In this video you can enjoy the cab ride - train driver's view on the Zvolen – Vrútky Railway line operated by Železničná spoločnosť Slovensko, a. s. (ZSSK) from Banská Bystrica to Vrútky in 4K/60 frames per second.

The railway line Zvolen - Vrútky (marked as railway line number 170) is a railway line in Slovakia, connecting Zvolen, Banská Bystrica, Martin, and Vrútky. Originally the line ran through Kremnica, but after a section through Harmanec was constructed, its routing was changed through Banská Bystrica.

The original line Zvolen - Vrútky was a part of the Hungarian Northern Railway Budapest - Salgótarján - Lučenec - Zvolen - Vrútky (connection with the Košice-Bohumín railway), which was put into operation on 12 August 1872. Considerations of connecting Zvolen with the Košice-Bohumín railway via Ružomberok or Harmanec were not realized due to the high costs. In the end, the variant leading through Kremnica was chosen.

In 1931 the railway line Handlová - Horná Štubňa was put into operation, connecting the regions of Ponitria and Turiec, and in 1936 the line Červená Skala - Margecany, which connected to the line Žilina - Košice. After the completion of these sections in 1936, the construction of the last section Banská Bystrica - Dolná Štubňa began, which was to connect the already existing lines.

The missing section between Banská Bystrica and Dolná Štubňa was to be 40,956 km long and to overcome the height difference of 373.78 m from the Bystrica side and 125.62 m from the Turčianska side. The number of tunnels and the length changed during construction due to difficult geological conditions. The line's highest point reached an altitude of 692.94 m above sea level.

The demanding mountain line at the junction of Veľká Fatra and Kremnické hory uses 22 tunnels totalling 12,211 meters, 112 bridges, and culverts. As many as 12,339 workers worked on the construction (May 1938) and it was inaugurated on 19 December 1940.

The longest tunnel of the line is tunnel No. 14 - Čremošniansky (also called Harmanecký), which is also the longest railway tunnel of the ZSSK. It took only 23 months to break through and the deviation during construction was 28 mm in the directional profile, 5 mm in height, and 35 mm in length.

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Route Info:
◎ Drive Date: June 2024
◎ Start: BANSKÁ BYSTRICA Slovakia
◎ End: VRÚTKY Slovakia
◎ Train: ZSSK 757 (ČKD Praha locomotive plant)
◎ Drive Time: 01:07:35
◎ Route: https://www.railrelaxation.com/map

0:00 Preview
00:56 BANSKÁ BYSTRICA
05:56 KOSTIVIARSKA
11:13 UĽANKA
24:44 HARMANEC JASKYŇA
32:35 ČREMOŠNÉ
37:44 HORNÁ ŠTUBŇA OBEC
40:26 DOLNÁ ŠTUBŇA JUNCTION
43:10 TURČIANSKE TEPLICE
45:31 DIVIAKY
48:04 MALÝ ČEPČÍN
49:36 JAZERNICA
51:48 KLÁŠTOR POD ZNIEVOM
54:43 PRÍBOVCE-RAKOVO
58:02 KOŠŤANY NAD TURCOM
1:00:41 MARTIN
1:04:26 PRIEKOPA
1:07:03 VRÚTKY

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