Trip to Hungary - October 2002
via Austria
The main purpose of this trip was to travel over as much as possible of the Csömödér and Lenti systems of the ÁEV (Hungarian State Forestry Railways), on special trains organised by Gisbert Siede from Germany. These 760mm gauge lines see heavy use for timber traffic and (over some routes) seasonal passenger trains. More details of these railways, including maps, can be found in the English Language book "Forestry Railways in Hungary" by Paul Engelbert, ISBN 1-900340-09-7.
Operating Company Abbreviations:
- ÁEV - Állami Erdei Vasutak (State Forestry Railways)
- GySEV - Györ-Sopron-Ebenfurti Vasút (Györ-Sopron-Ebenfurt Railway)
- MÁV - Magyar Államvasutak (Hungarian State Railways)
- ÖBB - Österreichische Bundesbahnen (Austrian Federal Ralways)
| Place | Arrive | Depart | Train | Traction details & notes |
Wednesday 9th October 2002
| Timperley | 05:03 | - | taxi | |
| Manchester Airport (MAN) | 05:14 | 06:25 | OS7070 | Rheintalflug Embraer RJ145 OE-LSM (operated by Tyrolean Airways on behalf of Austrian Airlines) |
| Vienna Airport (VIE) | 09:50 | |||
| Flughafen Wien-Schwechat | 11:04 | 'S7' | ÖBB EMU 4020 053 set | |
| via east side of Zvbf yard to Simmering Ostbahn station | ||||
| Wien Südbf (Ost) | 11:31 | 11:42 | ER7685 | ÖBB EL 1116 003-3 |
| Győr | 13:20 | 13:53 | 9214 | MÁV DL M41 2205 |
| Celldömölk | 15:32 | 15:42 | 39213 | MÁV DL M41 2204 |
| Boba | 15:55 | 15:56 | - | shunt onto rear of train 904 |
| Zalaegerszeg | 17:16 | 17:21 | 39023 | MÁV DR Bzmot 296 + 2T |
| Lenti | 18:48 | |||
| New passenger track today: Celldömölk passenger line at north side of yard | ||||
| Overnight at Hotel Zéta, Kossuth U. 111/B, Lenti (5 minutes walk from station) (3 nights) | ||||
Thursday 10th October 2002
| Lenti km0.0 | 08:50 | special | ÁEV DL C50-409 + 1C, running round as required | |
| - to loco shed doors (rev) - triangle west km6.8 to north km7.0 (10:08) - Sárdipuszta km14.5 (11:20/11:53, cross freight train) - Szilvágy km21.7 (12:55/13:30) - junction km24.3=0.0 (13:46) - km0.7 (end of line, rev) (13:56/14:06) - junction km0.0=24.3 (shunt short distance up branch) - Sárdipuszta km14.5 (15:31) - triangle north km7.0=0.0 (16:38) - triangle east km0.2=0.2 (16:39, rev) - triangle west km0.0 (16:40/16:42, rev) - triangle east km0.2 - shunt into siding km2.7 (16:58) - cross MÁV line km6.6 (17:27) - Csömödér km6.8=0.5 (17:30) - | ||||
| Páka km2.1 | 17:38 | 17:51 | special | bus CCL-725 |
| Hotel Zéta | 18:11 | |||
| New passenger track today: Lenti - Csömödér - Páka ÁEV | ||||
| Overnight at Hotel Zéta | ||||
Friday 11th October 2002
| Lenti | 08:09 | 39012 | MÁV DR Bzmot 274 + 2T | |
| Csömödér-Páka | 08:23 | |||
| Csömödér km0.3 | 08:54 | special | ÁEV DL C50-409 + 1C, running round as required | |
| - Páka - Dömefölde km4.0 (09:10) - Kányavár km6.4 (09:20) - Törösnek km 8.0 (09:29) - Kámaháza km10.1 (09:45) - Bánokszentgyörgyi elágazás km11.9 (09:53/10:00) -Várfölde km15.2 (10:17) - Bánokszentgyörgy km16.8 (10:28/10:34) - Haraszti elágazás km20.4=0.0 (10:57/11:02) - Bucsuta kitérö km3.0 (11:16) - Bánkürtös km7.5 (11:45) - Bánkürtös vége km8.9 (end of line, rev) (11:55/12:05) - Bánkürtös km7.5 (12:19) - Bucsuta kitérö km3.0 (12:48) - Haraszti elágazás km0.0=20.4 (rev) (13:10/13:15) - Oltárc km22.8 (13:30) - junction km25.3 (13:48) - Marki erdö km26.9 (14:02) - end of line km27.6 (rev) (14:10/14:20) (photo) - Marki erdö km26.9 (14:34) - Oltárc km22.8 (15:00/15:10) - Haraszti elágazás km20.4 (15:25) - Bánokszentgyörgy km16.8 (15:43) - Várfölde km15.2=0.0 (rev) (15:50/15:55) - Kövecsesi kitérö km3.3 (16:14) - Pusztamagyaród km6.8 (16:35) - loco only to end of line km7.1 (rev) (17:08) - Pusztamagyaród - Várfölde km0.0=15.2 (17:52) - Bánokszentgyörgyi elágazás km11.9 (18:08) - | ||||
| Csömödér km0.3 | 19:00 | 19:55 | - | car |
| Hotel Zéta | 20:15 | |||
| New passenger track today: Csömödér ÁEV station, Páka - Bánokszentgyörgyi elágazás ÁEV | ||||
| Overnight at Hotel Zéta | ||||
Saturday 12th October 2002
| Lenti | 08:09 | 39012 | MÁV DR Bzmot 350 + 2T | |
| Csömödér-Páka | 08:23 | |||
| Csömödér km0.3 | 08:50 | special | ÁEV DL C50-409 + 1C, running round as required | |
| - Páka - (09:07) - Kányavár km6.4 (09:27) - Törösnek km 8.0=0.0 (09:36) - Pördefölde km1.8=0.0 (09:50) - Hosszúrét km2.4 (10:08) - end of line km3.9 (rev) (10:22/10:29) - Hosszúrét km2.4 (10:52) - Pördefölde km0.0=1.8 (rev) (11:05/11:10) - lakeside siding km5.5 (11:42) - Budnyai erdésziak km6.0 (11:45) - Szentpéterfölde junction km7.7 (12:01) - junction km8.0 (12:05) - Feketebereki km9.6 (12:20) - loco only to end of line km10.0 (rev) (12:51) - junction km7.7=0.0 (rev) (13:05) - loco only on branch to end of line km0.8 (rev) (13:12) - junction km0.0=7.7 (13:31) - Pördefölde km1.8 (14:17) - Törösnek km 0.0=8.0 (rev) (14:33/14:38) - Kámaháza km10.1 (14:46) - Bánokszentgyörgyi elágazás km11.9=0.0 (14:53) - Bázakerettye alsó km2.8 (15:06) - Bázakerettye felsö km4.0 (15:10) - Kistolmács km6.0 (rev) (15:30 - 15:58) - Bázakerettye alsó km2.8 (16:12/16:18) - Bánokszentgyörgyi elágazás km0.0=11.9 (16:26) - | ||||
| Csömödér km0.3 | 17:05 | |||
| Csömödér-Páka | 17:56 | IP39006 | MÁV DR Bzmot 408 (InterPici) | |
| Zalaegerszeg | 18:38 | |||
| New passenger track today: Bánokszentgyörgyi elágazás - Kistolmács ÁEV | ||||
| Overnight at Hotel Aranybárány, Széchenyi tér 1, Zalaegerszeg (15 minutes walk from station, or local bus) | ||||
Sunday 13th October 2002
| Széchenyi tér | 09:02 | '11' | Zala Volán bus HEV-488 | |
| Vasútállomás | 09:06 | |||
| Zalaegerszeg | 09:53 | 39242 | MÁV DR Bzmot 350 + 1T | |
| Ukk | 11:15 | 11:29 | 9525 | MÁV DR Bzmot 350 + 1T |
| Tapolca | 12:13 | 12:30 | 975 | MÁV DL M41 2114 |
| Székesfehérvár | 14:31 | 15:11 | 34916 | MÁV DR Bzmot 339 + 1T |
| Komárom | 17:03 | 17:23 | 946 | MÁV EL V43 1274 dep 6 late |
| Győr | 17:48 | arr 5 late | ||
| New passenger track today: Tapolca - Szabadbattyan, Moha - Kisbér - Komárom | ||||
| Overnight at Hotel Rába, Arpad ut. 34, Győr (5 minutes walk from station) | ||||
Monday 14th October 2002
| Győr | 08:30 | 9362 | MÁV EL V43 1312 dep 7 late | |
| Hegyeshalom | 09:14 | 10:18 | 39812 | MÁV DR Bzmot 287 + 2T |
| Szombathely | 12:40 | arr 10 late due to pathing problems at Porpác | ||
| 14:30 | 39713 | MÁV DMU MDmot 3005 + 3C + Btx 010 | ||
| Sopron | 15:49 | 16:42 | 2824 | ÖBB EL 1014 017-6 |
| * Ebenfurth (reverse) | ||||
| Wien Südbf (Süd) | 17:57 | |||
| Wien Südbf (Ost) | 18:15 | 'S7' | ÖBB EMU 4030 240 + 243 sets | |
| Flughafen Wien-Schwechat | 18:37 | |||
| Vienna Airport (VIE) | 20:05 | OS7069 | Rheintalflug Embraer RJ145 OE-LSR (operated by Tyrolean Airways on behalf of Austrian Airlines) | |
| Manchester Airport (MAN) | 21:35 | arr 40 late due to strong head winds | ||
| 22:22 | taxi | |||
| Timperley | 22:35 | |||
| New passenger track today: Hegyeshalom - Csorna - Porpác, Szombathely - Bük | ||||
Tickets used: Single journey tickets as required.