Budapest–Szolnok–Debrecen–Nyíregyháza–Záhony railway

Budapest–Záhony railway
Overview
OwnerMÁV
Line number100a (Budapest—Szolnok)
100 (Szolnok–Záhony)
Termini
History
Opened1 September 1847
Technical
Line length335 km (208 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Electrification25 kV AC Overhead line
Operating speed160 km/h (99 mph)
Nyíregyháza railway station

The railway line from Budapest to Záhony via Szolnok, Debrecen and Nyíregyháza is Hungarian State Railways line 100. It is 335 kilometres (208 mi) in length and is a double-track main line with 25 kV/50 Hz electrification. The northern section, from Nyíregyháza to Záhony, is designated 100b.

From Szolnok there is a rail connection to Budapest. The Szolnok - Záhony line has become known for the so-called Fekete vonat (black train) which brings labourers to the capital and has been the scene of fights.[1]

History

The initial 98-km segment between Pest and Szolnok was built by the Magyar Középponti Vasút (Central Hungarian Railway) and opened on 1 September 1847.[2][3] Construction was interrupted by the 1848-49 war of independence and was resumed by the newly formed Tiszavidéki Vasút (Theiss Railway). The Szolnok - Debrecen segment opened on 25 November 1857 and the segment from Debrecen to Miskolc via Nyíregyháza on 24 May 1859.[2] Since January 1855, the ownership and operations-right of the section Budapest–Szolnok had been obtained by the Imperial Royal Privileged Austrian State Railway Company (StEG) in the association with constructing the section Szeged–Temesvár.[4]

References

  1. ^ Ferenc Szlazsánszky (12 December 2003). "Fekete vonat". Hetek (in Hungarian).
  2. ^ a b László Kovács (1995). Magyar vasúttörténet (in Hungarian). Vol. 1: A kezdettől 1875-ig. Budapest: Közlekedési Dokumentációs Kft. pp. 128 & 150. ISBN 963-552-312-2.
  3. ^ H. Strach (1898) p. 206
  4. ^ H. Strach (1898) pp. 322, 323

Sources

  • Heinersdorff, Richard (1975). Die k. und k. privilegierten Eisenbahnen der österreichisch-ungarischen Monarchie 1828-1918 (in German). Wien / München: Molden. ISBN 3-217-00571-6.
  • Strach, Hermann (1898). Geschichte der EIsenbahnen Oesterreich–Ungarns. Geschichte der Eisenbahnen der Österreichisch-Ungarischen Monarchie (in German). Vol. Band 1.1. Wien / Teschen / Leipzig: Karl Prochaska. pp. 73–503.
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