L202 railway (Croatia)
| L202 railway | |
|---|---|
| Overview | |
| Status | Active |
| Owner | HŽ Infrastruktura |
| Locale | Krapina-Zagorje County, Croatia |
| Service | |
| Type | Local rail |
| Operator(s) | Croatian Railways |
| History | |
| Opened | June 18, 1916 |
| Technical | |
| Line length | 10.823 km (6.725 mi) |
| Number of tracks | 1 |
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge |
| Electrification | No |
| Operating speed | Up to 60 km/h (37 mph) |
The Hum Lug-Gornja Stubica railway, officially designated as the L202 railway, is a 10.823 km (6.725 mi) railway line of local significance in Croatia that connects the east terminus station Gornja Stubica, along with the halts Donja Stubica, Stubičke Toplice and Oroslavje, with the R201 railway corridor (Zaprešić-Čakovec) in Hum Lug.
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The line, opened in 1916 in former Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia (present day Croatia), is single tracked and non-electrified just like the rest of railway corridors in Krapina-Zagorje County. Trains that operate on this line have their 17 minutes run between stations Gornja Stubica and Zabok, using the corridor R201 for about 2 kilometers between Hum Lug and Zabok, where passengers make connections with the trains running on R201 and L203 (Zabok-Krapina-Đurmanec-state border) corridors. Last reconstruction of this corridor took place in the mid-2000s,[1] which resulted in increasing of maximum speed for passenger trains to 60 km/h and reducing of the riding time on entire route between Hum Lug and Gornja Stubica.[2]
In the present, line is used exclusively for passenger purposes. Introduction of diesel-motor trains on this route began in 1980s and from early 1990s they have been operating passenger services exclusively. Excursion trains operate a few times a year as a transport for local manifestations along the route.