The modernization of the railway from Poprad to Vydrník is the first stage of the modernization of the line from Poprad to Spišská Nová Ves. The purpose of the project is to increase the safety, smoothness and speed of the track to 160 km/h. The section is 14 kilometers long and connects to the recently completed line from Lučivná. In the future, the next stage will continue through Spišská Nová Ves to Markušovice. The modernization of this line is one of the largest railway investments in Slovakia. Construction works will cost 369 million euros and will last almost 3 years. In this video, we will look at the entire modernization section just before the start of construction work. In the direction from Vydrník, the track offers one of the best views of the High Tatras. Chapters: 0:00 Introduction 0:12 Map 0:38 Parts of the construction 1:14 Expansion of the underpass in Poprad 2:21 Beginning of modernization in Vydrník 3:05 Vydrník 3:18 ŽST Vydrník 3:40 Repositioning of the line and ŽST Vydrník 3:57 Železničný bridge over road III/3071 4:24 Railway bridge over road III/3071 4:56 Track crossing with Španí Háj tunnel 5:17 Španí Háj tunnel - eastern portal 5:37 Fly over Španí Háj tunnel 5:53 Španí Háj tunnel - west portal 6:11 Original line with Štiavnicky tunnel 6:41 Štiavnicky tunnel - eastern portal 6:57 Štiavnicky tunnel - western portal 7:10 Railway bridge over road III/3068 7:26 Stop Spišský Štiavnik and Hôrka 8:00 End of track 8 :41 Straightening of the track in k.ú. Švábovce 9:06 Švábovce - osada 9:42 Straightening of the track in the c.ú. Hozelec 10:02 Interchange Hozelec 10:20 Gánovce 10:40 Interchange near Gánovce 10:51 Stop Gánovce 11:08 Transfer of stop Gánovce 11:20 Original route near Gánovce 12:16 End of original route 12:30 Interchange near Gánovce 12:45 Overpass near Gánovce 13:17 End of the interchange 13:37 Poprad 14:10 Underpass near Ludvíka Svobodu street to the gardens 14:48 Bridge on road I/18 in a state of emergency 15:38 Crossing on Levočská street will be replaced by an underpass 15:52 Map of detour routes for cars 16:02 Roundabout on road I/18 near Autonov 16:24 Junction of Levočská and Kukučínová streets 17:15 Confluence of tracks 17:28 Stop Poprad - Spišská Sobota 18:00 Railway bridge over Štefánikovu street I/66 18:28 Extension of underpass 18 :57 Widening of the intersection of Štefánikova and Levočská streets 19:18 Bridge over the Poprad river and bicycle path 20:04 Underpass near AquaCity 20:56 End of modernization in front of ŽST Poprad-Tatry Sources and links: https://www.asb.sk/stavebnictvo/ engine... https://www.asb.sk/stavebnictvo/moder... https://spis.korzar.sme.sk/c/23381805... https://www.poprad.sk/content/ files/M... https://www.planobnovy.sk/realizacia/... https://www.uvo.gov.sk/vyhladavanie/v... https://www.zsr.sk/modernizacia -tracks... https://standard.sk/regiony/presov/61... https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Železni...