Coveș railway station was a station on the Agnita railway line in Coveș,

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. The station still exists along with the track which has been protected.

History

The station was built by the

Hungarian State Railways The Hungarian State Railways (, , formally MÁV Magyar Államvasutak Zártkörűen Működő Részvénytársaság (MÁV Zrt.). The full official name of the company is MÁV-csoport () now commonly known as MÁV) is the Hungary, Hungarian natio ...

in 1910 who operated it until 1919 when

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became part of Romania. After a decline in usage across the whole line and subsequent curtailing of the route in the 60s and 90s the station closed in 2001.

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 in Romania closed in 2001 1910 establishments in Austria-Hungary Railway stations in Romania opened in 1910 {{Romania-railstation-stub