The Tiszai Railway Station, operated by Hungarian State Railways, is the larger of two railway stations of the city of Miskolc, Hungary. Despite its name, the station is not close to the river Tisza;
Tiszai Station main building
Main entrance of Tiszai Station
Kálmán Kandó
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Kálmán Kandó de Egerfarmos et Sztregova was a Hungarian engineer, the inventor of phase converter and a pioneer in the development of AC electric railway traction.
Miskolc Tiszai railway station
…Both of the Miskolc tram lines and several bus lines (1, 1A, 101, 17, 21, 23, 31) of MVK ZRt. have their terminus here. The square is named in honor of Kálmán Kandó (1869–1931), a Hungarian engineer who developed components for electric locomotives. Fejezetek Miskolc történetéből. ed.: Bekes Dezső, Veres László…
Kandó Kálmán
Electric locomotive RA 361 (later FS Class E.360) by Ganz for the Valtellina line, 1904
Kandó V40 electric locomotive of MÁV
The first locomotive with a phase converter was Kando's V50 locomotive (only for demonstration and testing purposes)