Banská Bystrica
General information
Location	29. Augusta 97401 Banská Bystrica Banská Bystrica Banská Bystrica   Banská Bystrica Region   Slovakia
Coordinates	48°44′07″N 19°09′48″E / 48.73528°N 19.16333°E / 48.73528; 19.16333
Owned by	Železnice Slovenskej republiky
Operated by	Železnice Slovenskej republiky
Line(s)	Vrútky–Zvolen Banská Bystrica–Červená Skala
Distance	21.383 km (13.287 mi) from Zvolen
Connections	Buses
History
Opened	1873
Location
Banská Bystrica Location within Slovakia

Banská Bystrica railway station ( Slovak: Železničná stanica Banská Bystrica) serves the city and municipality of Banská Bystrica, seat of the Banská Bystrica Region, central Slovakia.

Opened in 1873, the station is a junction between the Vrútky–Zvolen railway and the Banská Bystrica–Červená Skala railway.

The station is currently owned by Železnice Slovenskej republiky (ŽSR); train services are operated by Železničná spoločnosť Slovensko (ZSSK). Banská Bystrica railway station is situated at the southern end of 29. Augusta, on the edge of the city centre.

History

The station was opened on 3 September 1873, together with the rest of the Zvolen–Banská Bystrica section of the Vrútky–Zvolen railway. On 26 July 1884, the station became a through station, upon the inauguration of the Banská Bystrica– Brezno section of the Banská Bystrica–Červená Skala railway.

It was not until 19 December 1940 that the Banská Bystrica– Dolná Štubňa section of the Vrútky–Zvolen railway was opened, thus completing the construction of that railway, and simultaneously transforming Banská Bystrica into a junction.

Lines

• 170 Vrútky–Zvolen
• 172 Banská Bystrica–Červená Skala

See also

• History of rail transport in Slovakia
• Rail transport in Slovakia

References

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

External links

Media related to Banská Bystrica (train station) at Wikimedia Commons

• Banská Bystrica railway station on vlaky.net (in Slovak)