ON THE RIGHT TRACK?

The chat today is about this football club that has its own transport hub! You need to see the video...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHhqWsmo_Z0 

Tatran Cierny Balog, a small north Slovakian town of about 5,100 people, has become somewhat of a tourist spot in the last seven years or so, and it was all thanks to its football stadium and unique railway.

Planning for the railway began in 1898 and building began in 1908. In 1909, regular wood transport on the railway started, between Cierny Balog and Hronec. The network was extended to transport wood from the forests and by the middle of the 20th century the railway had a total length of 131,97 km, the most extensive forestry railway network in Slovakia....

On 19 July 1927, passenger traffic was permitted on the railway between Čierny Balog and Hronec, which operated until 1962.

The railway was closed in 1982, but it has been granted national heritage status since. During the following few years it was repaired by enthusiasts and re-opened in 1992 as a heritage railway for tourists. The line is now 17 km long: Chvatimech- Hronec- Cierny Balog - Vydrovo.

The line is believed to be the only railway in the world to pass through the "middle" of a football stadium, the tracks running along the front of a grandstand at the stadium belonging to the TJ Tatran Čierny Balog club.

In 2021 the railway acquired the existing rolling stock from the Walderburg Railway in Switzerland.

Meanwhile in England here are the closest stadia to railway stations.

Brentford	Griffin Park	Brentford	494metres
Ipswich Town	Portman Road	Ipswich	494
West Ham United	Boleyn Ground	Upton Park station	484
Sunderland	Stadium of Light	St Peter’s	481
Mansfield Town	Field Mill	Mansfield	461
Cardiff City	Cardiff City Stadium	Ninian Park	449
Hartlepool United	Victoria Park	Hartlepool Railway Station	418
Bolton Wanderers	Reebok Stadium	Horwich Parkway	398
Tottenham Hotspur	White Hart Lane	White Hart Lane	392
Charlton Athletic	The Valley	Charlton	371
West Bromwich Albion	The Hawthorns	The Hawthorns	368
Millwall	New Den	South Bermondsey	362
Aston Villa	Villa Park	Witton	359
Arsenal	Emirates Stadium	Drayton Park	344
Walsall	Bescot Stadium	Bescot Stadium	279
Fleetwood Town	Highbury Stadium (Fleetwood)	Stanley Road	278
Crewe Alexandra	Gresty Road	Crewe	272
Brighton and Hove Albion	Falmer Stadium	Falmer	261
Sheffield Wednesday	Hillsborough	Leppings Lane	258
Manchester City	City of Manchester Stadium	Etihad Campus	255
Chelsea	Stamford Bridge	Fulham Broadway	242
Coventry City	Ricoh Arena	Coventry Arena	185
Newcastle United	St James Park	St James	160
Manchester United	Old Trafford	Manchester United F.C. Halt	122
Exeter City	St James Park (Exeter)	St James’ Park	113