Railway line Veles – Kremenica

Veles – Kremenica
Bitola Station (2017)
Route length:	145 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Route class :	C2 (Veles – Bitola) A (Bitola – Kremenica)
Maximum slope :	25  ‰
Top speed:	100 km / h
Dual track :	No
Legend from Skopje 0.0 Велес / Veles to Gevgelija and Kočani 5.4 Превалец / Prevalec (since 2016) 7.8 Topolka / Topolka 14.3 Чашка / Čaška 21.5 Стари Град / Stari Grad 25.5 Мартолци / Martolci 30.1 Васил Антевски / Vasil Antevski 35.0 Теово / Teovo 37.2 Согле / Sogle 43.9 Богомила / Bogomila 180 ° turn 49.9 Ореше / Oreše 57.7 Гостиражни / Gostiražni 63.2 Слепче / Slepče 68.6 Браилово / Brailovo 74.7 Сенокос / Senokos 84.9 Прилөп / Prilep 92.0 Галичани / Galičani 98.9 Бакарно Гумно / Bakarno Gumno Обршани / Obršani Воѓани / Vogjani Бучин / Bučin Бигла / Bigla Единаковци / Edinakovci Демир Хисар / Demir Hisar Прибилци / Pribilci Сопотница / Sopotnica 102.8 Тројкрсти / Trojkrsti 104.7 Новоселани / Novoselani 106.7 Лознани / Loznani 110.7 Вашарејца / Vašarejca (since 2015) 111.9 Даме Груев / Dame Gruev (until 2015) 121.5 Никола Карев / Nikola Karev 129.1 Битола / Bitola 133.9 Кравари / Kravari 137.7 Жабјани / Žabjani 145.1 Кременица / Kremenica 145.3 State border North Macedonia / Greece to the Thessaloniki – Florina railway line Swell:

The Veles – Kremenica railway is a railway line in North Macedonia .

history

Bitola station (then: Monastir ) in the First World War

The connection was opened at the end of the 19th century as a narrow-gauge railway with a gauge of 600 mm in a slightly different route . It started at Gradsko station on the Tabanovce – Gevgelija railway line . There was also a 600 mm narrow-gauge railway from Veles to Stevanci . Today's standard gauge line was built between 1931 and 1936, using the existing routes of both narrow-gauge railways in sections.

On the southernmost section, between Bitola and Kremenica , passenger traffic was stopped in 1991, freight traffic was only sporadic. The 16 km long section between Bitola and the border with Greece has been rehabilitated since 2015. The project was financially supported by the European Union . In spring 2019, the work was completed and test drives took place. In April 2020, however, there was still no scheduled operation.

Technical parameters

The line is single-track and not electrified. The maximum gradient is 25 ‰, the maximum permissible speed (on a few sections) 100 km / h.

Traffic geography

Entrance building of the Прилөп / Prilep station

The route branches off from the main Tabanovci – Gevgelija route in Veles . It is one of two in the country that enabled a border crossing to Greece - but the section between Bitola and the Kremenica border station has not been used for many years. The infrastructure there connects to that of the Greek OSE .

The most demanding section of the route is between Bogomila and Gostiražni. There is an incline of 25 ‰ and the route has a 180 ° bend.

In Bakarno Gumno a 30 km long route branches off to Sopotnica. It, too, was originally opened as a narrow-gauge railway with a gauge of 600 mm, was changed to standard gauge by 1957 and was most recently only used by freight trains. Before 2012 the traffic was stopped there.

traffic

The Roadmap 2020 run daily three Interregio - pairs of trains from Skopje via Veles Bitola. Until 2018, the fourth pair of trains still operated an Interregio-Express, which required a reservation, with a few stops in between.

literature

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

Web links

Commons : Veles – Kremenica railway line  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Објава на мрежа 2012 (PDF). Makedonski Železnici Infrastruktura, August 2011; accessed on June 3, 2020.
2. ^ Tobias Heinze: Course book of the Macedonian Railway. Timetable year 2015. In: ec-tobias.de , accessed on May 31, 2020.
3. ↑ Network statement 2017 (PDF). Makedonski Železnici Infrastruktura, August 2016, Annex 2, Tables 1 and 3; accessed on May 27, 2020.
4. ↑ Објава на мрежа 2020 (PDF). Makedonski Železnici Infrastruktura, June 2019; accessed on May 27, 2020.
5. ^ Open Railway Map .
6. ^ Bac: Die Eisenbahnen , p. 244; Railway Atlas EU . 3rd edition Schweers + WallKöln 2017. ISBN 978-3-89494-147-5 , p. 48.
7. ↑ bac: Die Eisenbahnen , p. 244.
8. ↑ bac: Die Eisenbahnen , p. 245.
9. ↑ Network statement 2017 (PDF). Makedonski Železnici Infrastruktura, August 2016, Annex 2, Tables 2 and 3; accessed on May 27, 2020.
10. ^ EU Railway Atlas . 3rd edition Schweers + Wall, Cologne 2017. ISBN 978-3-89494-147-5 , p. 48.
11. ↑ bac: Die Eisenbahnen , p. 244.
12. ↑ Извод од возен ред / Timetable 15.12.2019 до 12.12.2020 (PDF). Železnici na Republika Severna Makedonija Transport, accessed on May 27, 2020.
13. ^ Tobias Heinze: Course book of the Macedonian Railway. Timetable year 2018. In: ec-tobias.de , accessed on May 27, 2020.
14. ^ Tobias Heinze: Course book of the Macedonian Railway. Timetable year 2019. In: ec-tobias.de , accessed on May 27, 2020.