Slovakia: ZSSK Class 240 electric loco departs Bratislava-Vinohrady on a train to Banska Bystrica

Slovakia: ZSSK Class 240 electric loco (no. 240 081) departs from Bratislava-Vinohrady on train R835, the 1004 from Bratislava hl.st.to Banska Bystrica. Recorded 9 September 2023.
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Železničná spoločnosť Slovensko, a.s. (ZSSK) (English: The Railway Company of Slovakia) is a Slovak state-owned passenger train company based in Bratislava.
In 2002 a company Železničná spoločnosť was established as a successor of personal and cargo transport part of the Železnice Slovenskej republiky. In 2005 this new company was further split into "Železničná spoločnosť Slovensko, a. s." providing Passenger transport services and "Železničná spoločnosť Cargo Slovakia, a. s." (ZSSK CARGO or ZSCS) providing cargo services.
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Vinohrady is a local part and cadastral territory in Bratislava in the Nové Mesto district in the Bratislava III district. It is bounded in the northeast by the Rača district , in the southeast by Račianska Street. The Bratislava-Vinohrady railway station is located here .
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ZSSK class 240 electric locomotives: The ČSD Class S 499.0 and S 499.1 are essentially ČSD Class S 489.0 locomotives with revised gearing for higher speeds and added electrodynamic braking system. They operate from the 25 kV 50 Hz overhead line electrification system in both the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Their design can be traced back to the S699.0 locomotives produced by Škoda in 1962. S 499.0 had a maximum speed of 120 km/h (75 mph), with S 499.1 140 km/h (87 mph).
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