Scenic route
Győr–Veszprém railway
Veszprém → Győr · Hungary
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The Bakonyvasút: a slow single track that leaves the Győr–Szentgotthárd line and climbs through the wooded Bakony hills to Veszprém.
How this line was checked
- The 73 km this route shares with OpenStreetMap relation 73394 is drawn from that relation's own nodes, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 4 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of R 39517
- 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 Győr–Veszprém railway?
The Győr–Veszprém railway runs 77 km from Veszprém to Győr.
How long does the Győr–Veszprém railway take?
The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 2 h 12 min for the 77 km. That is an average of 35 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 60 km/h.
Who runs the Győr–Veszprém railway?
MÁV.
How old is the Győr–Veszprém railway?
The line has been in service since 1896. 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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