SLOVAKIA | Railways

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• first railway in Slovakia was built in 1840
• length of Slovak railway network is 3,658 km from which 1,557 km is electrified
• there is also about 100 km of wide gauge and 50 km of narrow gauge railways
• there is 76 tunnels with overall length 43.5 km and 2,285 bridges with overall length 53.218 km

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Electrified railways:


Double track railways:



I would like to introduce you the most common or the most interesting diesel and electric locomotives and units which you can see in Slovakia.

Class 751 freight locomotives




Class 230 (the right one)


Another freight locomotive - class 131 (it consists from two units)






Class 740:


Class 2016:



The most common diesel passenger locomotive - class 750




Class 240:





Class 362





Commercials:



Class 263



Class 350 (my favourite)












Modernised diesel unit class 813+913


The design of 813+913 looks old, but from the inside they are modern


And not modernised - class 810:



Electric unit class 560




Similar unit - class 460



Electric units class 425, well, technically it's rather tram, but officially it's considered train






425 and 840


Diesel unit 840





Czech Pendolino (class 680) as SC Slovenská strela - which operates on Bratislava - Prague line