Košice railway station

Košice
The station building in 2008
Location	Staničné Namestie 04001 Košice-Staré Mesto Košice Košice I  Košice Region  Slovakia
Coordinates	48°43′21″N 21°16′05″E / 48.72250°N 21.26806°E / 48.72250; 21.26806Coordinates: 48°43′21″N 21°16′05″E / 48.72250°N 21.26806°E / 48.72250; 21.26806
Owned by	Železnice Slovenskej republiky (ŽSR)
Operated by	Železničná spoločnosť Slovensko (ZSSK) RegioJet (RJ, since 14 December 2014)
Line(s)	Zvolen–Košice Miskolc–Košice Košice–Žilina (Košice)–Kysak–Prešov–Muszyna (PKP) Košice–Čierna nad Tisou–Tschop (Ukrsalisnyzja)
Distance	98.77 km (61.37 mi) from Slovakia—Ukraine border
Platforms	4
Connections	Košice tramway network Local buses
History
Opened	14 August 1860 (1860-08-14)
Location
Košice Location within Slovakia

Košice railway station (Slovak: Železničná stanica Košice, also known for a short period as Košice hlavná stanica) serves the city of Košice, seat of the Košice Region, eastern Slovakia.

Opened in 1860, the station is the eastern terminus of the Košice–Žilina railway, which forms part of Slovakia's main east-west rail corridor. It is also the terminus of a number of other lines, some of them linking Slovakia with other countries.

The station is currently owned by Železnice Slovenskej republiky (ŽSR); train services are operated by Železničná spoločnosť Slovensko (ZSSK), RegioJet (RJ) and LEO Express (LE) (since 14 December 2014).

Košice railway station is situated at Staničné Namestie, about 1 km (0.62 mi) east of St. Elisabeth Cathedral. It is near the western bank of the river Hornád, in the borough of Staré Mesto, which forms part of the Košice I district.

The station was opened on 14 August 1860, upon the inauguration of the Miskolc–Košice railway, which linked Košice with Miskolc in present-day Hungary.

The current station building has been in place since 1973, and is a modified version of an earlier building constructed in 1871.

Košice railway station is a hub for the following Slovakian railway lines:

Lines 180 and 190 combine to form part of Pan-European Corridor Va, which runs from Venice in Italy to Kiev in Ukraine, via Bratislava, Žilina, Košice and Uzhhorod.