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Košice railway station
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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.
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![]() The station building in 2018 | |||||
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Location | Staničné námestie 04001 Košice-Staré Mesto Košice Košice I ![]() ![]() | ||||
Coordinates | 48°43′21″N 21°16′05″E | ||||
Owned by | Železnice Slovenskej republiky (ŽSR) | ||||
Operated by | Železnice Slovenskej republiky | ||||
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 | ||||
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Opened | 14 August 1860 (1860-08-14) | ||||
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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).