M101 railway (Croatia)

Savski Marof–Zagreb railway
Line length:26.709 km (16.6 mi)
Track gauge:1435 mm
Voltage:25kV 50Hz AC
Maximum speed:160 km/h (99.4 mph)
Route
Legend
 from Ljubljana
 451.2 Slovenia-Croatia border
 Sutla river bridge

to Kumrovec
5.1 Harmica
4.1 Sutla
2.0 Laduč (L102 line)
0.0
446.1
 Savski Marof
 443.9 Brdovec
 441.5 Zaprešić-Savska
 R201 to Zabok
 439.6 Zaprešić
 A2 Motorway
 Krapina river bridge
Planned line to Samobor
435.8 Podsused
434.0 Podsused freight station
 432.9 Gajnice
 431.1 Vrapče
 428.7 Kustošija
 428.3 Zagreb West freight station
 426.6 Zagreb West Station
M405 to Trešnjevka wye
Trešnjevka wye
M104 to Sisak and M202 to Rijeka
 424.4 Zagreb Glavni kolodvor
 M102 to Budapest, Belgrade via Dugo Selo

The state border–Savski Marof–Zagreb Glavni kolodvor railway (Croatian: Pruga državna granica–Savski Marof-Zagreb Glavni kolodvor), officially designated as the M101 railway, is a 26.709-kilometre (16.596 mi) railway line in Croatia, connecting the nation's capital Zagreb and its main railway station to the Slovene railway network west of Savski Marof and further on with Ljubljana.[1][maps 1] Its route follows the Sava Valley.[2] It is an integral part of the Pan-European Corridor X running from Salzburg and Ljubljana towards Skopje and Thessaloniki.

The railway connects to the M102 railway at its eastern terminus in Zagreb, linking Zagreb with railways extending north to Budapest and east to Belgrade. Furthermore, the railway connects to the M202 linking Rijeka, the R201 to Čakovec via Zabok and the L102 railway to Kumrovec. The L102 is largely unused, and only a short section extending to the village of Harmica is in use.[3] The M405 railway, a short line branching off to the south between the Zagreb Zapadni railway station and Zagreb Glavni kolodvor. The M405 terminates at the Trešnjevka wye, where it connects to the M104 and M202 railways.[4]

History

The Savski Marof–Zagreb railway was opened in 1862 as part of a railway line from Zidani Most to Sisak, which was not only the first railway line to Zagreb but the first on the territory of Croatia at all. The second track was commissioned in 1944.[5]

It was the route of the Orient Express service from 1919 to 1977.[6] It is electrified and double-tracked.[2]

See also

Maps

  1. ↑ Overview map of the state border–Savski Marof–Zagreb Glavni kolodvor 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. 1 2 2014 HŽ network statement
  3. ↑ "Karta pruga" [Railway map] (in Croatian). Croatian Railways.
  4. ↑ "Network Statement 2014" (PDF). HŽ Infrastruktura. p. 2. |chapter= ignored (help)
  5. ↑ Žuljić, Stanko (1978). "Razvoj sistema magistralnih željeznićkih pruga na području SR Hrvatske [Development of the railway network on the territory of the SR Croatia]". Geografski Glasnik (in Croatian) (40).
  6. ↑ Smith, Mark. "A history of the Orient Express". Seat Sixty One. Retrieved 2013-03-13.
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