KBS 182 Štrba - Štrbské Pleso | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Štrbské Pleso–Štrba rack railway is a 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) gauge narrow-gauge railway in the High Tatras. It was built in 1896 and reconstructed in 1970. At the valley terminus (Štrba railway station), it connects to the standard-gauge main line between Bratislava and Košice, and at the mountain terminus (Štrbské Pleso railway station), it connects to the Tatra Electric Railway.