Štrbské Pleso - Štrba Rack Railway
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The Štrbské Pleso - Štrba rack railway is a 1 m (3 ft 33⁄8 in) gauge narrow gauge railway in the High Tatras. It was built in 1896 and reconstructed in 1970. At the lower station (Štrba) it connects to the ordinary Slovakian railways, at the upper station it connects to the Tatra Railway.
Old rack railway
- Gauge: 1000 mm
- Rack railway system: Riggenbach
- Length: 4,75 km
- Maximum gradient: 127 ‰
- Locomotives: Steam
- Year of opening: 1896
New rack railway
| KBS 182 Štrba - Štrbské Pleso | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
- Gauge: 1000 mm
- Rack railway system: von Roll
- Length: 4,75 km
- Maximum gradient: 150 ‰
- Locomotives: Electric
- Year of opening: 1970
cs:Ozubnicová železnice Štrba-Štrbské Pleso de:Zahnradbahn Štrba-Štrbské Pleso
