Vurpăr railway station was the terminus of the

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. CFR classed the line, along with the Agnita railway line, as line 204 i ...

of the Agnita railway line in

Vurpăr Vurpăr (german: Burgberg; hu, Vurpód) is a commune in Sibiu County, Transylvania, central Romania. It is composed of a single village, Vurpăr. It lies on the Transylvanian Plateau in the central part of the county, northeast of the county ...

, Sibiu County Romania. The station still exists along with the track which has been protected.

History

The station was built by the

Hungarian State Railways Hungarian State Railways ( hu, Magyar Államvasutak, MÁV) is the Hungarian national railway company, with divisions "MÁV START Zrt." (passenger transport), "MÁV-Gépészet Zrt." (maintenance), "MÁV-Trakció Zrt." and "MÁV Cargo Zrt" (freig ...

in 1910 who operated it until 1919 when Transylvania became part of Romania. After a decline in usage across the whole line the route eventually closed in 1993.

Future

Plans exist to reopen part of the line after it was protected in 2008. The local group ''Asociația Prietenii Mocăniței'' has taken on the task of restoring the route which has already restored a section of the line.

References

Defunct railway stations in Romania Former Agnita railway line stations Railway stations opened in 1910 Railway stations closed in 1993 1910 establishments in Austria-Hungary 1993 disestablishments in Romania Railway stations in Romania opened in the 20th century {{Romania-railstation-stub