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The Hum Lug-Gornja Stubica railway, officially designated as the L202 railway, is a 10.823 km (6.725 mi) 
railway
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...
line of local significance in Croatia
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that connects corridor's east terminus Gornja Stubica
Gornja Stubica () is a village and municipality in Krapina-Zagorje County, Croatia. According to the 2011 census, it has 5,284 inhabitants. The absolute majority of them are Croats.
Gornja Stubica is twinned with:
* Slovenske Konjice
Slovens ...
, along with the halts Donja Stubica
Donja Stubica () is a town in Croatia, about northeast of Zagreb on the northern slope of Medvednica. It is connected by the state road D307 and L202 railway. The total population is 5,680, with 2,200 people in Donja Stubica itself (census 201 ...
, Stubičke Toplice and Oroslavje
Oroslavje () is a town and municipality in Krapina-Zagorje County in Croatia.
Oroslavje is often referred to as The Gate of Croatian Zagorje (''Vrata Hrvatskog zagorja'') because of its geographical position and its proximity to The City of Za ...
, with the R201 railway corridor (Zaprešić
Zaprešić () is a town in Hrvatsko zagorje, Zagreb County in Croatia. It has a population of 19,644 inhabitants in the town proper, with 25,223 in the administrative area. The town's metropolitan area, which encompasses the seven neighbouring m ...
-Čakovec
Čakovec (; hu, Csáktornya; la, Aquama; german: Tschakathurn) is a city in northern Croatia, located around north of Zagreb, the Croatian capital. Čakovec is both the county seat and the largest city of Međimurje County, the northernmost, sm ...
) in Hum Lug.
The line, opened in 1916 in former Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia
The Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia ( hr, Kraljevina Hrvatska i Slavonija; hu, Horvát-Szlavónország or ; de-AT, Königreich Kroatien und Slawonien) was a nominally autonomous kingdom and constitutionally defined separate political nation with ...
(present-day Croatia), is single-tracked and non-electrified
Electrification is the process of powering by electricity and, in many contexts, the introduction of such power by changing over from an earlier power source.
The broad meaning of the term, such as in the history of technology, economic history ...
. Trains that operate on this line have their roughly 15 minutes run between stations Gornja Stubica and Zabok
Zabok is a town and situated in northwest Croatia in the Krapina-Zagorje County. According to the 2011 census, it has a total population of 8,994, with 2,714 in Zabok itself. Zabok is situated on the main crossroads in the heart of Hrvatsko Zag ...
, using the corridor R201 for about 2 kilometers between Hum Lug and Zabok, where connections with the trains running on R201 and R106 (Zabok-Krapina
Krapina (; hu, Korpona) is a town in northern Croatia and the administrative centre of Krapina-Zagorje County with a population of 4,482 (2011) and a total municipality population of 12,480 (2011). Krapina is located in the hilly Zagorje region ...
-Đurmanec
Đurmanec is a municipality in the Krapina-Zagorje County in Croatia. According to the 2011 census, there are 4,235 inhabitants in the area, absolute majority of which are Croats
The Croats (; hr, Hrvati ) are a South Slavic ethnic gro ...
-state border) corridors are made. The most recent reconstruction of this corridor took place in the mid-2000s, which resulted in increasing of maximum operating speed for passenger trains to 60 km/h and reducing of riding time on the entire route.{{Cite web, url=http://www.hzpp.hr/voznired, title=HŽ Putnički prijevoz
Introduction of diesel-motor trains on the route began in the 1980s and from the early 1990's they have been operating passenger services exclusively, replacing compositions made of two-axle cars powered by steam
Steam is a substance containing water in the gas phase, and sometimes also an aerosol of liquid water droplets, or air. This may occur due to evaporation or due to boiling, where heat is applied until water reaches the enthalpy of vaporization ...
and later diesel
Diesel may refer to:
* Diesel engine, an internal combustion engine where ignition is caused by compression
* Diesel fuel, a liquid fuel used in diesel engines
* Diesel locomotive, a railway locomotive in which the prime mover is a diesel engin ...
locomotives. Excursion train
An excursion train is a chartered train run for a special event or purpose. Examples are trains to major sporting event, trains run for railfans or tourists, and special trains operated by the railway company for employees and prominent customer ...
s operate a couple of times a year as a transport for local manifestations held in towns along the route.
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