Hatvan–Újszász railway

Down the Zagyva through the Jaszsag, opened on 10 March 1873 with four stations on it and electrified a century later in 1975.

MÁV numbers this line 82: a single electrified track between Hatvan and Újszász, 68 km end to end. MÁV-START regional trains take a little over an hour over the 52 km this card follows.

Stations

1. 0 kmHatvan +2
2. 10 kmJászfényszaru
3. 14 kmPusztamonostor
4. 25 kmJászberény
5. 32 kmMeggyespele
6. 35 kmPortelek
7. 41 kmJászboldogháza-Jánoshida
8. 52 kmÚjszász

The stations on this line, as the Wikipedia article lists them, in order along the line as drawn here, with the distance along it. Not every train stops at every station. A +N after a station: N other routes on this map stop or end there, and the map draws it as a station where lines meet.

How this line was checked

• Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 77374: 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 3 m from it
• Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of R 5722
• 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 Hatvan–Újszász railway?

The Hatvan–Újszász railway runs 52 km from Hatvan to Újszász.

How long does the Hatvan–Újszász railway take?

The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 1 h 06 min for the 52 km. That is an average of 47 km/h end to end.

Who runs the Hatvan–Újszász railway?

MÁV-START.

How old is the Hatvan–Újszász railway?

The line has been in service since 1873. 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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