Suceava – Roman railway line

Suceava novel
Railway station in Roman
Course book route (CFR) :	500
Route length:	103.31 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Power system :	25 kV 50 Hz  ~
Legend from Chernivtsi 449,355 Suceava North according to Gura Humorului former border Austria / Romania 446.901 Suceava 441,477 Lisaura 438.659 Văratec 432,010 Verești to Botoșani 425.356 Băneşti Suceava Suceava 419.079 Liteni 413.750 Corni from Fălticeni 407,438 Dolhasca 402,300 Probota 396,997 Lespezi 392 Lunca siretului by Târgu Neamț 386.189 Paşcani to Iași 383,900 Paşcani Triaj 379.133 Stolniceni 375,343 Muncel 370.980 Mogoşeşti 365.573 Hălăuceşti 361.248 Mirceşti 354.118 Săbăoani from Buhăiești 346,045 novel to Galați / Bucharest

The Suceava – Roman railway is a main line in Romania . It runs through the Vltava in the northeast of the country .

history

Suceava Nord Railway Station (formerly Itzkany)

Suceava station (formerly Burdujeni)

On September 1, 1866, the railway line from Lemberg to Chernivtsi went into operation in Austria-Hungary . It was operated by the Lemberg-Chernivtsi Railway Company . On May 15, 1867, this received the concession for the continuation of the railway to Suceava on what was then the Austrian-Romanian border.

At the same time, the Romanian side began to work intensively on building a railway network. Among other things, a connection was planned from the Austrian border via the Danube ports in Galați and Brăila to Bucharest . For this, the general director of the Lemberg-Chernivtsi Railway, Viktor Ofenheim, received a preliminary contract in 1867. At the same time, however, another consortium under the German-Jewish entrepreneur Bethel Henry Strousberg applied for the construction. Ultimately, the Romanian government decided in 1868 to award most of the lines to be built ( Bucharest – Galați – Roman railway ) to Strousberg. The Lemberg-Chernivtsi Railway had better logistical conditions in northern Romania thanks to the existing railway lines in Bukovina and was awarded the contract for the route from Suceava to Roman with the connecting railway from Paşcani to Iaşi (Jassy in German). Because of the expansion of its network, the Lemberg-Chernivtsi Railway was renamed “K. k. priv. Lemberg-Chernivtsi-Jassy Railway Company ”. On December 15, 1869, the line from Suceava to Roman was opened. Together with the almost simultaneous commissioning of the line from Chernivtsi to Suceava, Romania now had a connection between its rail network and other countries. The Austrian-Romanian border lay between the railway stations Itzkany (Romanian Ițcani , today Suceava Nord station) and Burdujeni (today Suceava station). Ițcani and Burdujeni are now districts of Suceava.

Despite its importance, the route initially remained in deficit due to the difficult economic conditions in Bukovina and northern Moldova. On the Austrian side, compulsory administration was imposed on the route from 1872 to 1875 . In the years 1888/1889 the Romanian, 1889-1894 also the Austrian part was nationalized against corresponding compensation payments; the operation was now carried out by the kk Österreichische Staatsbahnen or the Căile Ferate Române .

As a result of the First World War , the Bukovina came to Romania; since then, the entire railway line described here has been on Romanian territory.

In the years 1972 to 1975 the two-track expansion took place.

Current situation

The entire line is double-track and electrified with alternating current (25 kV, 50 Hz). It is part of the important north-south connection from Suceava to Bucharest and is heavily frequented by both passenger and freight traffic.

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1. ↑ The completion of the Austrian railway network in 1866. In: Österreichische Revue. Vol. 5, Issue 3, March 1867, ZDB -ID 513623-4 , pp. 67-109, here p. 70.
2. ^ ^{A b} Lothar Maier: Romania on the way to the declaration of independence 1866–1877. Appearance and reality of a liberal constitution and state sovereignty (= Southeast European works. Volume 88). Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag, Munich 1989, ISBN 3-486-55171-X , pp. 170-185, (at the same time: Heidelberg, University, habilitation paper, 1985).
3. ^ ^{A b} Victor von Röll (Ed.): Encyclopedia of the Railway System. Volume 7: Crown width - personal tariffs. 2nd, completely revised edition. Urban & Schwarzenberg, Berlin et al. 1915, pp. 96-97.
4. ^ Double tracks. ( Memento of March 19, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) CFR website, accessed April 30, 2009