Vurpăr branch line

The Vurpăr branch line was a narrow-gauge rail line Sibiu County, Romania. Originally it stretched from Cornăţel on the Agnita railway line to the terminus in Vurpăr.[2] CFR classed the line, along with the Agnita railway line, as line 204 in the last years of operation. The Sibiu Steam Locomotives Museum holds locomotives used on the lines.

Vurpăr branch line
The Agnita line joining the mainline.
Overview
TypeNarrow-gauge
SystemCăile Ferate Române
StatusClosed
LocaleSibiu County,
Romania
TerminiCornăţel
Vurpăr
Stations2
Operation
Opened1910
Closed1993
OwnerCFR Infrastructură
Operator(s)CFR Călători[1]
CharacterRural Branch line
Technical
Line length12.45 km (7.74 mi)
Number of tracks1
Route map
Agnita railway line & Vurpăr branch map
Mainline 300 to Sighișoara
Angofa
Șaeș
Șaeș
Șaeș
Apold
Brădeni
Mureș County
Sibiu County
Netuș
Iacobeni
Stejărișu
Ruja
Agnita
Coveș
Coveș
Vărd
Benești
Alțâna
Nocrich
Vurpăr
Țichindeal
Roșia
Hosman
Cornățel
Cașolț
Bolovani
Mainline 200 to Sibiu

History

The line was originally opened by the Sighisoara - Sibiu Local Railways Company in 1910.[3] As the line originally lay within Hungary, the Hungarian State Railways operated services until 1919 (when Transylvania became part of Romania). CFR then continued to operate services until closure in 1993.[4]

Reopening

Societatea Feroviară de Turism (SFT) originally planned to reopen the line as a tourist route but plans where shelved in 2006. After threats from CFR Infrastructură that track would be lifted all the rail infrastructure became protected as a historic monument in 2008. Currently there is an active project called Asociația Prietenii Mocăniței ("Friends of the Narrow-gauge railway") and aimed at restoring the line for tourist operation along with the Agnita railway line.[5]

Bibliography

  • Lacriţeanu, Șerban (1995). "The Narrow Gauge Lines of the Romanian State Railway (CFR)". In Keith Chester (ed.). East European narrow gauge. Clevedon (UK): Channel View Publications. pp. 82–94. ISBN 1-873150-04-0.
  • Engelbert, Paul (2011). Schmalspurig durch Ungarn II: die ehemals ungarischen Gebiete (in German). Malmö: Stenvalls. ISBN 978-91-7266-177-6.

References

  1. "CFR Interactive Map". Retrieved 9 August 2015.
  2. "Beyond The Forest (Narrow-gauge)". Retrieved 9 August 2015.
  3. Lacriţeanu 1995, 86
  4. Engelbert 2011, 136
  5. "Sibiu Agnita railway Society". Retrieved 9 August 2015.
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