Classic route
Vác–Balassagyarmat railway
Balassagyarmat → Vác · Hungary
Two railways meet at Drégelypalánk: the Ipoly valley line reached Balassagyarmat on 15 August 1891, and the line south through the Börzsöny to Vác carried its first train on 11 July 1909.
- Distance
- 68 km
- Fastest time
- 2 h 5 min
- Average speed
- 33 km/h
Stations
- 0 kmBalassagyarmat
- 8 kmIpolyszög
- 10 kmDejtár
- 17 kmIpolyvece
- 21 kmDrégelypalánk
- 23 kmDrégely
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- 25 kmSáferkút
- 29 kmDrégelyvár
- 31 kmNagyoroszi
- 35 kmBorsosberény
- 41 kmDiósjenő
- 45 kmNógrád
- 48 kmBerkenye
- 55 kmSzokolya
- 57 kmMagyarkút
- 60 kmMagyarkút-Verőce
- 62 kmFenyveshegy
- 67 kmKisvác
- 69 kmVác +2
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. 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 4522196: 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 32249
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
Questions and answers
How long is the Vác–Balassagyarmat railway?
The Vác–Balassagyarmat railway runs 68 km from Balassagyarmat to Vác.
How long does the Vác–Balassagyarmat railway take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 2 h 5 min for the 68 km. That is an average of 33 km/h end to end.
Who runs the Vác–Balassagyarmat railway?
MÁV-Start, with R 32249.
How old is the Vác–Balassagyarmat railway?
The line has been in service since 1909. 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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