Poprad-Tatry railway station
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Poprad-Tatry
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| Location | Jiřího Wolkera 05801 Poprad  PopradPoprad  Prešov Region Slovakia
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| Coordinates | 49°03′35″N 20°17′47″E / 49.05972°N 20.29639°ECoordinates: 49°03′35″N 20°17′47″E / 49.05972°N 20.29639°E |
| Elevation | 670 m (2,200 ft) |
| Owned by | Železnice Slovenskej republiky (ŽSR) |
| Operated by | Železničná spoločnosť Slovensko (ŽSSK) |
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Košice–Bohumín Poprad-Tatry–Plaveč Tatra Electric Railway |
| Distance | 199.39 km (123.90 mi) from Slovakia–Ukraine border |
| Platforms | 4 |
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| Opened | 8 December 1871 |
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 Poprad-Tatry
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Poprad-Tatry railway station (Slovak: Železničná stanica Poprad-Tatry) is a break-of-gauge junction station serving the city of Poprad, in the Prešov Region, northeastern Slovakia.
Opened in 1871, the station forms part of the standard gauge Košice–Bohumín Railway, and is the junction between that line and the Poprad-Tatry–Plaveč railway, a standard gauge branch line. Poprad-Tatry is also the southern terminus of the metre gauge Tatra Electric Railway, and, as such, is a gateway to the High Tatras mountain range, a popular tourist destination.
The station is currently owned by Železnice Slovenskej republiky (ŽSR); train services are operated by Železničná spoločnosť Slovensko (ZSSK).
Poprad-Tatry railway station is situated at Jiřího Wolkera, at the north western edge of the town centre.
The station was opened on 8 December 1871, together with the rest of the Žilina–Poprad section of the Košice–Bohumín Railway. Only four days later, upon the inauguration of the section to Spišská Nová Ves, it became a through station.
With the commissioning of the first part of the Poprad-Tatry–Plaveč railway in 1889, the station was transformed into a junction.
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