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AC Electrics

AC Electrics
5 photos
updated : 2020-12-20
Several of Slovakia's major routes are electrified at 25kV AC, including the line from Brno, through Bratislava towards Budapest. ZSSK and ZSSK Cargo employ a number of different classes of AC electric, many of them dating from the 1960s or 1970s but including some modern locos as well.

Diesel Motor Coaches

Diesel Motor Coaches
5 photos
updated : 2020-12-20
Instead of DMUs, CSD traditionally built diesel motor coaches to work fast and semi-fast services on unelectrified main and secondary lines. They were designed to haul a number of trailers but had to run round their trains like a loco at termini. All ZSSK's motor coaches had been withdrawn by 2007.

Freight

Freight
67 photos
updated : 2020-12-20
Freight traffic dropped dramatically after the fall of the iron curtain and the deregulation of road transport in the early 1990s. There are still significant levels of freight on several corridors but, away from the electrified main lines, it can be sparse and diesel worked freights are relatively hard to find.

Loco Hauled Passengers

Loco Hauled Passengers
131 photos
updated : 2020-12-20
Most long distance passengers are still loco hauled and it's also possible to find locos on local services on the electrified network, although the number of EMUs is increasing. Diesel haulage is largely restricted to a few routes with heavy traffic levels or working through coaches on long distance routes.

Diesels

Diesels
155 photos
updated : 2020-12-20
Widespead dieselisation took place in Czechoslovakia in the 1970s, generally using diesel-electric locos of domestic manufacture. Most of the diesels active in Slovakia today date from that period, although many have since been rebuilt with modern electronics and more efficient engines.

EMUs

EMUs
1 photo
updated : 2020-12-20
Until the early years of the 21st Century the only EMUs in Slovakia were used on suburban duties around Bratislava and Kosice. Since then, more modern units have been introduced for local and regional services, replacing most of the older units and also some loco hauled services.

DC Electrics

DC Electrics
29 photos
updated : 2020-12-20
CSD electrified several major routes at 3000V DC from the 1950s onwards, before switching to 25kV AC as the preferred system in the late 1960s. Most DC electrics date from the 1970s or later but a few early examples still see some use. Czech DC electrics can also be seen on Slovak rails.

Multi System Electrics

Multi System Electrics
11 photos
updated : 2020-12-20
Czechoslovakia electrified much of its network at 3000V DC before switching to 25kV AC in the late 1960s. Some routes involve both voltages and dual system designs were introduced from the 1970s. More recently standard multi-system designs from Siemens and Bombardier have also been used.
Slovakia is a small central European country with an interesting rail system. There are significant differences to Czechia in some areas such as liveries and the rates at which some of the older classes have been withdrawn. One thing that the two countries do share is a very attractive landscape.
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