Bratislava Železná studienka railway station

Bratislava Železná studienka
Bratislava Železná studienka
railway station
	Bratislava Železná studienka main railway station building
General information
Location	Bratislava Forest Park; Nové Mesto; Bratislava II; Bratislava Region; Slovakia
Coordinates	48°10′28″N 17°04′22″E / 48.17444°N 17.07278°E
Owned by	Železnice Slovenskej republiky (ŽSR)
Operated by	Železnice Slovenskej republiky (ŽSR)
Line(s)	S20 Bratislava – Kúty
Platforms	2
Connections	Public transport: Buses: 43; Trolleybuses: 207, 211, 212; ;
History
Opened	1904
Location
	Bratislava Železná studienka Location within Slovakia

Bratislava Železná studienka railway station (Hungarian: Pozsony-Vaskutacska vasútállomás, Slovak: Železničná zastávka Bratislava-Železná studienka; Železničná zastávka Bratislava-Železná studnička; Železničná stanica Bratislava-Železná studienka; Železničná stanica Bratislava-Železná studnička, Czech: Železniční zastávka Bratislava-Železní studénka; Železniční zastávka Bratislava-Železní studnička; Železniční stanice Bratislava-Železní studénka; Železniční stanice Bratislava-Železní studnička) is a small railway station (technically a train halt) inside the Bratislava Forest Park recreational zone in northern Bratislava, Slovakia.

The station is still in use, although few trains stop here nowadays. It has two platforms, the one by rail number one being 149 metres (489 ft) long and 3 metres (10 ft) wide and the one by rail number two being 160 metres (525 ft) long and 3.6 metres (12 ft) wide.

Etymology edit

Until 1947, the train station was called Červený most (Red bridge in English). From 1947 to 1951 it was called Bratislava - Červený most. In 1951 it received its current name Bratislava - Železná studienka. It is named after the area it is situated in - Železná studienka (Little iron well in English). The name comes from the fact, that in the past people thought the water source here was rich in iron and minerals, but 19th century analysis showed the water here is not mineral.^[1]

History edit

Unique historical photograph, date unknown

The original Red bridge was built in 1848 next to the place where the train station will once be, carrying only one rail track on the Wien – Gänserndorf – Bratislava line, which was launched on August 20, 1848. The bridge crossed the valley over river Vydrica. In 1891, the line between Bratislava main railway station and Devínska Nová Ves was converted to 2 parallel rail tracks and the Red bridge was rebuilt.

The current train station was established in 1904 under the name Bratislava - Red Bridge (in German Rote Brücke, in Hungarian Vörös híd), being named after the nearby bridge. The waiting room and station-guard's house, both from 1904, are culturally protected.

2010 fire edit

On September 20, 2010, a fire completely destroyed one of the station's historical waiting rooms. The fire was probably started by accident by the homeless people sleeping inside. That day's morning had been quite chilly and homeless people have been known to sleep there for years.^[2]^[3]