Heritage route
Čierny Hron Forest Railway
Hronec → Dobroč · Slovakia
One of Europe’s last steam-worked forestry railways: its branch to Dobroč runs straight through the middle of a village football pitch.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 16682751 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 4 m from it
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: Čiernohronská železnica — a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the Čierny Hron Forest Railway?
The Čierny Hron Forest Railway runs 17 km from Hronec to Dobroč.
How long does the Čierny Hron Forest Railway take?
The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 1 h 10 min for the 17 km. That is an average of 15 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 15 km/h.
Who runs the Čierny Hron Forest Railway?
Čiernohronská železnica, with 0-8-0T steam locomotive, Rába diesel railcar.
How old is the Čierny Hron Forest Railway?
The line has been in service since 1909. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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