Cegléd–Szeged railway

Cegléd–Szeged railway line is the number 140 line of the MÁV. It is a simple/double track, electrified track. It goes on as Line number 100, which connects Budapest or Szolnok, Debrecen, Nyíregyháza. The line from Cegléd to Szeged is 118 km long.

Cegléd–Szeged
railway
Szeged állomás
Overview
Line number140
Technical
Line length118 km
Track gauge1435 mm
Electrification25 kV 50 Hz AC
Operating speed120 (100) max.
Route map

0
Cegléd
Line 100a
3
Ceglédi szállások
11
Nyársapát
18
Nagykőrös
Border of Pest and Bács-Kiskun Counties
Fekete
27
Katonatelep
33
Kecskemét
142, 152
146
Parasztfőiskola[1]
Kiskunfélegyházi út
45
Városföld
49
Kunszállás
542-es főút
145
58
Kiskunfélegyháza
155 / 147
542-es főút
66
Selymes
71
Petőfiszállás
74
Petőfiszállási tanyák
Bács-Kiskun megye / Csongrád-Csanád vármegye
80
Csengele
83
Kisteleki szőlők
89
Kistelek
93
Kapitányság
96
Balástya[2]
98
Őszeszék
101
Vilmaszállás
104
Szatymaz
105
Jánosszállás
M43 motorway
Kettőshatár
113
Kiskundorozsma
136 / 135
116
Szeged-Rendező
118
Szeged
disruptive Szeged Tisza bridge
Újszeged[3]
121

History

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After Pest had been connected with the railway northwards, it was also considered constructing railways in the southeastern direction. In 1846, a private company was founded in Szeged, associating itself with the Hungarian Central Railway, for the purpose of building a new railway from Cegléd via Kecskemét, Szeged to Temesvár. At the end of 1847, the most plan was once complete with the estimated budget. In May 1850, the company sent a deputation to Vienna in order to request the national financial support. The trade minister guaranteed the construction of the railway at the public expense and assigned Ghega to examine the plan and the financial report. Through the resolution of 5 May 1851, the section Cegléd–Szeged was arranged to be constructed at the public expense. On 3 September 1853, the section Cegléd–Félegyháza, and on 4 March 1854, the section Félegyháza–Szeged was respectively opened for traffic. For connection with the Banat, the railway bridge had to be built on the Tisa.[4]

With the acquisition of the State Railway Company (StEG) in 1855, the railway became part of it. On the other hand, the section Szeged–Temesvár was then on the construction. According to the document of the concession, the state was under the duty to construct the rest section to the end.[5]

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Railway stations

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References

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  1. ^ Old name: Kecskeméti Mezőgazdasági Szakiskola
  2. ^ Old name: Szeged-felsőtanya.
  3. ^ Újszeged railway station
  4. ^ H. Sprach (1898) v1.1, pp. 309, 310
  5. ^ H. Sprach (1898) v1.1, pp. 322, 323
  • Heinersdorff, Richard (1975). Die k. und k. previlegierten Eisenbahnen der österreichisch-ungarischen Mobarchie 1828-1918 (in German). Wien u. a.: Molden. ISBN 3-217-00571-6.
  • Strach, Hermann (1898). Geschichte der Eisenbahnen Oesterreich-Ungarns von den ersten Anfängen bis zum Jahre 1867. Geschichte der Eisenbahnen der Oesterreichisch-Ungarischen Monarchie (in German). Vol. Band 1.1. Wien / Teschen / Leipzig: Karl Prochaska. pp. 73–503.