10 Euros Steam Railway

Reverse

A steam locomotive.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
BRATISLAVA - TRNAVA · 1873
PARNÁ PREVÁDZKA

Translation: Steam operation

Engraver: Dalibor Schmidt

Designer: Zbyněk Fojtů

Edge

Lettered

Script: Latin

Lettering: ZAČIATOK PARNEJ PREVÁDZKY Z BRATISLAVY DO TRNAVY – 1873

Translation: Start of steam operation between Bratislava and Trnava – 1873

Comment

The idea of connecting Bratislava and Trnava by rail was considered in the light of Baron Salomon Mayer von Rothschild’s plan to link Bratislava to the main Vienna–Kraków railway. On 4 March 1836 Rothschild secured approval for construction of the main line, and on 7 March 1836 he applied for permission to build a branch line from Deutsch Wagram to Bratislava (then Pressburg) via Marchegg. The line to Trnava was to connect five royal towns: Bratislava, Svätý Jur, Pezinok, Modra, and Trnava. Permission to build and operate the line was granted on 6 March 1839, and it opened on 27 September 1840. The line ceased to be horse-drawn on 10 October 1872, when work began on converting it into a steam line. Operated by the Považská železnica railway company, the steam line was ceremonially opened on 1 May 1873 before the first journey of a steam train from Bratislava to Trnava. The train had 12 carriages and was pulled by a locomotive called Nagy Szombat. The steam locomotives running this line had three driving axles, pulled two-axle water and coal tenders, and had a top speed of 45 km/h.

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Price

Date	Mintage	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
2023 MK	6950	-	-	-	-	-	-

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