Satu Mare – Baia Mare railway line

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Satu Mare-Baia Mare
Line of the Satu Mare – Baia Mare railway line
Course book route (CFR) : 400
Route length: 60 km
Gauge : 1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Legend
Route - straight ahead
 from Oradea
Station, station
 0.00 Satu Mare
   
 to Sighetu Marmației
Stop, stop
 6.65 Botiz
   
 according to Bixad
Stop, stop
 11.21 Odoru
Stop, stop
 21.23 Medieși Aurit
Stop, stop
 26.37 Apa
Station, station
 34.90 Seini
Stop, stop
 38.22 Săbișa
Stop, stop
 40.33 Ilba
Stop, stop
 45.73 Cicârlău
Stop, stop
 48.87 Buşag
   
 Săsar
   
 according to Jibou
   
 60 Baia Mare
   
 to Baia Sprie

The Satu Mare – Baia Mare railway is a main line in Romania . It runs in the northwest of the country.

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 opened in 1884.

After the First World War , the region came to Romania; the route was taken over by the Romanian state railway Căile Ferate Române . As a result of the Second Vienna Arbitration , the route was temporarily returned to Hungary from 1940 to 1944.

Todays situation

The line is single-track and not electrified. It is part of the important long-distance connection from Brașov to Satu Mare . Several express trains run daily. The route is also important for freight traffic.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Carl Müller: Contributions to the economic history of the German settlements near Sathmar in Romania (= writings of the German Foreign Institute. E: Economic series. Vol. 8). Abroad and Heimat Verlags-AG, Stuttgart 1932, p. 83.