Hungarian Northeast Railway
The Hungarian Northeast Railway (UNOB), Hungarian Magyar Északkeleti Vasút (MÉKV) was a railway company in the Kingdom of Hungary .
history
The Hungarian Northeast Railway was built in 1871 as part of the Hungarian government's building offensive. This licensed the following railway lines as early as 1868:
- Debrecen - Szatmárnémeti - Tekeháza - Máramarossziget
- Tekeháza– Csap - cash desk
- Sátoraljaújhely - Zombor
- Bátyú - Munkács
The German entrepreneur Bethel Henry Strousberg was commissioned with the construction, and in 1871 the railway company was founded. The construction of the licensed routes was completed between 1871 and 1873.
Opening dates of the sections
- October 24, 1871: Szerencs – Sátoraljaújhely
- June 25, 1871: Debrecen– Nagykároly
- January 7, 1872: Sátoraljaújhely– Mihályi
- June 16, 1872: Szatmárnémeti– Királyháza –Bustyaháza
- August 25, 1872: Sátoraljaújhely – Csap
- August 28, 1872: Csap-Ungvár
- November 19, 1872: Bustyaháza – Máramarossziget
- September 25, 1871: Nagykároly – Szatmárnémeti
- October 24, 1872: Csap – Királyháza
- November 20, 1872: Nyíregyháza– Kisvárda
- December 4, 1872: Bátyú – Munkács
- February 4, 1873: Kisvárda – Csap
- October 22, 1873: Mihályi – Kassa
The Hungarian Northeast Railway operated its own routes.
On August 1, 1890, the company was nationalized. The infrastructure and vehicles were henceforth part of the network of the Hungarian State Railways (MÁV).
stretch
- Szerencs – Máramarossziget (243.1 km)
- Debrecen – Királyháza (150.4 km)
- Bátyú – Munkács (26.3 km)
- Nyíregyháza – Ungvár (93.9 km)
- Sátoraljaújhely – Kassa (66.6 km)
Locomotives
| MÉKV steam locomotives | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| category | number | First name | number | Manufacturer | Axis formula | Years of construction | origin | Whereabouts | Remarks |
| I. | 1 "–8" | 8th | Budapest | 2B n2 | 1887 | MÁV Id | |||
| 1-21 | BIHAR | 21st | Wr. Neustadt | 1B n2 | 1870-1873 | MÁV II | |||
| 50-73 | MÁRAMAROS | 24 | Wr. Neustadt | C n2 | 1869-1872 | MÁV III | |||
| 101-105 | 5 | C n2 | 1885 | MÁV IIIe | |||||
| 200-208 | 9 | C n2 | 1875 | MÁV V | |||||
| 300-301 | 2 | Budapest | B n2t | 1884 | MÁV X | 1889 sold to Popradtalbahn , in 1893 as series X to KsOd | |||
| XII | 400-401 | 2 | C n2t | 1886-1890 | MÁV XII | ||||