Târgu Mureș – Deda – Gheorgheni railway line

Târgu Mureş – Deda – Gheorgheni
Course book route (CFR) :	400/405
Route length:	132.08 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Legend from Alba Iulia 282.48 Târgu Mureș 278.93 Târgu Mureș North 267.35 Dumbrăvioara 263.93 Gorneşti Mureş 260.22 Periș Mureș 254.95 Petelea 250.24 Reghin Gurghiu 244.93 Ideciu de Jos 240.90 Brâncoveneşti 238 Aluniș 234.13 Aluniș Mureș 231 Rușii-Munți Mureș to Sărățel 228.28 Deda 224.37 Deda Bistra Bistra 222 Borzia 219.13 Răstolița 213.70 Andreneasa 206.43 Lunca Bradului Pietros 201.00 Stânceni Neagra 198.08 Stânceni hc. 193.44 Stânceni 191 Ciobotani Mureș 184.35 Toplița 178.39 Gălăuțaș 174 Sărmaș Runc Mureș 170.93 Subcetate Mureș Mureș Mureș 162.37 Ditrau 154.79 Lazarea 150.40 Gheorgheni after Siculeni

The Târgu Mureș – Deda – Gheorgheni railway is a main line in Romania . It runs along the Mureș River in eastern Transylvania .

history

The railway line was built at the beginning of the 20th century on the territory of Hungary within the Habsburg dual monarchy . After the commissioning of the lines from Alba Iulia to Târgu Mureș in 1871 and from Sfântu Gheorghe to Adjud in Romania in 1897/1899, further areas in eastern Transylvania were to be opened up for traffic. Gheorgheni (ung. Gyergyószentmiklós ) received a rail connection from the south as early as 1907. Almost at the same time, a railway was built through the wide Mureș valley from the west. In 1909 the line was completed.

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 electrified from Deda to Gheorgheni. The latter section is part of the important long-distance connection from Brașov to Satu Mare . Several express trains run on it every day. Freight traffic continues to play a major role. The section from Târgu Mureș to Deda is of somewhat less importance .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Website of the Bicaz Gorge National Park, accessed on March 19, 2009 ( Memento from April 24, 2009 in the Internet Archive )