High-Tatras - Transport

Road transportion - Road connection between Poprad and Stary Smokovec is 14 km long and it is very important as well as a highway connecting Ruzomberok and Vazec. The main road connection in the area of Tatras is cesta Slobody (Road of Liberty) crossing whole foot of Tatras mountains and connecting all Tatras villages from Podbanske to country border Lysa Polana. This road was open as tourist road on September 4th in 1889 and Maria Theresa was in attendance at it. Later the road was made wider to 6 metres and more stable. The first car was driven downthis road in the year 1900 and name of the road was changed to cesta Slobody in 1919. At the end of 60´s of 20th century it was made longer in part between Strbske Pleso and Podbanske. Nowadays, it is impossible to imagine an existence of tourism in the smallest mountains in the world without our “Tatras road motorway“.

Rail transportion - A developement of railway system helped to increase an interest in Tatras. A railway line between Kosice and Bohumin (from 1882 connecting also Bratislava and Vienna) connecting Tatras with the rest of the world, is not important only in area of Slovakia. From 1896 there is also a cog – wheel train connecting Tatranska Strba and Strbske Pleso as the only one of this kind in High Tatras. Nowadays whole system of railway lines is electrified and the tramcars connect all villages between Strbske Pleso and Tatranska Lomnica. At the end of year 2000 a modernization of tramcars started. There is a newer model of tramcars to make your travelling comfortable, safer and quieter. A capacity of the new model of tramcars is 200 persons. In the present it is possible for passengers to take their cars with to the train connecting Prague and Poprad. More informations you find on www.zsr.sk

Air transportion - An airport near Poprad (715 m) that can be used by airplanes with capacity of 200 persons has improved the quality of transportation very much. The airport provides scheduled flights as well as sightseeing flights and sport flights. A runway is also used by Slovak emergency systems and air operations THS. More informations you find on www.airport-poprad.sk

The land cableway to Hrebienok - It transports people from Stary Smokovec (1025m) to Hrebienok (1263m). The line is 1937m long and 238 m high. The maximum gradient reachs 14,9% and maximum transport capacity is 900 persons per hour. The ride takes 8 minutes. The cableway is very important for Smokovec as well as for whole region, because Hrebienok is one of the most important points to start a tour across the mountains. During the winter it also transports skiers to the slopes lying in Hrebienok mountains. The land cableway from Stary Smokovec to Hrebienok is in operation from 1908. The waggons are moving by pendelum system, in the centre of track is an automatic shunt. First reconstruction was done in 1951, second in 1970 within the preparation fom World Championship in classic skiing.

Cabine cable railway to Skalnate Pleso - Because of an existence of ski resort in Sklanate pleso (1764 m) it was needed to create a connection with Tatranska Lomnica (900 m). There was a elevated cable railway connecting the stations before, but because of the lack of capacity it was replaced by cabine cable railway in 1973 and from the year 1995 there is a modern cabine cable railway. The line is 3450 m long and 864 m high. The ride takes 14 minutes and maximum transport capacity is 900 persons per hour. The old cable railway from 1937 was replaced ten years ago by modern cabine cable railway. Lower station is behind the pension Sasanka in 900m asl.There are two other lifts to the mountains: the chair lift to Lomnicke sedlo which is used primary by skiers and snowboardist in the winter and the elevated cable railway to the Lomnicy stit (Lomnica peak), 2634m asl. Lomnicky stit is the second highest peak in High Tatras.

Elevated cable railway to Lomnicky Stit - It is the only one cable railway in High Tatras, that enables to enter Tatras peak. Until the year 2001 there was also a elevated cable railway connecting Tatranska Lomnica and Lomnicky stit (2632 m), but nowadays there is only a elevated cable railway moving between Skalnate Pleso (1764 m) and Lomnicky Stit, because people are transported to Skalnate Pleso by cabine cable railway. A line is 1872 m long and the transport takes 8 minutes. The cabin is suitable for maximum amount of 29 persons and transport capacity is 75 persons per hour. Elevated cable railway Skalnate pleso – Lomnicky stit is one of the biggest atractions in High Tatras. On the top is the highest situated workplace in Slovakia. In the good weather conditions it's possible to see the land of Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, Ukraine and Moravia. In the station building is also the highest situated telephone box in Slovak republic and caffe "Dedo". Monumental and elegant Dedo, the name given by old inhabitants of the Tatras to the Lomnický peak is still the most famous and the most beautiful peak of the Tatras.