The state border–Botovo–Koprivnica–Dugo Selo railway, officially designated the M201 railway, is a

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 in

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that connects the Croatian city of

Dugo Selo Dugo Selo is a town in Zagreb County, Croatia. Geography Dugo Selo (lit. ''Long Village'') is a 20 km drive from Zagreb city centre. The town covers an area of 51 km² and it consists of numerous settlements. The summit of the hill M ...

, situated east of national capital

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, with the Hungarian rail network. It is part of the Pan-European Corridor V, branch b, which runs from

Rijeka Rijeka ( , , ; also known as Fiume hu, Fiume, it, Fiume ; local Chakavian: ''Reka''; german: Sankt Veit am Flaum; sl, Reka) is the principal seaport and the third-largest city in Croatia (after Zagreb and Split). It is located in Primor ...

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. The line is fully electrified and mostly single-tracked. In Dugo Selo, the southern terminus of the railway, the line connects to the M102 line to Zagreb and the M103 to

Novska Novska is a town in the Sisak-Moslavina County of Croatia. It is located in western part of the historic region of Slavonia, between Kutina and Nova Gradiška, linear distance southeast of the capital, Zagreb. Demographics Novska has a total pop ...

and

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. Further junctions exist in

Križevci Križevci (; la, Crisium; hu, Kőrös ; german: Kreutz ) is a city in central Croatia with a total population of 21,122 and with 11,231 in the city itself (2011), the oldest city in its county, the Koprivnica-Križevci County. History The f ...

and

Koprivnica Koprivnica () is a city in Northern Croatia, located 70 kilometers northeast of Zagreb. It is the capital and the largest city of the Koprivnica-Križevci county. In 2011, the city's administrative area of 90.94 km2 had a total popu ...

, to railways L204 and R202 respectively. Reconstruction of the

-Krizevci sub-section started in 2015 and is expected to be finished before 2024, together with the sub-section between

and Croatian-Hungarian border, reconstruction of which started in 2020. Once finished, both sub-sections will be

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and upgraded to hold a maximum speed of 160 kilometers per hour.HŽ Infrastrukura documents

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