Railway line Dărmăneşti – Câmpulung Moldovenesc

Dărmăneşti – Câmpulung Moldovenesc
Cacica train station
Course book route (CFR) :	502, 513
Route length:	68 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Power system :	25 kV 50 Hz  ~
Legend by Suceava 0.000 Dărmăneşti to Chernivtsi Suceava Soloneț 4.408 Părhăuți 9,584 Todirești 13.784 Soloneț 17.237 Pârteşti 21,286 Cacica Soloneț 27.846 Vârfu Deal 31.308 Pâltinoasa by Suceava 34,499 Gura Humorului humor 38,992 Gura Humorului Oraş Moldova Suha 45.762 Frasin Moldova 51,583 Molid Moldovița from Moldovița 54.911 Vama Moldova Moldova 59.183 Prisaca Dornei Moldova 67.726 Câmpulung Est to Vatra Dornei

The Dărmăneşti – Câmpulung Moldovenesc railway is a main line in Romania . It runs in the south of Bukovina in the valleys of the Soloneț and Moldava rivers .

history

During the creation of the railway line, it was on the territory of Austria within the Habsburg dual monarchy .

In 1869 the Chernivtsi – Suceava railway was opened, operated by the Lviv-Chernivtsi Railway Company . It mainly served to connect Romania to Central Europe. With the aim of connecting other regions of the Bukowina to the existing railway network and generating related income, several private local railway companies were founded, including the Bukowinaer Lokalbahnen .

On May 1, 1885, Emperor Franz Joseph I granted the Bukovina Local Railways, with the approval of both houses of the Imperial Council, the concession to build a local railway from Hatna (today Dărmăneşti ) to Kimpolung (today Câmpulung Moldovenesc ). This concession was conditional on the Lemberg-Chernivtsi-Jassy Railway Company and the religious fund of the Romanian Orthodox Church - which operated intensive forestry in the forests of Bukovina - participate in raising the capital. The construction time was estimated at 2 ½ years. On May 1, 1888, the line was opened. It first ended at the lower edge of Kimpolung, in what is now the Câmpulung Est station . In 1901/02 it was extended to Dorna-Watra (now Vatra Dornei ).

After the end of the First World War , the Bukovina came to Romania; the operation of the line was taken over by the Romanian state railway CFR . The railway line described here was the starting point for the important crossing of the Eastern Carpathians in the direction of Transylvania , completed in 1940 .

After the Second World War, the Romanian government decided to build a new railway line that began between the Suceava (formerly Burdujeni ) and Suceava Nord (formerly Ițcani ) stations and met in Păltinoasa on the Dărmăneşti – Câmpulung Moldovenesc railway. This construction work was completed in 1964. Within a short time, the newly built line replaced the old line via Dărmăneşti in terms of its importance.

The Păltinoasa station was renamed Gura Humorului at the beginning of the 2000s , whereas the station further west, originally called Gura Humorului, was called Gura Humorului Oraș .

Current situation

The line is single-track and electrified. Currently (2009) there are around two local trains per day and direction between Dărmăneşti and Gura Humorului . Between Gura Humorului and Câmpulung Moldovenesc there are around five local and high-speed trains that run on the Suceava – Gura Humorului railway line. This section is of great importance for passenger and freight traffic. The section from Dărmăneşti to Gura Humorului, however, is in deficit; the Romanian Ministry of Transport is considering decommissioning or selling.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Austrian Reich Law Gazette of May 1, 1885
2. ^ Historical Museum of the Austrian Railways in Vienna: Descriptive catalog of the Imperial and Royal Historical Museum of the Austrian Railways. Verlag des kk histor. Museum of the Austrian Railways. Vienna, 1902. p. 425
3. ↑ Nicolae Popp, I. Iosep, Dragomir Paulencu: Judeţul Suceava. Editura Academiei Republicii Socialiste România, 1973. p. 133
4. ↑ adevărul.ro from May 11, 2009, accessed on May 12, 2009 ( Memento of the original from May 14, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.