Tatranská Lomnica railway station

Location
	Tatranská Lomnica Location within Slovakia

Tatranská Lomnica
Tatranská Lomnica
	The station building in summer
General information
Location	06201 Vysoké Tatry-Tatranská Lomnica; Vysoké Tatry; Poprad District; Prešov Region; Slovakia
Coordinates	49°09′53″N 20°16′46″E / 49.16472°N 20.27944°E
Elevation	850 m (2,790 ft)
Owned by	Železnice Slovenskej republiky (ŽSR)
Operated by	Železnice Slovenskej republiky
Line(s)	184 Poprad-Tatry–Tatranská Lomnica; (standard gauge); 185 Starý Smokovec–Tatranská Lomnica; (Tatra Electric Railway (TEŽ))
Distance	8.89 km (5.52 mi); from Poprad-Tatry (standard gauge); 5.95 km (3.70 mi); from Starý Smokovec (TEŽ)
Connections	Local buses;
History
Opened	1 September 1895
Electrified	16 December 1911 (TEŽ)
Location
Location
	Tatranská Lomnica Location within Slovakia

Tatranská Lomnica railway station (Slovak: Železničná stanica Tatranská Lomnica) is a break-of-gauge junction station in the High Tatras. It serves the settlement of Tatranská Lomnica, in the Prešov Region, northeastern Slovakia.

Opened in 1895, the station is the eastern terminus of the Starý Smokovec—Tatranská Lomnica branch line operated by the metre gauge Tatra Electric Railway (TEŽ). It also forms the junction between that line and the standard gauge Poprad-Tatry–Tatranská Lomnica branch, which is a spur line from the Poprad-Tatry–Plaveč railway, another standard gauge branch line.

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

Location

Tatranská Lomnica railway station is right in the heart of Tatranská Lomnica, which forms part of the town of Vysoké Tatry, a conglomerate of separate and different settlements (originally separate villages).

The only common feature of the Vysoké Tatry settlements is that they are the main tourist resorts in the Slovak High Tatras, connected through a common railway network, the TEŽ.

After the country's capital, Vysoké Tatry is Slovakia's major tourist destination.

History

The station was opened on 1 September 1895 (1895-09-01), together with the rest of the 8.89 km (5.52 mi) standard gauge Poprad-Tatry–Tatranská Lomnica railway.^[1]

On 16 December 1911, Tatranská Lomnica became a break of gauge junction station, with the opening of the 6 km (3.7 mi) long TEŽ branch between Starý Smokovec and Tatranská Lomnica.^[2]

Facilities

The station building is a single storey building with a gable end facing the main platform. It houses information and ticketing facilities, and a restaurant.

Train services

Tatranská Lomnica railway station is the junction of the following High Tatras railway lines:

Line 184: Starý Smokovec–Tatranská Lomnica (TEŽ metre gauge)
Line 185:Poprad-Tatry–Plaveč; Studený Potok–Tatranská Lomnica (standard gauge)

Interchange

The station offers interchange with local buses.

References

Notes

^ Catchpole, page 39
^ Catchpole, page 41

Books

Catchpole, Paul (1998). Steam and Rail in Slovakia. Kings Norton, Birmingham, England: Locomotives International. pp. 39–41. ISBN 1-900340-08-9.

External links

Media related to Tatranská Lomnica railway station at Wikimedia Commons

Tatranská Lomnica railway station on vlaky.net (in Slovak)

[Catchpole39-1] Catchpole, page 39

[Catchpole41-2] Catchpole, page 41

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