Veles – Kočani railway line
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Kočani station with MŽ 712 railcar (2010)
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Route length: | 85.5 km | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gauge : | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Route class : | B2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maximum slope : | 15 ‰ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Top speed: | 50 km / h | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dual track : | No | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Veles – Kočani railway is a railway line in North Macedonia . The route branches off from the main Tabanovci – Gevgelija route in Veles .
history
The line was a narrow-gauge railway with a track width opened 600 mm, but in 1926 already standard gauge umgespurt .
Technical parameters
The line is single-track and not electrified. The maximum gradient is 15 ‰, the maximum permissible speed 50 km / h.
traffic
From 2004 to 2008 the passenger train service was stopped on the line. At the beginning of 2008 Makedonski Železnici Transport reintroduced a continuous pair of trains from Skopje via Veles to Kočani. In the 2020 timetable, an interregio train pair continues to run daily from Skopje to Kočani. Scheduled passenger trains need just under two hours for the Veles – Kočani route.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Network statement 2017 (PDF). Makedonski Železnici Infrastruktura, August 2016, Annex 2, Tables 1 and 3; accessed on May 31, 2020.
- ↑ Објава на мрежа 2020 (PDF). Makedonski Železnici Infrastruktura, June 2019; accessed on May 31, 2020.
- ^ Open Railway Map .
- ^ Bac: The railways in the Republic of North Macedonia . In: Eisenbahn-Revue International 5/2020, pp. 244–248 (244).
- ↑ Network statement 2017 (PDF). Makedonski Železnici Infrastruktura, August 2016, Annex 2, Tables 2 and 3; accessed on May 31, 2020.
- ↑ New passenger trains linking Skopje-Veles-Stip-Kocani ( Memento from July 10, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ). In: macedoniaonline.eu , March 5, 2008.
- ↑ Извод од возен ред / Timetable 15.12.2019 до 12.12.2020 (PDF). Železnici na Republika Severna Makedonija Transport, accessed on May 31, 2020.