Because of the unwillingness of Kežmarok representatives, the main railway track did not go through the town. However, before the World War I., an imposing building of the railway station was built on the terraced hillside across the Poprad river. In that time, it was the most modern building of this type in the Upper Hungary. It consists of the central part of the station hall and two additional buildings on the sides.
The station is situated on Michalské návršie, which means the hillside of St. Michael. Based on the latest archaeological research, one of the first Slavic settlements was situated there from the 11th century. The town of Kežmarok later developed from this settlement, which had served as a border fortress to protect an important trade route connecting Orient to the Northern Europe. It was close by the church of St. Michael, the foundations of which where only discovered by archaeologists a few years ago.
