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Banská Bystrica mesto railway station (Slovak: Železničná stanica Banská Bystrica mesto) serves the city of Banská Bystrica in central Slovakia.

Banská Bystrica mesto
View of the station building, 2012
General information
Location	Banská Bystrica Banská Bystrica  Banská Bystrica Region  Slovakia
Coordinates	48°43′53″N 19°08′48″E
Owned by	Železnice Slovenskej republiky (ŽSR)
Operated by	Železničná spoločnosť Slovensko (ZSSK)
Line(s)	Vrútky–Zvolen
Connections	Buses
Location
Banská Bystrica mesto Location within Slovakia

History

The station was opened on 3 September 1873 as Banská Bystrica Svätý Jan (Hungarian: Besztercebánya Szt. János) together with the rest of the Zvolen–Banská Bystrica section of the Vrútky–Zvolen railway.[1]

Services

The station is owned by Železnice Slovenskej republiky (ŽSR); passenger train services are operated by Železničná spoločnosť Slovensko (ZSSK).

Preceding station		ŽSSK		Following station
Sliač kúpele toward Bratislava		Regional fast trains		Banská Bystrica Terminus
Radvaň toward Zvolen		Stopping trains		Banská Bystrica Terminus

See also

• History of rail transport in Slovakia
• Rail transport in Slovakia

References

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