Brașov – Sfântu Gheorghe – Târgu Secuiesc railway line

Brașov – Sfântu Gheorghe – Târgu Secuiesc
Railway station in Brașov
Course book route (CFR) :	400, 404
Route length:	76.69 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Legend from Făgăraş and from Zărneşti from Teiuș 0.00 Brașov 560  m to Ploieşti 3.14 Brașov Triaj 7.2 Hărman after Intorsura Buzăului 14.18 Ilieni 16.02 Prejmer Râul Negru 20.31 Chichiș 24.58 Ozun ~ 29 Chilieni 32.22 0.00 Sfântu Gheorghe 555  m after Miercurea Ciuc / Adjud 6.53 Angheluș 10.63 Moacșa 13.81 Bita Râul Negru 17.37 Boroșneu Mare 19.6 Țufalau 22.62 Brateș 28.69 Covasna 32.90 Pava 35.42 Zabala 38.33 Imeni Râul Negru 40 Cătălina 44.47 Târgu Secuiesc 570  m to Brețcu

The Brașov – Sfântu Gheorghe – Târgu Secuiesc railway is a railway connection in Romania . It runs in the districts of Brașov and Covasna in southeastern Transylvania through Burzenland and through the floodplains of the rivers Olt and Râul Negru .

history

The railway line was built at the end of the 19th century on the territory of Hungary within the Habsburg dual monarchy . It was built by a privately financed company and taken over by the Hungarian state railway MÁV . The section from Brașov to Sfântu Gheorghe was opened on October 11, 1891. A few weeks later, on November 30, 1891, the section from Sfântu Gheorghe to Târgu Secuiesc also went into operation.

After the end of the First World War , Transylvania and with it the railway line came to Romania. This was taken over by the Romanian Railways ( CFR ). From 1940 to 1944, the city of Sfântu Gheorghe (in Hungarian Sepsiszentgyörgy ) came temporarily back to Hungary as a result of the Second Vienna Arbitration ; the railway line thus ran between the Prejmer and Chichiș (Hungarian Kökös ) stations across the Romanian-Hungarian border.

Todays situation

The line is double-tracked from Brașov to Hărman , otherwise single-track and electrified from Brașov to Sfântu Gheorghe. It is part of the course book route 400 from Brașov to Satu Mare. Around 20 passenger trains run in both directions every day. The section from Sfântu Gheorghe to Târgu Secuiesc is a branch line that is currently (2011) operated by the private operator Regiotrans . Around six local trains run here in both directions every day.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Website of the CFR, ( Memento of September 9, 2005 in the Internet Archive )