Železnice Slovenskej republiky

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Železnice Slovenskej republiky (literally Slovak Republic Railways), abbr. ŽSR, is the state-owned railway infrastructure operator in Slovakia.

The company was established in 1993 as a successor of the Československé státní drahy in Slovakia. Until 1996 it had formal and since then de-facto monopoly on railroad transportation in the country.

Since 2002 a law divided the company: ŽSR was left with infrastructure maintenance and personal and cargo transport was moved into company "Železničná spoločnosť, a. s." (ZSSK). In 2005 this new company was further split into "Železničná spoločnosť Slovensko, a. s." (ZSSK) ^[1] providing personal transport services and "Železničná spoločnosť Cargo Slovakia, a. s." (ZSSK Cargo) ^[2] providing cargo services. All the companies are state owned.

[edit] External links

• Company website (en. sk, de)