Skopje – Kičevo railway line

Skopje – Kičevo
Kičevo railway station
Route length:	116.9 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Route class :	D3
Maximum slope :	22  ‰
Top speed:	100 km / h
Dual track :	No
Legend from Gevgelija 344.6 Скопје / Skopje after Tabanovci 339.7 Жележарнича / Želežarniča from Madžari 336.9 Скопје Север / Skopje Sever 330.4 0.0 Ѓорче Петров / Gjorče Petrov 327.1 Ново Село / Novo Selo 325.3 Волково / Volkovo 313.8 Блаче / Blače 315.5 State border North Macedonia / Kosovo to Pristina 2.8 Сарај / Saraj 7.4 Сулари / Sulari 17.2 Радуша / Raduša 22.2 Орашје / Orašje 28.2 Јегуновце / Jegunovce 29.4 Јегуновце Фабрика / Jegunovce Fabrika 35.8 Ратаје / Rataje 42.9 Тетово / Tetovo 45.9 Брвеница / Brvenica 53.7 Жеровјане / Žerovjane 61.0 Врановци / Vranovci 67.3 Гостивар / Gostivar 73.5 Лакавица / Lakavica 81.1 Падалиште / Padalište approx. 7 km long 6.7 Тајмиште / Tajmište Gradient: 27 ‰ 0.0 89.5 Зајас / Zajas 92.3 Строгомиште / Strogomište 96.5 Длапкин Дол / Dlapkin Dol 102.7 Кичево / Kičevo Narrow gauge railway to Ohrid Swell:

The Skopje – Kičevo railway is a railway line in the western part of North Macedonia .

Traffic geography

Gostivar train station

The route is the only one that leads to the west of the country. It branches off in the suburbs of Skopje at Gjorče Petrov station from the Pristina –Volkovo – Skopje line. In Sajas, a seven-kilometer route branches off to Tajmište, which is only served by freight traffic and only when required.

history

Route near Gjorče Petrov

The section between Skopje and Gjorče Petrov (and on to Blače ) is part of the line from Thessaloniki to Kosovska Mitrovica opened in 1874 by the Chemins de fer Orientaux (CO) . At that time the area still belonged to the Ottoman Empire . This was the first line to be built in what is now North Macedonia.

West of Gjorče Petrov originally there was a narrow-gauge line to Ohrid, which was opened in sections between 1916 and 1923 . Whose northern section has been on standard gauge umgespurt , partly realigned. The new standard gauge line was put into operation on May 25, 1952 to Gostivar and 1969 to Kičevo . The remaining narrow-gauge line was shut down and demolished in 1966. The re-tracked sections are:

• Gjorče Petrov – Raduša,
• Tetovo –Padalište and
• Tajmište – Kičevo (in sections).

Technical parameters

The line is single-track and not electrified. The maximum gradient is 22 ‰, on the branch route to Tajmište even 27 ‰. The approximately seven kilometer long tunnel between Padalište and Zajas is the longest tunnel in the network of the North Macedonian railway.

literature

• bac: The railways in the Republic of North Macedonia . In: Eisenbahn-Revue International 5/2020, pp. 244–248.

Web links

Commons : Gjorče Petrov – Kičevo railway line  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ bac: Die Eisenbahnen , p. 244.
2. ↑ Network statement 2017 (PDF). Makedonski Železnici Infrastruktura, August 2016, Annex 2, Table 1, 3; accessed on May 25, 2020.
3. ^ Open Railway Map .
4. ↑ Network statement 2017 (PDF). Makedonski Železnici Infrastruktura, August 2016, pp. 45–46; accessed on May 26, 2020.
5. ↑ bac: Die Eisenbahnen , p. 244
6. ↑ ^{a b} Railway Atlas EU . 3rd edition Schweers + Wall, Cologne 2017. ISBN 978-3-89494-147-5 , p. 48
7. ↑ Network statement 2017 (PDF). Makedonski Železnici Infrastruktura, August 2016, Annex 2, Table 3; accessed on May 25, 2020.
8. ↑ bac: Die Eisenbahnen , p. 244.