Budapest–Hegyeshalom railway line

Budapest–Hegyeshalom
Budapest–Hegyeshalom
	The Budapest–Hegyeshalom railway line is indicated in red. This map includes the connecting line from Hegyeshalom to Rajka, on the Slovak frontier.
Overview
Owner	Hungarian State Railways
Line number	1
Termini	Budapest Keleti; Hegyeshalom;
Technical
Line length	185.1 km (115.0 mi)
Number of tracks	2
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	25 kV 50 Hz AC
Route map
Route map
	Legend
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The Budapest–Hegyeshalom railway line is a major east–west railway line in Hungary. It runs 185.1 kilometres (115.0 mi) from Budapest Keleti station, one of the three principal terminals in Budapest, to Hegyeshalom, near the frontier with Austria. The line is double-tracked, electrified, and carries significant domestic and international traffic. Hungarian State Railways owns and operates the line.

Route

The Budapest–Hegyeshalom railway line originates at Budapest Keleti station, one of the three principal passenger terminals in Budapest. From there, the line makes a clockwise circle, crossing the Danube at Ferencváros and connecting with the Budapest–Székesfehérvár railway line [hu] at Kelenföld. Major junctions along the line include Tatabánya, Komárom [hu] and Győr. At Hegyeshalom, the line connects with the Eastern Railway, which continues into Austria. A branch line, the Bratislava–Hegyeshalom railway line [de], turns north to serve Bratislava via Rajka.^[1]

Operation

The Budapest–Hegyeshalom railway line carries a significant number of domestic and international trains. Railjet and EuroCity trains operating via Budapest Keleti serve München Hauptbahnhof, Zürich Hauptbahnhof, Wien Hauptbahnhof, Chop, and Cluj Napoca. InterCity trains run regularly between Tatabánya and Csorna [hu] or Sopron [hu]. The S10 and S12 of the suburban network in Budapest originate from Budapest Déli station and provide local service over the line between Kelenföld and Győr.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b "Vonalpontok listája" [List of line points] (in Hungarian). Retrieved 29 October 2023.
^ "1 Budapest — Hegyeshalom — Rajka" (PDF) (in Hungarian). MÁV START. 17 August 2023. Retrieved 30 October 2023.

External links

Media related to Budapest–Hegyeshalom–Rajka railway line at Wikimedia Commons

[kapella2-1] "Vonalpontok listája" [List of line points] (in Hungarian). Retrieved 29 October 2023.

[2] "1 Budapest — Hegyeshalom — Rajka" (PDF) (in Hungarian). MÁV START. 17 August 2023. Retrieved 30 October 2023.

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MÁV/GYSEV railways	1 1a 2 4 5 5b 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 29 30 30a 30b 35 36 37 38 39 40 40a 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 60 61 62 64 65 66 70 71 75 76 77 78 80 80a 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 87a 88 89 90 92 94 95 98 100 100a 101 102 103 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 120a 121 125 125a 126 127 128 129 130 135 136 140 142 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 151a 152 153 154 155
BHÉV	Szentendrei HÉV Csepeli HÉV Ráckevei HÉV Gödöllői HÉV
Other	Budapest Cog-wheel Railway Skanzenvasút Burma railway
Proposed	V0 railway