Alba Iulia – Târgu Mureș railway line

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

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 )