M501 railway (Croatia)

The state border–Čakovec–Kotoriba–state border railway (Croatian: Pruga državna granica–Čakovec–Kotoriba–državna granica), officially designated as the M501 railway, is a 42.4-kilometre (26.3 mi) railway line in Croatia that connects the towns of Čakovec and Kotoriba to Slovene railway network via Pragersko and the Hungarian capital city Budapest via Murakeresztúr.[1][maps 1] The line is single-tracked and non-electrified.[2][3] The maximum permitted speed along the Slovene border–Čakovec section is 60 kilometres per hour (37 miles per hour), while the maximum speed along the rest of the line is 80 kilometres per hour (50 miles per hour).[4]

Čakovec-Kotoriba railway
Between Čakovec and Čakovec-Buzovec M501 railway (left) runs parallel to L101 railway (right), both are single tracked.
Overview
Line number	M501 (HŽ)
Technical
Line length	42.4 km (26.3 mi)
Track gauge	1435 mm
Operating speed	60 to 80 km/h (37 to 50 mph) max.
Route map to Ljubljana via Pragersko 51.9 Slovenia-Croatia border 53.5 Macinec Trnava 57.1 Dunjkovec D209 state road R201 to Varaždin 60.8 Čakovec 62.8 Čakovec Buzovec L101 to Mursko Središće and Lendava Trnava D3 state road 69.7 Mala Subotica A4 motorway 76.0 Čehovec 78.2 Donji Kraljevec 81.3 Goričan 84.3 Donji Mihaljevec 90.9 Kotoriba 94.2 Croatia-Hungary border, Mura river bridge to Gyékényes Murakeresztúr to Budapest

The M501 railway connects to the rest of the Croatian railway network in Čakovec, where the R201 line extending south to Varaždin forms a junction with the M501. The M501 also connects to the L101 in Čakovec. The L101 serves Mursko Središće to the north of the M501 and also the town of Lendava in Slovenia.[5]

History

The Čakovec–Kotoriba railway was opened in 1860 as part of a railway line from Nagykanizsa to Pragersko, the purpose was to connect Budapest to the existing Vienna–Trieste railway at the Pragersko. This was the first railroad built in present-day Croatia.[6] The route had three railway stations in Kotoriba, Donji Kraljevec, and Čakovec.[6]

In 1863 were built new railway stations in Mala Subotica and Donji Mihaljevec, in 1920 was opened railway stop Čakovec-Buzovec, and in 1940s were opened railway stops in Čehovec, Macinec, and Dunjkovec.[6]

During the World War II in 1941 the bridge over river Mura was blown up, but the second one was already built before end of the war.[6]

Gallery

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  Čakovec main railway station
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  Buzovec, suburban railway station in Čakovec

See also

• List of railways in Croatia

Maps

1. Overview map of the state border–Čakovec–Kotoriba–state border railway (Map). OpenStreetMap. Retrieved December 11, 2013.

References

1. "Odluka o razvrstavanju željezničkih pruga" [Decision on Classification of Railways]. Narodne novine (in Croatian). Government of Croatia. 2006.
2. "Annex 3.3. Types of Lines". Network Statement 2014. HŽ Infrastruktura. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-04.
3. "Annex 3.6. Electrification System". Network Statement 2014. HŽ Infrastruktura. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-04.
4. "Annex 3.14. Distance Between Establishments and Maximum Permitted Line Speed". Network Statement 2014. HŽ Infrastruktura. pp. 17–18. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-04.
5. "Karta pruga" [Railway map] (in Croatian). Croatian Railways. Archived from the original on 2013-10-17.
6. Dragutin Matotek (2010). "Proslava 150 godina željeznice u Hrvatskoj" (PDF). Građevinar (in Croatian). Zagreb, Croatia: Croatian Association of Civil Engineers. 62 (5). Retrieved 2014-05-13.

External links

Media related to M501 railway (Croatia) at Wikimedia Commons