The railway bridge in Poprad broke a beam, trains are also delayed tens of minutes

14. May 2025 at 8:15 I Updated at 9:20

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Poprad. For a problem in Poprad on Wednesday from the early morning hours, the trains were also delayed by tens of minutes. Transport is interrupted in the section from Poprad to Vydrník from approximately 3 am.

On the railway bridge on the road I/18 over the railway line between Poprad and Košice, the beam cracked. The bridge was supported, part of it even According to Aktuality.sk portal collapsed.

The Railway Company Slovensko said that the train transport was interrupted due to unfinished construction work.

Morning express from Bratislava He had a delay from the Poprad station for about a hundred minutes. Only buses are currently attending the sections of Spišská Nová Ves – Poprad. The Spišské Tomášovce stop is not operated. The railways do not yet know when the train connections will be restored.

The bridge is currently reconstructing the railway, it is part of the modernization of the track between Poprad and Vydrík. The bridge was closed in full profile on April 29. The Slovak Road Administration there for his poor condition began to install supports, the work was to be completed until 19 May.

The result should also be an increased speed of trains after reconstruction. Tourists who go to the Slovak Paradise often appear in the station Vydrník.

No part has collapsed, the resort says

Darina Luščíková (Progressive Slovakia) and František Majerský (KDH) pointed out in the early morning hours of the emergency situation. They said that the reconstruction of the entire bridge would probably be extended by a few weeks.

« Today at night during the reconstruction work on the bridge on the road I/18 in Poprad, one of the beams, which the contractor just removed from the bridge, cracked to replace them with new ones, » said the spokeswoman of the Ministry of Transport of the Slovak Republic Petra Poláčiková.

As she added, none of the parts of the bridge has collapsed, the track or traction line is damaged.

« There is already a special crane imported from Poland and a static designer to choose the most suitable procedure for removing the damaged beam. After removing it, the traffic on the track will be renewed, » she said.

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It is not yet clear how the situation will affect the announced bridge. « The public did not endanger the public, as the work was carried out there during the night lockout on the railway line, » the spokeswoman said.

At the same time, due to the extraordinary event, the Ministry draws attention to the changes in the set of trains on the Košice – Žilina – Bratislava line.

« Express seats do not have to match the current wagons. Unused seats can be returned by passengers within the complaint procedure at any cash register or by e-mail at advertising@slovakrail.sk, » added Poláčiková.

From the Department of Communication of the Railways of the Slovak Republic confirmed that the interruption occurred at 03.20. They said that a concrete panel broke off from the bridge, which remained hanging over the traction line and threatened to fall.

During the provisions carried out by the Slovak Road Administration, a replacement bus service is introduced, the railways added.

The bridge was in the state of emergency

The bridge at the end of the city near the hospital, which leads in the direction of Spišská Nová Ves, built in 1968, is more than 122 meters long.

The SSC wanted to increase its maximum load capacity by temporarily supporting, ie by sowning the bridge building, and should also serve for the passage of transport service and construction of the construction mechanisms “Modernization of the Žilina – Košice railway line – Košice, section of Poprad Tatry (outside) – Krompachy”.

It was supposed to be a temporary solution to the renovation of the bridge itself.

According to the final report of diagnostics in 2022 published in Journal Office for Public procurement It was classified in terms of construction and technical condition to the state of « VII », which corresponds to the state of emergency.

In 2023, the Slovak Road Administration had to draw up and deliver project documentation for building permit and other necessary documents in 2023.

The project envisages not only the construction of a new bridge, but also the reconstruction of the I/18 road with a length of about 550 meters and a solution of its drainage.

« Temporary support, siding of the bridge building, until proper removal of the emergency construction status of the bridge building and adjacent road sections, will be achieved an increase in the maximum load of the bridge from 8 tonnes to 46 tons, » said Jana Lukáčová, spokeswoman of the Slovak Road Administration.

Bridge on Wednesday morning. (Source: AV)

(Source: Screenshot ZSSK)

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