Győr – Szentgotthárd railway line
The Győr – Szentgotthárd railway is a main line in Hungary that was originally built and operated by the Hungarian Western Railway (Magyar Nyugati Vasút). It leads from Győr ( Raab ) to Szentgotthárd ( St. Gotthard ) and on to Graz . For the Austrian section of the route between the state border next to Mogersdorf and Graz there is a separate article called Styrian Eastern Railway .
During the time of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy , this railway represented an important east-west connection between Budapest and Graz. The dissolution of the monarchy and the creation of the Iron Curtain reduced the importance of the route in tourist traffic. In the freight traffic, however, it never lost its important position between Hungary and Austria .
The Hungarian Western Railway connects some important railway nodes with Győr (Raab), Pápa , Celldömölk , Szombathely (Steinamanger) and Körmend .
history
In the mid-1850s, a consortium was founded in Graz to set up and build a Locomotiv railway between Raab / Győr and Graz , today's Styrian Eastern Railway .
After a technical inspection by the police, the line was opened to Jennersdorf on September 1, 1872 , and operated by the Austro-Hungarian State Railways. The continuation to Graz was officially opened on May 1st, 1873. (In autumn 1872, the Hungarian Western Railway, together with a consortium of industrialists, applied for approval of technical preparatory work for the construction of the Graz - Knittelfeld line).
present
Until the end of November 2006, the Hungarian Western Railway was operated by MÁV on its route from Győr to the state border Hungary / Austria . Since December 2006, the Szombathely – Körmend – Szentgotthárd section has been operated by the Raab-Oedenburg-Ebenfurter Eisenbahn (GySEV / Raaberbahn).
From October 1, 2009 to December 2, 2010, the 53.3 km long single-track Szombathely – Szentgotthárd line was completely renovated and spanned to the border with Austria with electrical overhead lines (25 kV, 50 Hz).
The maximum permissible speed has been increased from 60–70 km / h to 120 km / h. The track structure was designed for an axle load of 22.5 tons, the safety technology was renewed and the operation switched to electrical traction with train control.
future
The Raaberbahn wants to increasingly enter the Vienna - Graz freight traffic on its new Hungarian route via Szombathely . The further expansion and electrification of the ÖBB line from Szentgotthárd to Graz is planned. In the section between Gleisdorf and Graz, a new line is to be built parallel to the existing A 2 south motorway and create a connection to the Werndorf terminal and the Koralmbahn. In the course of the expansion of the European transit corridors , efforts are being made to upgrade the route, in particular to make heavy freight traffic more operationally efficient. In addition, there is the fact that the Semmering Base Tunnel will not go into operation until 2026. The Raaberbahn wants to handle its north-south and east-south freight traffic all the more on the Hungarian Western Railway.
Train stations
Szombathely main train station
Stadler FLIRT have been running between Sopron and Szentgotthárd since December 2013
Raaberbahn train near Szombathely
Egyházasrádóc railway station (2005)
The renovated Egyházasrádóc station
The extended Egyházasrádóc train station with bus terminus
Körmend station
The new pedestrian bridge
Körmend station, ticket hall
Körmend station
Rátót train station (2007)
Szentgotthárd railway station
literature
- F (ranz) Krauss: Announcements about the layout and construction of the Hungarian Western Railway, Raab – Graz and Stuhlweissenburg - Klein-Zell . In: Wilhelm Tinter (Red.): Journal of the Austrian Association of Engineers and Architects . Issue 6/7, XVII. Year (1875). Vienna 1875, ZDB -ID 2534647-7 , pp. 114-126. - Full text online (PDF; 6 MB).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Volkswirthschaftliche Zeitung. (...) Hungarian Western Railway. In: Das Vaterland , No. 239/1872 (XIIIth year), September 1, 1872, p. 5, column 3 middle. (Online at ANNO ). .
- ↑ Volkswirthschaftliche Zeitung. (...) Railway news. In: Das Vaterland , No. 317/1872 (XIIIth year), November 18, 1872, p. 2, center right. (Online at ANNO ). .
- ↑ http://inf Infrastruktur.oebb.at/de/projekte-fuer-oesterreich/bahnstrecken/suedstrecke-wien-villach/semmering-basistunnel
Web links
- Elmar Oberegger : Hungarian Western Railway . In: Obergger2.org , 2006, accessed on June 9, 2013.