Zidani Most – Novska railway line

Zidani Most – Zagreb – Novska
Route number :	10 (SŽ) / M101 / M104 (HŽ)
Course book range :	? (SŽ) / 10/50 (HŽ)
Route length:	127.5 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Power system :	3 kV (Zidani Most – Dobova)  =
Power system :	25 kV 50 Hz (Dobova – Sisak)  ~
Legend Southern Railway of Ljubljana 502.0 Zidani Most in 1943 as Steinbrück (Sawe) Southern Railway to Maribor 502.0 Zidani Most ( freight station ) 499.0 Radeče 1943 as Ratschach (Styria) 497.2 Loka in 1943 as Laak 494.2 Breg 1943 as Rain (Steierm) from Trebnje 485.7 Sevnica in 1943 as Lichtenwald 477.7 Blanca in 1943 as Anger-Siegersberg 471.8 Brstanica 1943 as Reichenburg 471.0 Brstanica tovorna ( freight station ) 467.6 Krško in 1943 as Gurkfeld 463.7 Libna 1943 not listed 459.2 Brežice in 1943 as Rann 453.5 Dobova 1943 as Brückel (Styria) 451.2 Slovenia - Croatia border M101 Sutla L102 to Harmica (- Kumrovec ) 446.1 Savski Marof 443.9 Brdovec 441.5 Zaprešić-Savska R201 from Zabok (- Čakovec ) 439.6 Zaprešić 435.8 Podsused Stajalište 434.0 Podsused tvornica 432.9 Grajnice 431.1 Vrapce 428.7 Kustošija 426.6 Zagreb Zapadni kolodvor 424.4 Zagreb Glavni kolodvor   M102 further to Dugo Selo M104 422.8 Trešnjevka Hendrix Bridge over the Save M202 to Rijeka 417.8 Zagreb-Klara to the freight bypass 413.9 Odra from freight bypass 409.8 Velika Gorica 403.7 Mraclin 400.4 Turopolje 390.7 Lekenik 382.3 Greda 378.0 Stupno 374.5 Sisak from Karlovac 370.0 Sisak Caprag 362.0 Blinjski Kut 357.2 Brđani Krajiški 351.7 Sunja to Banja Luka 350.2 Krivaya 346.4 Staza 343.1 Papíci 339.4 Šaš 333.1 Živaja 328.6 Cerovljana 326.0 Hrvatska Dubica 318.9 Višnjica 315.3 Jasenovac from Zagreb 307.0 Novska to Belgrade

The railway line Zidani Most – Zagreb – Novska , also Croatian Railway , is a main railway line in Slovenia and Croatia .

Geographical location

The Zidani Most – Zagreb section is part of the Austria – Slovenia – Croatia – Serbia transport corridor . The route runs from Zidani Most via Zagreb to Novska , where it meets another branch of the so-called Save Corridor .

history

The "Croatian Railway" from Steinbrück (today: Zidani Most) via Agram (today: Zagreb) to Sissek (today: Sisak) was started in 1855 by the Southern Railway Company as a connection to the Austrian Southern Railway . It was opened on October 1, 1862.

The Sisak – Sunja section goes back to a gap built in 1882 to close the Bosnian military railway Banjaluka – Doberlin built in 1872 , part of the Sandschak Railway project . The Sunja – Novska section was built in 1891 as part of the original connection between Zagreb and Belgrade . The total kilometers show today's branch line as the original main route, which in Novska joins the corridor route Dugo Selo – Novska (M103) - Vinkovci – Tovarnik – state border (M105) to Serbia at Šid .

In 1918 the railway line passed to the Jugoslovenske Železnice .

Infrastructure

The line from Zidani Most to Zagreb is consistently double-tracked. In the western section to the Slovenian border station Dobova it is electrified with 3 kV direct voltage, east of it with 25 kV 50 Hz alternating current. The section (Ljubljana -) Zidani Most - Zagreb is part of the Pan-European Transport Corridor  No. X (Austria - Slovenia - Croatia - Serbia).

business

In the Zagreb – Novska section, the route is now largely used only for regional traffic. But long-distance transport is by train to Bosnia and Herzegovina , which the station Sunja on railroad Sunja-Banja Luka branch.

• The north-western part is now part of the Slovenian railway line Dobova − Ljubljana
• The section of the state border at Savski Marof – Zagreb is the Croatian route M101.
• The south-eastern section belongs to today's route Zagreb – Sisak – Novska (M104).

See also

• Southern Railway Company

Web links

Commons : Zidani Most – Sisak railway line  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Article on the history of the Southern Railway Company

References and comments

1. ↑ ^{a b} The Zidani Most - Ljubljana section is part of the historic Vienna - Spielfeld - Trieste railway .
2. ↑ Because of the unclear border between Slovenia and Croatia on the Sotla / Sutla , the railway line is only in operation for the 5 km to Harmica . Nominally, the Croatian L102 leads to Kumrovec and the state border; the rest of the Imeno - Stranje line in Slovenia is in operation.
3. ^ Elmar Oberegger: Railway history , 2009, KK military railway Banja Luka – Doberlin.