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 megye
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

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]

Pictures
  • The line
    The line
  • The old line before renovation
    The old line before renovation
  • Near Kunszállás with double track
    Near Kunszállás with double track

Railway stations

References
  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.
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