Győr–Celldömölk railway line

Győr–Celldömölk railway line is the MÁV line number 10. It is a single track, non-electrified route. The line from Győr to Celldömölk is 70.5 kilometres (43.8 mi) long. Electrification has been proposed.

Győr–Celldömölk
Route map
Overview
Line number	12
Service
Services
Technical
Line length	70.5 km (43.8 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Operating speed	100–120 kilometres per hour (62–75 mph)
Route map Legend km to Sopron [hu] to Hegyeshalom Győr 0.0 Győr-Rendező 1.1 Győr-Gyárváros [hu] to Budapest 3.9 Győrszabadhegy [hu] to Veszprém [hu] 7.7 Ménfőcsanak felső [hu] 10.1 Ménfőcsanak [hu] 16.0 Győrszemere [hu] 21.5 Halipuszta [hu] 23.6 Gyömöre-Tét [hu] 25.4 Gyömöre [hu] 27.6 Szerecseny [hu] 30.9 Gecse-Gyarmat [hu] Győr-Moson-Sopron County Veszprém County 37.2 Vaszar [hu] to Tatabánya 44.9 Pápa [hu] to Csorna [hu] 52.3 Mezőlak [hu] 55.0 Mihályháza [hu] 58.9 Vinár [hu] 64.3 Külsővat [hu] Veszprém County Vas County to Székesfehérvár [hu] 70.5 Celldömölk [hu] to Szombathely [hu] [1] This diagram: view talk edit

Route

The Győr–Celldömölk railway line runs north–south between Győr and Celldömölk. The northern end terminates in a connection with the Budapest–Hegyeshalom railway line east of the Győr railway station. In Pápa, the line connects with the Pápa–Csorna [hu] and Tatabánya–Pápa railway lines. In Celldömölk, the line connects with the Székesfehérvár–Szombathely railway line [hu].^[1] The electrification of the line has been proposed.^[2][3]

History

In March 1867 the Hungarian Minister of Public Works and Transport, Imre Mikó, proposed the construction of a railway network in Hungary, and a railway line between Győr and Graz was included among the 25 railway lines.^[4] In the act of 20 May 1869, it was agreed where the Hungarian Western Railway (Hungarian: Magyar Nyugati Vasút, MNyV) should connect the railway between Austria and Hungary.^[5] The section between Győr and Szombathely, via Celldömölk, was opened on 1 October 1871.^[6]

In 1888 the governments of Hungary and Austria agreed to nationalise the MNyV. On 1 January 1889, the Győr–Celldömölk line was taken over by the Hungarian State Railways, as sell as the other lines of the Hungarian section.^[7]

Operation

InterRegio trains operate every two hours between Győr and Kaposvár [hu], Pécs [hu], or Balatonszentgyörgy [hu]. Regional trains (Személyvonat) operate every two hours between Győr and Celldömölk [hu].^[8]

References

1. "Vonalpontok listája" [List of line points] (in Hungarian). Retrieved 22 October 2023.
2. "Újra napirendre került a Győr-Pápa-Celldömölk vasútvonal villamosítása". infoPápa.hu. 25 August 2020. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
3. Takács, Zsolt (7 June 2012). "Jön a drót Győr és Celldömölk között, de mikor?". iho.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 24 October 2023.
4. Gonda (1898). Band 3, pp. 376, 378
5. Reichs-Gesetz-Blatt: 84, Gesetz vom 20. Mai 1869 (in German). Wien: Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei. 1869. p. 338.
6. Gonda (1898). Band 3, p. 395
7. von Röll, Victor, ed. (1923). Enzyklopädie des Eisenbahnwesens (Eintrag zu Ungarischer Westbahn) (in German) (2nd ed.). Berlin / Wien: Urban & Scharzenberg. p. 71.
8. "10 Győr — Celldömölk" (PDF) (in Hungarian). 11 August 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2023.

• Gonda, Josef (1898). Geschichte der Eisenbahnen in Ungarn. Geschichte der Eisenbahnen der Oesterreichisch-Ungarischen Monarchie (in German). Vol. Band 3. Wien / Teschen / Laipzig: Karl Prochaska. pp. 355–418.

External links

• Media related to Győr–Celldömölk railway line at Wikimedia Commons