Pragersko-Budapest railway
Overview
Line number40, 44 (SŽ)
Technical
Line length51.9 km (32.2 mi)
Track gauge1435 mm
Operating speed120 km/h (74.6 mph) max.
Route
Spielfeld-Straß–Trieste railway from Celje
0.2
 Pragersko
Spielfeld-Straß–Trieste railway to Maribor
Lok Pragersko
3.1
 Šikole
5.2
 Cirkovice
5.7
 Cirkovice
6.9
 Cirkovice Polje
8.8
 Strnišče
11.1
 Kidričevo
Motorway A4
15.3
 Hajdina
Drava river bridge
18.1
 Ptuj
26.5
 Moškanjci
Pesnica
29.0
 Zamušani
30.7
 Osluševci
34.0
 Cvetkovci
Road Nr. 2
35.8
 Velika Nedelja
40.3
 Ormož
to Murska Sobota
43.5
 Frankovci
45.9
 Obrež
49.8
 Središče
Road Nr. 2
51.9
Slovenia–Croatia border
M501 to Kotoriba and Budapest

The Pragersko–Središče Railway is a 51.888-kilometre (32.242 mi) long railway in Slovenia that connects the Slovenian town Pragersko with the Croatian railway network west of Čakovec. The 40.273-kilometre (25.024 mi) Pragersko-Ormož section of the railway, officially designated as railway number 40 is part of the Pan-European Corridor V, which runs from Venice to Kyiv. The remaining 11.615 kilometres (7.217 miles) between Ormož and Croatian–Slovene border east of Središče ob Dravi is classified as line number 44.[1] The railway is mostly single-tracked and non-electrified.[2]

History

The construction of this railway was planned by the Emperor-Franz-Joseph Orient-Railway, which was merged in 1858 with the Austrian Southern Railway Company.[3] On 24 April 1860, it was opened for traffic by the Southern Railway as a part of the railway from Kanizsa to Pragerhof.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Tabular Overview of the Main and Regional Railways and Associated Categories of the Railways" [Tabelarični prikaz glavnih in regionalnih prog ter pripadajoča kategorija prog] (in Slovenian).
  2. ↑ 2014 HŽ network statement Archived 2013-10-04 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ Viktor von Röll, ed. (1914). Enzyklopädie des Eisenbahnwesens (Eintrag zu "Kaiser-Franz-Joseph-Orientbahn") (in German) (2nd ed.). Berlin / Wien: Urban & Scharzenberg. p. 316.
  4. ↑ Strach (1898) v1.1, pp. 409, 410
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