Zalalövő – Murska Sobota railway line

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Zalalövő – Murska Sobota
Course book range : MÁV 25
Gauge : 1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Top speed: 160 km / h
Legend
Station, station
 Zalalövő
Station, station
 Felsőjánosfa
Station, station
 Pankasz
Station, station
 Nagyrákos
Station, station
 Őriszentpéter
Station, station
 Bajánsenye
border
 Border between Slovenia and Hungary
Station, station
 Hodoš
Station, station
 Šalovci
Station, station
 Gornji Petrovici
Station, station
 Mačkovci
Station, station
 Puconci
Station, station
 Murska Sobota

The Zalalövő – Murska Sobota railway is the only railway that directly connects Hungary and Slovenia . It is part of the Pan-European Transport Corridor V or the TEN-T priority project No. 6.

Viaduct near Nagyrákos , length: 1400 m
Railway line next to Mačkovci

The Murska Sobota - Šalovci - Zalalövő - Körmend line was opened in 1906/1907 and was then entirely on Hungarian territory. It served the development of the rural area in the counties Vas (Eisenburg) and Zala , but not the supraregional traffic. The route had numerous tight bends, so that the maximum speed was 60 to 80 km / h - sometimes even less. In 1913 the line was extended to Zalaegerszeg .

After the First World War , the western section of the route became part of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia through the Treaty of Trianon ; after the Second World War , traffic was suspended. The official shutdown took place in 1980. The traffic was now handled through Croatia (border crossings Murakeresztúr / Kotoriba and Čakovec / Središče ob Dravi ).

The first considerations for restarting the line were made in the 1980s. After the break-up of Yugoslavia , the additional Croatian border controls and the increasing freight traffic gave the efforts new impetus. In 1996 the republics of Hungary and Slovenia signed an agreement to restore the rail link. The reconstruction cost 225 million euros, of which 117 million went to Hungary and 108 million to Slovenia. The Hungarian section was funded by the European Union's PHARE program .

Traffic on the 43.5 km long route began in spring 2001. The single-track line, which has been electrified since 2010, is now suitable for speeds of 120 to 160 km / h. The route is currently mainly used by local traffic, for cross-border long-distance traffic only the daily high-speed train pair "CITADELLA" (Budapest-Déli - Ljubljana and back) is available. The journey time is approximately eight and a half hours. Only in summer does a night train Budapest - Maribor - Koper run twice a week .

For long-distance traffic from Budapest to Ljubljana, there is also a through car connection via Zagreb , which takes ten hours for the 495 km long route, as well as (somewhat faster) transfer connections via Vienna .

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