Rail gauge in Slovakia. The track gauge for most lines in Slovakia

Slovakia

The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...

 is the international standard gauge

Standard gauge

The standard gauge is a widely-used track gauge . Approximately 60% of the world's existing railway lines are built to this gauge...

 of .

Broad gauge

Two lines connecting to Ukraine

Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

 are "Russian broad gauge"

Russian gauge

In railway terminology, Russian gauge refers to railway track with a gauge between 1,520 mm and . In a narrow sense as defined by Russian Railways it refers to gauge....

, :

• Uzhhorod - Košice broad gauge track
  Uzhhorod - Košice broad gauge track
  The Uzhhorod – Košice broad gauge track is a single track railway mostly in eastern Slovakia, which is used especially for iron ore transportation from Ukraine to the steel factory near Košice....
  
   (Užhorod – Maťovce
  Matovce
  Matovce is a village and municipality in Svidník District in the Prešov Region of north-eastern Slovakia.-Geography:The municipality lies at an altitude of 200 metres and covers an area of 3.99 km². It has a population of approximately 131 people....
  
   – Haniska pri Košiciach)
• Čop
  Cop
  Cop is a slang term for a police official.Cop or Cops may refer to: - Organizations :* Conference of the Parties, the governing body of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change...
  
   – Dobrá pri Čiernej nad Tisou
  Dobrá, Trebišov District
  Dobrá is a village and municipality in the Trebišov District in the Košice Region of eastern Slovakia.-Geography:The village lies at an altitude of 112 metres and covers an area of 8.32 km².It has a population of about 415 people.-Ethnicity:...
  
  

On 25 November 2008, a tripartite memorandum of understanding was signed between Russia

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

, Ukraine and Slovakia on the construction of a broad gauge line to the Austrian border. On 30 April 2009, Austrian chancellor Werner Faymann

Werner Faymann

Werner Faymann is Chancellor of Austria and chairman of the Social Democratic Party SPÖ .-Background and earlier career:Born in Vienna, Austria, he studied law at the University of Vienna for two years but did not graduate....

 announced that his government politically supports the construction of a broad gauge line from the Austro-Slovak border to Vienna. In November 2010, the Slovak Prime Minister Iveta Radičová

Iveta Radicová

Iveta Radičová is the Prime Minister of Slovakia and a member of the Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party. She was sworn into office on 8 July 2010 as the head of a four-party center-right coalition government following the 2010 Slovak parliamentary election, until the fall of...

 announced the Slovak government will not support the project, as it threatens the Slovak workplaces in the Dobrá bulk terminal, which would be unnecessary after the completion of the project.

Gauge 1000 mm

• Tatra Electrical Railways / Tatranské elektrické železnice
  Tatra Electric Railway
  The Tatra Electric Railway , colloquially Tatra Railway, is an electrified single track narrow gauge railway in the Slovak part of the Tatra mountains...
  
   (TEŽ) –
  • Poprad-Tatry – Starý Smokovec
    Starý Smokovec
    Starý Smokovec is a part of the town of Vysoké Tatry in northern Slovakia in the Tatras. Its name is pronounced approximately "Star-EE Smoke-oh-vets", meaning "Old Smokovec".Starý Smokovec is a popular resort for skiing and hiking...
    
     – Štrbské Pleso
    Štrbské Pleso
    Štrbské Pleso with its large glacial mountain lake is a favorite ski, tourist, and health resort in the High Tatras, Slovakia. With extensive parking facilities and a stop on the Tatra trolley and rack railway, it is a starting point for a host of popular hikes including to Kriváň and...
    
    
  • Tatranská Lomnica
    Tatranská Lomnica
    Tatranská Lomnica is a town in the Slovakian part of the High Tatras mountains. It is a skiing and hiking resort best known for the cable car to Lomnický štít, one of the steepest in Europe and remarkable for its lack of support pylons between the two stations...
    
     – Starý Smokovec
    Starý Smokovec
    Starý Smokovec is a part of the town of Vysoké Tatry in northern Slovakia in the Tatras. Its name is pronounced approximately "Star-EE Smoke-oh-vets", meaning "Old Smokovec".Starý Smokovec is a popular resort for skiing and hiking...
    
    
  • Štrbské Pleso
    Štrbské Pleso
    Štrbské Pleso with its large glacial mountain lake is a favorite ski, tourist, and health resort in the High Tatras, Slovakia. With extensive parking facilities and a stop on the Tatra trolley and rack railway, it is a starting point for a host of popular hikes including to Kriváň and...
    
     – Štrba
    Štrba
    Štrba is a village in the Poprad District, Prešov Region, northern Slovakia. It is situated in the Sub-Tatra Basin, which separates the High Tatras and Low Tatras at the European continental divide between the Baltic and the Black Sea. It is approximately 16 km west of the city of...
    
     (Rack railway
    Rack railway
    A rack-and-pinion railway is a railway with a toothed rack rail, usually between the running rails. The trains are fitted with one or more cog wheels or pinions that mesh with this rack rail...
    
    )
• Košice' Youth Railway / Košická mládežnícka železnica (KMŽ) –
  • Čermeľ - Alpínka

Gauge 760 mm

• Trenčianske Teplice' Electrical Railway / Trenčianskoteplická elektrická železnica (TREŽ) –
  • Trenčianske Teplice
    Trencianske Teplice
    Trenčianske Teplice is a health resort and small spa town in western Slovakia, in the valley of the river Teplička, at the foothills of the Strážovské vrchy mountains.-Characteristics:...
    
     – Trenčianska Teplá
    Trencianska Teplá
    Trenčianska Teplá is a village and municipality in Trenčín District in the Trenčín Region of north-western Slovakia.-Geography:The municipality lies at an altitude of 224 metres and covers an area of 15.133 km². It has a population of about 4035 people....
    
    
• Čierny Hron River Railway / Čiernohronská železnica
  Cierny Hron Railway
  The Čierny Hron Railway is a narrow gauge railway in the Slovak Ore Mountains, built as an industrial railway for logging operations.-History:...
  
   (ČHŽ) –
  • Vydrovo dolina – Čierny Balog
    Cierny Balog
    Čierny Balog is a municipality in Brezno District, in the Banská Bystrica Region of central Slovakia.-History:The village arose after 1882 by a merge of 13 villages...
    
     – Hronec
    Hronec
    Hronec is a village and municipality in Brezno District, in the Banská Bystrica Region of central Slovakia.-History:In historical records, the village was first mentioned in 1357, when it belonged to Ľupča. In 1405 it was given by Hungarian kings to the knight Paul...
    
     – Chvatimech
• Orava-Kysuce Forrest Railway / Oravsko-kysucká lesná železnica (OKLŽ or HLÚŽ) –
• Agricultural Museum Railway in Nitra
  Nitra
  Nitra is a city in western Slovakia, situated at the foot of Zobor Mountain in the valley of the river Nitra. With a population of about 83,572, it is the fifth largest city in Slovakia. Nitra is also one of the oldest cities in Slovakia and the country's earliest political and cultural center...
  
   –
• Váh' River Forrest Railway / Považská lesná železnica (PLŽ) –
  • Pribylina
    Pribylina
    Pribylina is a village in Liptovský Mikuláš District in the Žilina Region of northern Slovakia, at the foot of Kriváň, Slovakia's symbolic and often considered most beautiful mountain.-Geography:...