Brașov – Zărnești railway line

Brașov – Zărneşti
Course book route (CFR) :	203
Route length:	27.86 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Legend by Târgu Secuiesc from Ploieşti 0.00 Brașov 565  m to Teiuș 4.12 Bartolomeu to Făgăraș 13.13 Cristian Ghimbășel 16.67 Râşnov 18.47 Râșnov hc. 23.85 Tohanu Vechi 26.07 Gene. Traian Moșoiu 27.86 Zărneşti

The Brașov – Zărneşti line is a branch line in Romania . It leads in southeastern Transylvania through the Burzenland from Brașov (German: Kronstadt ) to Zărnești ( Zernen ) on the edge of the Piatra Craiului Mountains ( Königstein ).

history

Class 060 DA in Zărneşti (1994)

At the time of its creation, the railway line was on the territory of Hungary within the Habsburg dual monarchy . The reason for the construction resulted mainly from the need to transport wood, coal, stones, agricultural products and the products of the paper mill in Zărneşti.

The project was financed by the Erlanger & Söhne banks in Frankfurt am Main and the Sulzbach brothers in Vienna . The work was carried out by the companies Leo Arnoldi and Smerker.

In February 1891 a commission determined the exact route. The route was approved as early as June 6, 1891; the train service began on June 24, 1891.

Initially, the line was operated by a private company (Brassó-Háromszéki Helyi Érdekű Vasutak, BHHÉV) before it was taken over by the Hungarian state railway MÀV on March 7, 1897 .

After the end of the First World War , Transylvania and with it the railway line came to Romania. The line became the property of the Romanian state railway company CFR .

In 2005, the traffic on the route was taken over by the private operator Regiotrans . Currently (2011) around 14 passenger trains run in both directions per day.

Elevation profile of the route

Individual evidence

1. ↑ zarnesti.net, accessed on August 1, 2009 ( Memento from April 17, 2009 in the Internet Archive )

Web links

Commons : Brașov – Zărnești railway  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Regiotrans website with timetable (rum.)