EN Ister

Retraces the original 1883 Orient Express alignment through Transylvania’s castles and the Carpathian passes.

Stations

1. 0 kmBudapest-Keleti
2. 99 kmSzolnok
3. 127 kmKétpó
4. 139 kmMezőtúr
5. 158 kmGyoma
6. 178 kmMezőberény
7. Show 14 more stations

   1. 184 kmMurony
   2. 195 kmBékéscsaba
   3. 224 kmLőkösháza
   4. 235 kmCurtici
   5. 252 kmArad
   6. 309 kmTimișoara Nord
   7. 368 kmLugoj
   8. 407 kmCaransebeș
   9. 478 kmBăile Herculane
   10. 495 kmOrsova
   11. 519 kmDrobeta Turnu Severin
   12. 538 kmBalota
   13. 570 kmStrehaia halta
   14. 596 kmFiliași
8. 632 kmCraiova
9. 685 kmCaracal
10. 740 kmRoșiori Nord
11. 790 kmVidele
12. 840 kmGara de Nord

The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them.

How this line was checked

• Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 16228089 — 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 6 m from it
• Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line passes within 104 m of every station IC 73 calls at (the planner's own shape was too coarse to measure a line against)
• 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 EN Ister?

The EN Ister runs 874 km from Budapest to Bucharest. It runs through Hungary and Romania.

How long does the EN Ister take?

The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 16 h for the 874 km. That is an average of 55 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 160 km/h.

Who runs the EN Ister?

MÁV and CFR, with CFR sleepers, couchettes.

How old is the EN Ister?

The line has been in service since 1883. 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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