Rack railway modernisation underway

ZSSK EMU 405.953 works train Os8013 between Štrbské Pleso and Tatranský Lieskovec on July 5 2020, the last day of operation (Photo: Timo Gruchalák)

SLOVAKIA: Infrastructure manager ŽSR has launched a seven-month modernisation of the 4·75 km metre-gauge rack railway between Štrba and the winter sports town of Štrbské Pleso in the High Tatra mountains. All trains will be replaced by buses until February 6 2021.

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