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Comletion of new station building has just begun

27.7.2018The redesigned building of the Čermel station gets the final form. Its construction was started by the civic association Kosice Children Railroad in the past. After the association succeeded with the international Slovak-Hungarian project, it also got finance for the completion of this dismantled building. The first renewed historic railway station will start serving the public this year.

"The Slovak-Hungarian project for the reconstruction of two neighboring narrow-gauge railways - Košice Children's Historical Railway (KDHŽ) and the railway in Miškovec - Lillafüredi Állami Erdei Vasút (LÁEV) was approved only at the end of last year. More than 64,000 euros are directly allocated to the completion of the project, but the costs are of course higher," says Ľubomír Lehotský of the civic association Children's Railroad Košice. The project is funded by the European Union through the Interreg European Regional Development Fund.

"Building was equipped with insulation and imitation of wooden fillings. Work is not only on the façade, but also in the interior where we finished surfaces and other equipment. Perhaps the most revolutionary change in the station will be the first flush toilets, "says Igor Holéczy's from the association. In the building the public will also appreciate a mini waiting room, a souvenir shop, a cash desk or a toilet. There will also be offices of the civic association and the Young Railroad Club.

In the past, the well-known railroad had a complete infrastructure, for example, in each of the three stations there were sympathetic station buildings. Part of the railway also was a shunt VPRED, where trains could even cross. The project will also restore this shunt, which should further make the rail more attractive and increase its capacity. This will be the largest investment in railway renewal over the last decades.

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