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  2. Public transport in Bratislava - Wikipedia

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    Public transport in Bratislava is managed by Dopravný podnik Bratislava, a city-owned company. The transport system is known as Mestská hromadná doprava (MHD, Municipal Mass Transit), and the network is the largest in Slovakia. The history of public transportation in Bratislava began with the opening of the first tram route in 1895, when the ...

  3. Transport in Bratislava - Wikipedia

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    The history of public transportation in Bratislava began in 1895, with the opening of the first tram route. [9] The system uses three main types of vehicles. Buses cover almost the entire city and go to the most remote boroughs and areas, with 60 daily routes, 20 night routes and other routes on certain occasions.

  4. History of Bratislava - Wikipedia

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    Bratislava (Hungarian: Pozsony, German: Preßburg/Pressburg), currently the capital of Slovakia and the country's largest city, has existed for about a thousand years. . Because of the city's strategic geographical location, it was an important European hub due to its proximity to the advanced cultures of the Mediterranean and the Orient as well as its link to the rest of Europe, which were ...

  5. Trams in Bratislava - Wikipedia

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    It is the one of two urban tram systems in Slovakia with the other system located in Košice. Conversions to standard-gauge railway have been proposed in the past, but the network uses narrow-gauge 1,000 mm ( 3 ft in) track also known as metre-gauge. Rolling stock consists of 211 tram vehicles and trams operate on five lines over approximately ...

  6. Transport in Slovakia - Wikipedia

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    Transport in Slovakia is possible by rail, road, air, or rivers. Slovakia is a developed Central European country with a well-developed rail network (3,662 km) and a highway system (854 km). The main international airport is the M. R. Štefánik Airport in the capital, Bratislava. The most important waterway is the river Danube, which is used ...

  7. Bratislava - Wikipedia

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    bratislava.sk. Bratislava ( / ˌbrætɪˈslɑːvə / BRAT-iss-LAH-və, US also / ˌbrɑːt -/ BRAHT-, [ 3][ 4] Slovak: [ˈbracislaʋa] ⓘ) (German: Pressburg or Preßburg, German pronunciation: [ˈpʁɛsbʊʁk]; Hungarian: Pozsony ), is the capital and largest city of Slovakia and the fourth largest of all cities on the River Danube.

  8. Dopravný podnik Bratislava - Wikipedia

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    Dopravný podnik Bratislava, akciová spoločnosť (literally Public Transport Company Bratislava, inc., abbr. DPB a.s.) is the only provider of city public transport in Bratislava. It provides 3 types of transportation: trams (streetcars) 230 vehicles; buses 464 vehicles; trolleybuses 174 vehicles; The 100% owner of the company is the city of ...

  9. Rail transport in Slovakia - Wikipedia

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    2 321. Map. Rail transport in Slovakia began on September 21, 1840, with the opening of the first horse-powered line from Bratislava to Svätý Jur (at that time in the Kingdom of Hungary ). The first steam-powered line, from Bratislava to Vienna, opened on August 20, 1848. The modern Železnice Slovenskej republiky company was established in ...

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