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Bratislava, Slovakia 14.03.2024

Class 742 shunting inside Bratislava river port. The port itself is a freight railway station known as Bratislava-Pálenisko, perhaps the least known of all the Bratislava train stations, as it may seems that port is just rail spur of Bratislava-ÚNS (Central Freight Station). The main rail yard is fully electrified, and trains arrive and depart from here being hauled almost exclusively by electric locomotives. There is also a dispatcher office in the main building, where all the additional rail workers reside. For all the shunting needed on tracks that go to the loading areas a single Class 742 is always present.

Bratislava river port is "thorn in the eye" for the construction development groups that are constantly building new high-rise building around the area . In their attempts to take over the port area, they started drafting plans for building a completely new port further downstream of the Danube river, near Slovanft oil refinery. Developers plans for the area include turning the freight port into "marina" for the rich snobs and their yachts .

The port is still fully active. In the older part seen on the photo, part known as "Winter Port", every day large amounts of iron ore and other bulk cargo is being transferred from trains onto the river boats. Further downstream are newer parts of the port build in 1970s and 1980s which include container transfer facility and pumping station for loading of oil products from the Slovnaft refinery.

It is hard to tell for how long the port area can resist this pressure from construction developers. But one thing is certain, that with the takeover, last remaining part of the old industrial Bratislava will be gone forever.

Description
Bratislava, Slovakia 14.03.2024

Class 742 shunting inside Bratislava river port. The port itself is a freight railway station known as Bratislava-Pálenisko, perhaps the least known of all the Bratislava train stations, as it may seems that port is just rail spur of Bratislava-ÚNS (Central Freight Station). The main rail yard is fully electrified, and trains arrive and depart from here being hauled almost exclusively by electric locomotives. There is also a dispatcher office in the main building, where all the additional rail workers reside. For all the shunting needed on tracks that go to the loading areas a single Class 742 is always present.

Bratislava river port is "thorn in the eye" for the construction development groups that are constantly building new high-rise building around the area . In their attempts to take over the port area, they started drafting plans for building a completely new port further downstream of the Danube river, near Slovanft oil refinery. Developers plans for the area include turning the freight port into "marina" for the rich snobs and their yachts .

The port is still fully active. In the older part seen on the photo, part known as "Winter Port", every day large amounts of iron ore and other bulk cargo is being transferred from trains onto the river boats. Further downstream are newer parts of the port build in 1970s and 1980s which include container transfer facility and pumping station for loading of oil products from the Slovnaft refinery.

It is hard to tell for how long the port area can resist this pressure from construction developers. But one thing is certain, that with the takeover, last remaining part of the old industrial Bratislava will be gone forever.