Trip to Hungary and Slovakia - April & May 2002
via Austria, and briefly including Ukraine and Romania
Operating Company Abbreviations:
- CFR - Compania Naţională de Căi Ferate (Romanian Railways)
- DphmB - Dopravný podnik hl. mesta Bratislavy (Bratislava public transport operator)
- DpmP - Dopravný podnik mesta Prešova (Prešov public transport operator)
- DpmŽ - Dopravný podnik mesta Žiliny (Žilina public transport operator)
- MÁV - Magyar Államvasutak (Hungarian Railways)
- ÖBB - Österreichische Bundesbahnen (Austrian Federal Ralways)
- UZ - Ukraïnska Zaliznytsia (Ukraine Railways)
- ŽSR - Železnice Slovenskej republiky (Slovak Republic Railways)
| Place | Arrive | Depart | Train | Traction details & notes |
Friday 26th April 2002
| Timperley | 04:53 | Taxi | ||
| Manchester Airport (MAN) | 05:03 | 06:25 | LX387 | Swiss Embraer RJ145 HB-JAW |
| Zürich Airport (ZRH) | 09:30 | 11:50 | LX1578 | Swiss Airbus A319 HB-IPU |
| Vienna Airport (VIE) | 13:10 | 14:04 | 'S7' | ÖBB EMU 4020 017 set |
| via east side of Zvbf yard to Simmering Ostbahn station | ||||
| Wien Südbf | 14:31 | 14:32 | '18' | trams 4713 + 1254 |
| Wien Westbf | 14:49 | 16:03 | EC25 | ÖBB EL 1014 005-1 |
| via Maxing - Oberlaa - Hegyeshalom - Almásfüzitő avoiding line | ||||
| Budapest Déli pu | 18:43 | arr 7 late | ||
| Déli pályaudvar | 18:58 | 'red' | metro | |
| Blaho Lujha tér | 19:09 | |||
| New passenger track today: Klein Schwechat - Simmering Ostbahn via Zvbf east side, Almásfüzitő avoiding line | ||||
| Overnight at Hotel Metropol, Rákoczi ut, Budapest | ||||
Saturday 27th April 2002
| Budapest Keleti pu | 09:40 | special | MÁV DR Bzmot 300 | |
| via Kőbánya Felső north side (rev) - Kőbánya-Teher - Rákosrendező - Dunakeszi (10:08) - into Bombardier carriage works [Dunakeszi Járműjavító], including on a traverser (rev) - Dunakeszi (11:03) - Rákospalota-Újpest - Rákosszentmihály - Kőbánya Felső - Budapest-Józsefváros (south side sidings) (rev) - into locomotive works [Északi Járműjavító] (rev 11:50/12:14) - Budapest-Józsefváros (south side sidings) (rev) - long curve - Budapest-Ferencváros - Budapest-Soroksári út (rev 12:36/12:40) - Budapest-Ferencváros - Kőbánya Felső - diveunder route - Rákos (13:02) - Rákoskeresztúr private sidings on north side of main line (timber sidings, chemical works, airfield; 7 reversals) - Rákos (14:13) - Kőbánya Felső - Kőbánya-Teher | ||||
| Budapest Nyugati pu | 14:29 | 14:40 | IC16626 | MÁV EL V63 027 |
| via Nagykáta - Szolnok | ||||
| Debrecen | 17:35 | 17:50 | ('1') | tram-replacement bus HDZ-104 due to engineering works |
| Dósa Nádor tér | 17:56 | |||
| Kossuth tér | 18:30 | '1' | tram 504 via north town loop | |
| outside hotel | 18:52 | |||
| New passenger track today: Rákos - Nagykáta - Szolnok - Debrecen | ||||
| Overnight at Civis Hotel Kalvin, Kalvin tér 4, Debrecen | ||||
Sunday 28th April 2002
| Debrecen Plaza | 06:39 | '31' | bus | |
| Nagyallamos | 06:46 | |||
| Debrecen | 07:25 | MÁV DMU Btx + 3C + MDmot3029 + Btx + 4C + MDmot3025 | ||
| * Sáránd | 07:44 | 07:54 | MÁV DMU Btx + 4C + MDmot3025 | |
| Létavertés | 08:22 | 08:53 | MÁV DMU MDmot3025 + 4C + Btx | |
| Debrecen | 09:40 | 09:55 | special | MÁV DR Bzmot 358 |
| via Tócóvölgy (10:01) - junction (rev) - BIOGAL works (rev 10:40/10:45) - junction (rev) - Tócóvölgy (11:09) - Debrecen (11:17) - shunt via north end into south side of yard - DEKO-Food siding (11:49/11:50) - shunt - Debrecen (12:22 [54 late]) - Apafa - Téglás - shunt to works [Hajdúsági Iparművek] - Apafa (rev 14:17/14:19 [106 late]) - Nyíradony (delayed waiting to cross service train) - Nyírgelse - (delayed waiting to cross service train) Nyírbátor (15:44) - shunt to Kelet-Magyarországi Agrárcentrum | ||||
| * Nyírbátor | 16:59 | 17:10 | MÁV DL M62 240 (pathing move) + DR Bzmot 358 | |
| * Mátészalka | 17:36 | 17:50 | MÁV DR Bzmot 358 [arr 123 late] | |
| via Ágerdőmajor line (rev) - "Intertram" storage depot sidings (rev 18:01/18:03) - Ágerdőmajor line (rev) -Mátészalka (18:19/18:35) - ESZAT sidings (rev 18:43/18:46) - Mátészalka (19:00/19:10) - Szabolcs (rev) -Szabolcs-Gabona sidings (rev 19:20/19:22) - Fertiliser siding (rev 19:27/19:29) - Mátészalka (rev 19:40/19:43 [173 late]) - Vásárosnamény (rev 20:09/20:14) - Wink-A. sidings (rev 20:26/20:28) - Vásárosnamény (rev 20:40/20:50 [130 late] | ||||
| Nyíregháza | 20:09 | arr approx 22:00 | ||
| New passenger track today: Debrecen - Sáránd - Létavertés, Debrecen - Tócóvölgy, Debrecen - Apafa - Nyíradony - Nyírbátor - Máészalka, Mátészalka - Vásárosnamény, Vásárosnamény - Nyíregháza | ||||
| Overnight at Hotel Central, Nyíregháza | ||||
Monday 29th April 2002
| Hotel Central | 06:50 | special | bus ANT-611 | |
| Eperjeske Rendező pu | 07:54 | 08:16 | special | UZ DL 4M33-1867 + 1C (Lvov General Manager's saloon) (broad gauge) |
| via freight-only border crossing into Ukraine - Solovka (08:30 CET/10:30 EET) - Batyevo (10:51) - Berehovo (11:44) - Borzhava (11:59/shunt into loop to cross service train/12:18) (photo) - Vilok (12:33/12:40) (photo photo) - Vinogradov (13:07) (photo) - Djakovo (14:00/14:06) - freight-only border crossing into Romania (14:14/14:59) | ||||
| Halmeu | 15:11 | 15:23 | CFR DL 80 0245-5 dep 20 late waiting for our border formalities | |
| Satu Mare | 16:13 | 17:02 | CFR DL 62 1130-4 (photo) | |
| Carei | 17:34 | 18:26 | special | CFR DL 81 0395-4 |
| via shunt into disused sidings | ||||
| Carei | 19:07 | 19:40 | MÁV DR Bzmot 351 from EET to CET (photo) | |
| via special arrangement - normally only available to local residents - Ágerdőmajor 18:57/19:17) | ||||
| Mátészalka | 19:57 | 20:05 | special | bus HFF-917 |
| near hotel | 20:58 | |||
| New passenger track today: Batyevo - Berehovo - Vinogradov, Halmeu - Satu Mare - Carei, Carei - Ágerdőmajor - Mátészalka | ||||
| Overnight at Hotel Central, Nyíregháza | ||||
Tuesday 30th April 2002
| Hotel Central | 06:45 | taxi | ||
| Nyíregháza | 06:51 | 07:15 | special | MÁV DR Bzmot 386 |
| via Fényeslikte - yard departure lines - Fényeslikte Déli Rendező (08:05/08:12) - Komoró - shunt to timber transfer sidings (2 sets) - shunt to Komoró oil transfer sidings - Eperjeske-Átrakó pu - shunt to standard gauge limit - shunt to coal/ore unloading area (photo available) - shunt to Tékisz Rt logistics centre (bus tour and reception 10:30/11:16) - shunt to Taurus Carbonpack Kft transfer sidings - Komoró north end (11:52) - Tuzsér - curve to Eperjeske Rendező - south side - east end (rev 12:24/28) - curve to Mándok (rev in station 12:38/12:45) - Záhony (reception by Záhony port directorate 13:05/13:40) - shunt onto former through route towards Tiszaszentmárton - Záhony - near bogie change shed for demonstration - Tiszabezdéd end of sidings (rev 14:39/14:43) - Záhony (rev 15:00/15:07 [10 early]) - Kisvárda - curve avoiding Nyíregháza - Nyírtelek - shunt to military stores depot (rev 16:32/16:39) - Nyírtelek (rev 16:51/16:53) - Görögszállás - Tiszalök (17:32/shunt onto service train) | ||||
| Tiszalök | 18:17 | 39125 | MÁV DR Bzmot 385 + 2T + 386 dep 4 late | |
| Nyíregháza | 19:08 | arr 9 late | ||
| New passenger track today: Nyíregháza - Záhony, Mándok - Záhony, Nyíregháza - Görögszállás - Tiszalök | ||||
| Overnight at Hotel Central, Nyíregháza | ||||
Wednesday 1st May 2002
| Nyíregháza | 08:09 | MÁV EL V63 031 | ||
| Felsőzsolca | 09:45 | 10:06 | special | MÁV DR Bzmot 318 |
| via shunts into sidings at north-east end of station (Srong Mibet, MTM [P.Way depot], ÉPTEK [steel wire]) - Felsőzsolca (11:05) - Miskolc Tiszai pu - Nyékládháza - Lasselsberger siding (rev 11:37/11:42) - Nyékládháza (11:52/12:03) - Miskolc Rendező (rev) - Diósgyőr-Vasgyár (rev 12:35/12:40) - into headshunt alongside tunnel (rev) - trip around steelworks assisted by DL A25 043 (13:07 to 14:20) - Miskolc Rendező - Sajóecseg (rev) - Sajóbábony - shunt to four different sets of sidings in ÉMV chemical works (15:20 to 16:27) - Sajóecseg (17:05) - Kazincbarcika (rev 17:18/17:27) - Rudabánya mine end of line (rev 18:03/18:05) - junction (rev) - Rudabánya station end of line (rev 18:19/18:22) - Kazincbarcika (rev 18:51/19:11) | ||||
| Miskolc Tiszai pu | 19:30 | |||
| Tiszai pu | 19:50 | '1' | tram 205 | |
| Várasház tér | 20:01 | |||
| New passenger track today: none | ||||
| Overnight at Hotel Pannonia, Miskolc | ||||
Thursday 2nd May 2002
| Várasház tér | 06:57 | '1' | tram 212 | |
| Tiszai pu | 07:06 | |||
| Miskolc Tiszai pu | 07:25 | 5420 | MÁV DL M41 2175 | |
| Bánréve | 08:30 | 09:05 | 6352 | ŽSR DR 810 604-9 |
| by special arrangement - normally only available to Hungarian and Slovak citizens | ||||
| Lenartovce | 09:09 | 09:15 | shunt via east end of station | |
| Lenartovce | 09:21 | 09:23 | 6265 | ŽSR DR 810 604-9 + 810 556-1 |
| Tornaľa | 09:39 | 09:45 | (6265) | bus RS-188AD (engineering works) |
| Plešivec | 10:15 | 10:44 | 802 | ŽSR DL 754 011-5 |
| Zvolen osob.st. | 13:00 | 15:08 | 6008 | ŽSR DR 851 019-9 + 1C |
| Hontianske Nemce | 16:07 | 16:08 | 6011 | ŽSR DR 851 008-3 + 1C |
| Zvolen osob.st. | 17:12 | 18:07 | 1821 | ŽSR DL 754 033-9 |
| Košice | 21:35 | |||
| New passenger track today: Kazincbarcika - Putnok - Bánréve, Bánréve - Lenartovce, Krupina - Hontianske Nemce [recovery from bus substitution on Monday 17th April 2000] | ||||
| Overnight at Hotel Slovan, Košice (10 minutes walk from station) (three nights) | ||||
Friday 3rd May 2002
| Košice | 08:14 | 425 | ŽSR EL 163 107-6 | |
| Bánovce nad Ondavou | 09:11 | 10:33 | 9307 | ŽSR EL 163 107-6 |
| Veľky Kapušany | 11:09 | 11:09 | locally advertised | |
| Maťovce | 11:13 | 12:05 | locally advertised | |
| Veľky Kapušany | 12:08 | 12:10 | 9306 | ŽSR EL 163 107-6 |
| Bánovce nad Ondavou | 12:45 | 13:40 | 8973 | ŽSR DL 754 032-1 |
| Łupkow | 16:22 | 17:56 | 8986 | ŽSR DL 754 032-1 |
| * Medzilaborce | 18:18 | 18:28 | ŽSR DL 754 032-1 + 3C + DR 810 380-6 + 2T | |
| Humenné | 19:30 | 19:33 | 8914 | ŽSR DR 810 135-4 |
| Bánovce nad Ondavou | 20:15 | 20:19 | 9312 | ŽSR EL 163 054-0 |
| Michaľany | 21:01 | 21:04 | 8778 | ŽSR EMU 460 053/054 set |
| Košice | 21:55 | |||
| New passenger track today: Veľky Kapušany - Maťovce, Bánovce nad Ondavou - Strážske, Humenné - Medzilaborce - Łupkow | ||||
| Overnight at Hotel Slovan, Košice | ||||
Saturday 4th May 2002
| Košice | 07:35 | 8707 | ŽSR EMU 460 031/032 set | |
| Čierna nad Tisou | 09:25 | 10:10 | 8806 | ŽSR EMU 460 031/032 + 043/044 sets |
| Košice | 11:55 | 12:25 | 388 | ŽSR EL 163 244-7 |
| * Plaveč | 13:50 | 14:15 | PKP EP07-412 | |
| Muszyna | 14:37 | |||
| Muszyna Renek | 15:19 | bus NAA-3562 - thought there was a train back from Krynica to Muszyna - but there wasn't! | ||
| Krynica centre | 15:39 | 16:15 | taxi | |
| Muszyna | 16:25 | 17:20 | 383 | PKP EU07-173 |
| * Plaveč | 17:41 | 18:15 | ŽSR EL 163 110-0 | |
| Košice | 20:15 | |||
| New passenger track today: Michaľany - Čierna nad Tisou, Čirč - Muszyna | ||||
| Overnight at Hotel Slovan, Košice | ||||
Sunday 5th May 2002
| Košice | 09:45 | 8708 | ŽSR EMU 460 049/050 set | |
| Prešov | 10:26 | |||
| Žel. stanica | 10:42 | '1' | DpmP trolleybus 119 | |
| Šebastová | 11:01 | 11:30 | '1' | DpmP trolleybus 80 |
| Trojica | 11:41 | photo | ||
| Na Hlavnej | 12:04 | '4' | DpmP trolleybus 113 | |
| Pod Šalgovíkum | 12:23 | 12:25 | '4' | DpmP trolleybus 113 |
| Na Hlavnej | 12:41 | 13:23 | '4' | DpmP trolleybus 102 |
| Žel. stanica | 13:30 | |||
| Prešov | 15:18 | 1504 | ŽSR EL 362 008-5 | |
| via Kysak avoiding line | ||||
| Žilina | 18:34 | |||
| Žel. stanica | 19:30 | '4' | DpmŽ trolleybus 235 | |
| Fatranská | 19:46 | 19:53 | '5' | DpmŽ trolleybus 217 |
| Jaseňová | 20:16 | 20:24 | '3' | DpmŽ trolleybus 232 |
| Žel. stanica | 20:40 | |||
| New passenger track today: Kysak avoiding line | ||||
| Overnight at Hotel Astoria, Žilina (five minutes walk from station) | ||||
Monday 6th May 2002
| Žilina | 07:40 | 614 | ŽSR EL 362 015-0 | |
| Bratislava hl.st. | 10:23 | arr 7 late | ||
| Hlavná stanica | 10:48 | '210' | DphmB trolleybus 6287 | |
| Autobusová stanica | 10:58 | 11:00 | Eurolines bus | |
| Wien Flughafen | 12:10 | |||
| Vienna Airport (VIE) | 14:35 | LX1553 | Swiss Saab 2000 HB-IZL | |
| Basel/Mulhouse Airport (BSL) | 16:08 | 17:15 | LX378 | Swiss Embraer RJ145 HB-JAB |
| Manchester Airport (MAN) | 18:01 | 18:25 | Taxi | |
| Timperley | 18:35 | |||
| New passenger track today: none | ||||
Tickets used: single or return journey tickets throughout.