The state border–Savski Marof–Zagreb Glavni kolodvor railway ( hr, Pruga državna granica–Savski Marof-Zagreb Glavni kolodvor), officially designated as the M101 railway, is a railway line in
Croatia, connecting the nation's capital
Zagreb and its
main railway station to the
Slovene railway network west of
Savski Marof and further on with
Ljubljana.
Its route follows the
Sava Valley.
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It is an integral part of the
Pan-European Corridor X running from
Salzburg and
Ljubljana towards
Skopje and
Thessaloniki. The line is electrified and double-tracked.
The railway connects to the
M102 railway at its eastern terminus in Zagreb, linking Zagreb with railways extending north to
Budapest and east to
Belgrade
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. Furthermore, the railway connects to the
M202 linking
Rijeka
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, the
R201 to
Čakovec via
Zabok and the L102 railway to
Kumrovec. The L102 is largely unused, and only a short section extending to the village of
Harmica is in use.
The M405 railway, a short line branching off to the south between the
Zagreb Zapadni railway station
Zagreb Zapadni kolodvor ( Croatian for ''Zagreb West station'') is a railway station in the city of Zagreb
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and Zagreb Glavni kolodvor. The M405 terminates at the
Trešnjevka Trešnjevka is a neighborhood of Zagreb, Croatia. Forming one of the city's inner neighborhoods, it is located in the city's southwestern area. At approximately 15.67 km² in area and a population of slightly over 121,000, it is one of the mo ...
wye, where it connects to the M104 and M202 railways.
The Savski Marof–Zagreb railway was opened in 1862 in former
Kingdom of Croatia (Habsburg), as a part of a railway line from
Zidani Most (present day Slovenia) to
Sisak
Sisak (; hu, Sziszek ; also known by other alternative names) is a city in central Croatia, spanning the confluence of the Kupa, Sava and Odra rivers, southeast of the Croatian capital Zagreb, and is usually considered to be where the Posavin ...
. The second track was commissioned in 1944.
It was the route of the
Orient Express service from 1919 to 1977.
In the early 1990's stops in Kustošija and Gajnice were added between Zagreb West Station and Zaprešić for the needs of then newly introduced
Zagreb Commuter Rail
Zagreb Commuter Rail is the rapid transit, suburban/commuter railway network that provides mass-transit service in the city of Zagreb, Croatia and its suburbs. This suburban rail system, introduced in 1992 on the route Savski Marof - Zagreb G ...
. In the first half of 2000's, stops in Vrapče and Gajnice were reconstructed: new 160 meter long and 55 meter high southern and northern platforms were built, with adding of the canopies, ticket offices, access for people with disabilities and rest of the urban equipment.
Reconstruction of the Zagreb West Station - Savski Marof section
Between 2021 and 2022, entire 17.8 km (11.06 miles) section between the stations Zagreb West Station (excluded) and Savski Marof, very important for international freight and urban/suburban transport, was reconstructed. Reconstruction included:
* Improvement of the construction parameters of the railway to designed construction speed of a maximum of 120 km/h (74.6 mph)
* Complete restoration of the upper and lower rail structure
* Rehabilitation of the bridges ''Krapina'', ''Lužnica'' and ''Vrabeščak''
* Repair of culverts and repair of underpasses Vrapčanska and Škorpikova
* Rehabilitation of three underpasses and installation of synthetic flooding at the railway-road crossings Sokolska, Kolodvorska, Savska, Brdovec and Savski Marof
* Arrangement of buildings in Savski Marof station and Brdovec stop
* Replacement of existing platforms and landscaped areas with new ones at Zaprešić station and Kustošija, Podsused Stajalište, Zaprešić Savska and Brdovec stops
* Installation of canopies in the Kustošija, Podsused, Zaprešić Savska and Brdovec stops
* Harmonization of signaling and security and telecommunication devices
* Complete overhaul of the electrification system
See also
*
List of railways in Croatia
The following is the list of railways in Croatia as defined by the Government of Croatia in 2014. The classification groups the railways into three groups — the railways of international, regional and local significance.
Classification of rail ...
Maps
References
External links
*{{commonscat inline, Savski Marof–Zagreb railway, M101 railway (Croatia)
Railway lines in Croatia
Croatia–Slovenia border