The Pragersko–Središče Railway is a long

railway Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of ...

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that connects the Slovenian town

Pragersko Pragersko (, in older sources ''Pragarsko'', ) is a small town in the Municipality of Slovenska Bistrica in northeastern Slovenia. History The former Austrian Southern Railway from Vienna to Ljubljana and Sežana runs through the settlement. It w ...

with the Croatian railway network west of

Čakovec Čakovec (; ; ; ) is a city in Northern Croatia, located around north of Zagreb, the Croatian capital, and close to the borders with Slovenia and Hungary. Čakovec is both the county seat and the largest city of Međimurje County, the northernmo ...

. The Pragersko-

Ormož Ormož (; in older sources , , , Prekmurje Slovene: ''Ormošd'') is a town in the traditional region of Prlekija, part of Styria (Slovenia), Styria, in northeastern Slovenia. It lies on the left bank of the Drava, Drava River and borders with Croa ...

section of the railway, officially designated as railway number 40 is part of the Pan-European Corridor V, which runs from

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. The remaining between Ormož and Croatian–Slovene border east of

Središče ob Dravi Središče ob Dravi (, ''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 4: ''Štajersko''. 1904. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 230.) is a town in northeastern Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipali ...

is classified as line number 44. The railway is mostly single-tracked and non-electrified.2014 HŽ network statement

History

The construction of this railway was planned by the Emperor-Franz-Joseph Orient-Railway, which was merged in 1858 with the

Austrian Southern Railway Company The Südbahn-Gesellschaft (literally ''South Railway Company'') was an Austrian corporation that built and operated numerous railway lines in the Austrian empire, Austria-Hungary (after 1867) and for some time in Austria, Hungary, and the Kingd ...

. On 24 April 1860, it was opened for traffic by the Southern Railway as a part of the railway from Kanizsa to Pragerhof.Strach (1898) v1.1, pp. 409, 410

Gallery

Image:Pragersko-train station.jpg, Pragersko railway station Image:Ormoz-train station.jpg, Ormož railway station

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External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pragersko-Sredisce Railway Railway lines in Slovenia Cross-border railway lines in Croatia Cross-border railway lines in Slovenia