M103 railway (Croatia)
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Line length: | 83.4 km (51.8 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Track gauge: | 1435 mm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Voltage: | 25kV 50Hz AC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maximum speed: | 60 to 80 km/h (37 to 50 mph) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Dugo Selo–Novska railway (Croatian: Pruga Dugo Selo–Novska), officially designated as the M103 railway, is a 83.405-kilometre (51.825 mi) railway line in Croatia that connects Dugo Selo, situated east of national capital Zagreb, to Novska and the M105 railway extending east towards Belgrade.[maps 1] Its route follows the Sava River valley.[1] It is an integral part of railway Pan-European Corridor X running from Salzburg and Ljubljana towards Skopje and Thessaloniki.[2][3]
The M103 railway is electrified using an 25kV 50 Hz AC overhead line system and single-tracked.[4][5] The maximum permitted speed along the Dugo Selo–Moslavačka Gračenica section is 60 kilometres per hour (37 miles per hour), while the maximum speed along Moslavačka Gračenica–Novska section 80 kilometres per hour (50 miles per hour).[6]
At its western terminus in Dugo Selo, the railway connects to the M102 and M201 railways connecting Zagreb and Budapest (via Koprivnica) respectively. In Banova Jaruga, the railway connects to the L205 railway extending north towards Lipik. At the southern terminus of the railway, located in Novska, the railway links to the M104 railway connecting Zagreb via Sisak as in addition to the M105 railway.[7]
History
The Dugo Selo–Novska railway was opened in 1897.[8] It was the route of the Orient Express service from 1919 to 1977.[9]
As part of the Zagreb–Belgrade railway, electrification was finished in 1970.[10]
See also
Maps
- ↑ Overview map of Dugo Selo-Novska railway (Map). OpenStreetMap. Retrieved December 20, 2013.
References
- ↑ 2014 HŽ network statement
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- ↑ "Odluka o razvrstavanju željezničkih pruga" [Decision on Classification of Railways]. Narodne novine (in Croatian). Government of Croatia. 2006.
- ↑ "Network Statement 2014" (PDF). HŽ Infrastruktura. p. 1.
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ignored (help) - ↑ "Network Statement 2014" (PDF). HŽ Infrastruktura. pp. 2–3.
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ignored (help) - ↑ "Karta pruga" [Railway map] (in Croatian). Croatian Railways.
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ Smith, Mark. "A history of the Orient Express". Seat Sixty One. http://www.seat61.com/. Retrieved 2013-03-13. External link in
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(help) - ↑ Nadilo, Branko. Radovi uvjetovani voznim redom. Građevinar, 10/2012
External links
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