Heritage route
Mocănița Sovata
Sovata → Câmpu Cetății · Romania
Mocănița Sovata in pictures
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- Distance
- 14 km
- Fastest time
- ~1 h
- Average speed
- 14 km/h
- Top speed
- 25 km/h
- Operator
- CFI (Calea Ferată Îngustă)
- Countries
- Romania
- In service since
- 1915
- Train
- Chrzanów Las steam (1949) · open cars
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
From the spa resort of Sovata a 1949 Chrzanów steam engine hauls open cars to Câmpu Cetății — a rescued shard of the 82 km Târgu Mureș–Praid line of 1915.
How this line was checked
- The 13 km this route shares with OpenStreetMap relation 12458162 is drawn from that relation's own nodes, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: 77.6% of this line lies within 250 m of real track (median 6 m); the longest stretch away from it is 3.5 km
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
How long is the Mocănița Sovata?
The Mocănița Sovata runs 14 km from Sovata to Câmpu Cetății.
How long does the Mocănița Sovata take?
The fastest scheduled journey is ~1 h for the 14 km. That is an average of 14 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 25 km/h.
Who runs the Mocănița Sovata?
CFI (Calea Ferată Îngustă), with Chrzanów Las steam (1949), open cars.
How old is the Mocănița Sovata?
The line has been in service since 1915. 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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