Heritage route
Mátravasút (Mátra Forest Railway)
Gyöngyös → Mátrafüred · Hungary
Seven-sixty gauge out of Gyöngyös into the Mátra hills: a 1920s timber railway carrying holidaymakers to Mátrafüred behind an Mk48 in open-sided coaches.
Stations
- 0 kmMátrafüred
- 1 kmMátrafüred alsó
- 2 kmPipishegy
- 3 kmFarkasmály
- 4 kmNyúlmály
- 6 kmFelsőújváros
- 6 kmGyöngyös
The stations OpenStreetMap maps along this line, in order along the line as drawn here, with the distance along it. Not every train stops at every station.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 1804277 — 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
Questions and answers
How long is the Mátravasút (Mátra Forest Railway)?
The Mátravasút (Mátra Forest Railway) runs 6 km from Gyöngyös to Mátrafüred.
How long does the Mátravasút (Mátra Forest Railway) take?
The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 21 min for the 6 km. That is an average of 17 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 20 km/h.
Who runs the Mátravasút (Mátra Forest Railway)?
Egererdő Zrt., with Mk48 diesel locomotive, open-sided carriages.
How old is the Mátravasút (Mátra Forest Railway)?
The line has been in service since 1926. 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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