Szabadbattyán – Tapolca railway line

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Szabadbattyán – Tapolca
M41 with express train to Tapolca in Balatonalmádi (2016)
Course book range :	29
Route length:	106.773 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Top speed:	80 km / h
Legend from Budapest-Déli by Pusztaszabolcs 0.000 Szabadbattyán after Murakeresztúr Alsósomlyó 7.044 Polgárdi-Ipartelepek 9.740 Polgardi 12,843 Fill 16.821 Balatonfőkajár Felső from Hajmáskér 19.677 Csajág to Lepsény 22.118 Balatonakarattya tunnel 25.076 Csittényhegy 27.796 Balatonkenese Fűzfőfürdő 33.859 Balatonfűzfő Budatava 39.664 Balatonalmádi from Veszprém 41.917 Káptalanfüred 45,809 Alsóörs 49.475 Csopak 52.820 Balatonarács 54.186 Balatonfüred 59.472 Aszófő 61.234 Örvényes 62.393 Balatonudvari 64,487 Fövenyes 68.153 Balatonakali-Dörgicse 71.045 Zánkafürdő 72.920 Zánka-Köveskál Balatonszepezd Felső 76.111 Balatonszepezd 77.704 Szepezdfürdő 79.847 Révfülöp 84,336 Balatonrendes 85.782 Ábrahámhegy 89.483 Badacsonyörs 90.516 Badacsonytomaj 92.361 Badacsony 95.575 Badacsonylábdihegy 97.645 Badacsonytördemic - Szigliget 100.697 Nemesgulács - Kisapáti ( Hp and Anst ) from Balatonszentgyörgy 106.773 Tapolca to Ukk to Zalahaláp

The Szabadbattyán – Tapolca railway line (also known as the North Balaton line ) is a single-track, non-electrified main line in Hungary . It is of little importance for freight traffic, but for express trains with bathers from Budapest.

History and future

A railway line from Budapest to Nagykanizsa was planned as early as 1850. The route should also serve the towns on Lake Balaton , but only those on the south bank. In 1861 the Budapest – Nagykanizsa railway was opened; however, the people on the north bank remained without a railroad.

With the construction of the Székesfehérvár – Veszprém – Szombathely – Graz railway in 1872, the Magyar Nyugati Vasút planned a railway line from Veszprém to Keszthely, which would then have run along the north bank. However, due to a lack of financial resources, the line was never built.

With the opening of the last section of the Tapolca – Ukk railway between Sümeg and Tapolca on May 16, 1891, the railway reached the north bank of Lake Balaton for the first time. On July 7, 1903, the railway line to Keszthely was opened.

In 1907 the construction of the railway line to Székesfehérvár began. It took 19 months to build the 117-kilometer route and the 26-kilometer branch from Alsóörs to Veszprém . Traffic began on July 1, 1909.

The electrification and expansion for higher speeds on the line is expected to begin at the end of 2016.

Vehicle use

Class 418 diesel locomotives in particular are used on express trains from Budapest . Passenger traffic between Székesfehérvár and Balatonfüred is handled by class 426 diesel multiple units. In the summer months until 2015, the scheduled E and D trains from Budapest to Tapolca were hauled by Soviet diesel locomotives of the series 628 and 651 and Swedish diesel locomotives of the series 2761 . The few freight traffic is carried with locomotives of the 418 or 628 series .

Web links

Commons : Székesfehérvár – Tapolca-vasútvonal railway line  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Route data on Kapella2.hu