Alba Iulia – Târgu Mureș railway line

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Alba Iulia – Târgu Mureş
Alba Iulia train station
Alba Iulia train station
Alba Iulia – Târgu Mureș railway line
Course book route (CFR) : 200a, 300, 405
Route length: 112 km
Gauge : 1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Power system : 25 kV / 50 Hz  ~
Route - straight ahead
from Arad
Station, station
418.725 Alba Iulia
   
Ampoi
Stop, stop
414.272 Bărăbanț
Stop, stop
412.9 Bărăbanț Antestație
   
to Zlatna
Stop, stop
409,500 Sântimbru hc.
Stop, stop
407,573 Sântimbru
Stop, stop
403.156 Coșlariu
Gleisdreieck - straight ahead, to the right, from the right
to Brașov
Station, station
399.623 Teiuș
Stop, stop
405,949 Gârbova Albă
Station, station
412.799 Aiud
Stop, stop
419,372 Mirăslău
Stop, stop
423,376 Decea
Stop, stop
426.712 Unirea
Stop, stop
429,553 Unirea hc.
   
by Ocna Mureș
Station, station
433,160
342
Războieni
   
to Cluj-Napoca
Stop, stop
338,808 Lunca Mureș
Stop, stop
335,633 Gura Arieș
   
Aries
Stop, stop
332,042 Gligoreşti
Stop, stop
329.936 Chețani
   
Mureș
Station, station
324 Luduș
   
to Măgheruș Șieu
   
Mureș
Stop, stop
319.897 Bogata Mureș
   
Mureș
Stop, stop
316.155 Cuci
Station, station
311,083 Iernut
Stop, stop
306,996 Cipau
Stop, stop
304 Ogra
Stop, stop
302 Sânpaul
Stop, stop
297,800 Chirileu
Stop, stop
294,922 Vidrasau
   
Niraj
Stop, stop
290.861 Grail. Nicolae Dăscălescu
Stop, stop
287,550 Târgu Mureș Sud
Stop, stop
285 Azomureș
Station, station
282,477 Târgu Mureș
Route - straight ahead
after Deda / Gheorgheni

The Alba Iulia – Târgu Mureș railway is a main line in Romania . It runs along the Mureș in western Transylvania .

history

At the time the railway line described here was built, Transylvania belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary . In 1868 the first railway line to Transylvania ( Arad – Alba Iulia ) was built. Most of the larger cities in Transylvania, however, still had no rail links.

In 1868 the Hungarian state began building several lines in Transylvania, but a short time later gave the work to a private English company under the English contractor Charles Waring.

This company (Hungarian Eastern Railway) - which had to receive financial support from the Hungarian state on several occasions - quickly started work. The railway line to Târgu Mureș (German Neumarkt , Hungarian Marosvásárhely ) in Alba Iulia ( Karlsburg , Hungarian Gyulafehérvár ) was connected to the railway line leading from Arad, which belonged to another company (First Transylvanian Railway).

On November 20, 1871, the line from Alba Iulia to Târgu Mureș was opened; it was the second line completed by the Hungarian Eastern Railway following the opening of the Oradea – Cluj connection a year earlier .

As early as 1876, the company and with it the Alba Iulia – Târgu Mureş line was nationalized and taken over by the Hungarian state railway MÁV . At the end of the First World War , Transylvania and the Transylvanian railways came to Romania. In the Second Vienna Arbitration , Transylvania was divided between Romania and Hungary, which also affected the railway line described here: the border ran between the railway stations Vidrasău and Ungheni (Hungarian Nyárádtő , name of the station today Grail. Nicolae Dăscălescu ). In 1944 the entire railway line became Romanian again.

Todays situation

The section from Alba Iulia to Războieni is electrified and double-tracked. It is part of important long-distance connections within Romania and international traffic. Several express trains run here every day. In addition, there is a brisk freight traffic; near Teiuș there is a large freight yard. In comparison, the section from Războieni to Târgu Mureș is of little importance; it is single-track and not electrified. Currently (2009) around two express and seven local trains run here per day and direction.

The Simeria – Coşlariu section and on to Sighişoara (Schäßburg) is to be equipped with Alstom's ETCS L2.

Elevation profile

Individual evidence

  1. On the railway history of the Alps-Danube-Adriatic region, accessed on April 14, 2009 ( Memento from December 20, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
  2. ^ Brief History of Transylvania, accessed April 14, 2009
  3. CFR website, accessed on April 14, 2009 ( Memento of August 7, 2007 in the Internet Archive )