Classic route

EuroCity Budapest–Zagreb

Budapest → Zagreb · Hungary · Croatia

The only Hungary–Croatia day train: along Balaton’s southern shore, over the Drava at Gyékényes and down through Zagorje to Zagreb.

How this line was checked

The 234 km this route shares with OpenStreetMap relation 16172735 is drawn from that relation's own nodes, thinned to within under 25 m of them
Checked against OpenStreetMap: 96.4% of this line lies within 250 m of real track (median 6 m); the longest stretch away from it is 3 km
Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits 0.1 km from the shape of IC 1206
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 EuroCity Budapest–Zagreb?

The EuroCity Budapest–Zagreb runs 340 km from Budapest to Zagreb. It runs through Hungary and Croatia.

How long does the EuroCity Budapest–Zagreb take?

The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 6 h for the 340 km. That is an average of 57 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 120 km/h.

Who runs the EuroCity Budapest–Zagreb?

MÁV and HŽPP.

How old is the EuroCity Budapest–Zagreb?

The line has been in service since 1870. 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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