Pragersko–Središče Railway Explained

The Pragersko–Središče Railway is a 51.888km (32.242miles) long railway in Slovenia that connects the Slovenian town Pragersko with the Croatian railway network west of Čakovec. The 40.273km (25.024miles) Pragersko-Ormož section of the railway, officially designated as railway number 40 is part of the Pan-European Corridor V, which runs from Venice to Kyiv. The remaining 11.615km (07.217miles) between Ormož and Croatian–Slovene border east of Središče ob Dravi is classified as line number 44.^[1] The railway is mostly single-tracked and non-electrified.^[2]

History

The construction of this railway was planned by the Emperor-Franz-Joseph Orient-Railway, which was merged in 1858 with the Austrian Southern Railway Company.^[3] On 24 April 1860, it was opened for traffic by the Southern Railway as a part of the railway from Kanizsa to Pragerhof.^[4]

References

• Book: Dietrich, Herbert . Die Südbahn und ihre Vorläufer . Bohmen Verlag . 1994 . Wien . de.
• Book: Strach, Hermann . Geschichte der Eisenbahnen Oesterreich-Ungarns von den ersten Anfängen bis zum Jahre 1867 . Karl Prochaska . 1898 . Geschichte der Eisenbahnen der Oesterreichisch-Ungarischen Monarchie . Band 1.1 . Wien / Teschen / Leipzig . 73–503 . de.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tabular Overview of the Main and Regional Railways and Associated Categories of the Railways. Tabelarični prikaz glavnih in regionalnih prog ter pripadajoča kategorija prog. Slovenian.
2. http://www.hzinfra.hr/network-statement02 2014 HŽ network statement
3. Book: Enzyklopädie des Eisenbahnwesens (Eintrag zu "Kaiser-Franz-Joseph-Orientbahn") . Urban & Scharzenberg . 1914 . Viktor von Röll . 2nd . Berlin / Wien . 316 . de.
4. Strach (1898) v1.1, pp. 409, 410