Zbornik radova Koridor 10 - Kirilo Savić

3rd International Scientific and Professional Conference
CORRIDOR 10 - a sustainable way of integrations
substantial part of relocation is formed by railway flyover that is, 753 m long. The bridge structure from
pre-stressed concrete, 753 m long, is a unique structure on Slovak railway lines.
To summarize the time interval of this construction – the beginning of project preparation was in 1994,
the completion in 2007. From the present point of view 14 years is a too long period to be considered
acceptable for an investor, especially in case of 50 km- long section. But these were the beginnings of
modernisation…. .
Fig. 3 Relocation Šenkvice
The modernisation of the line Trnava – Nové Mesto nad Váhom in the section RS Trnava – RS
Piešťany started in 2004 and was completed in 2008. It was divided into track sections:
Trnava – Piešťany (32.950 km) and
Piešťany – Nové Mesto nad Váhom (19.980 km).
The modernisation of the track section Trnava – Piešťany consisted of the reconstruction of RS
Leopoldov and RS Veľké Kostoľany, 3 railway stops (Brestovany, Madunice, Drahovce) and 4 interstational
sections. The modernisation works also included construction of 5 new railway bridges,
reconstruction of 7 existing railway bridges, construction of 5 road bridge objects, 8 underpasses,
1 luggage tunnel and a railway footbridge. The most complicated part of the construction was the
reconstruction of RS Leopoldov, that is an important railway node in the region (Fig. 4).
Fig. 4 Modernised RS Leopoldov [5]
The modernisation of the track section Piešťany – Nové Mesto nad Váhom was divided into 5 parts,
two of them were RS Piešťany and RS Nové Mesto nad Váhom (Fig. 5) and the other 2 were
interstational sections. The modernisation comprised the construction and renovation of the railway
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