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===Boba avoiding line: Kemenespálfa (Jánosháza elágazás) – Kerta (Kerta elágazás)===
===Boba avoiding line: Kemenespálfa (Jánosháza elágazás) – Kerta (Kerta elágazás)===
[20, 25] (ERA-E 96C2; ERA 206C1) HU21/3
[20, 25] (ERA-E 96C2; ERA-R 206C1) HU21/3


This south <=> east curve avoiding Boba had a massive increase in services from December 2019.  
This south <=> east curve avoiding Boba had a massive increase in services from December 2019.  

Revision as of 13:45, 19 January 2021

Introduction

This list is based on the timetable dated from 13 December 2020 to 11 December 2021.

Standard abbreviations are explained in General Information. The MAV timetable contains a number of non-standard notes; for details see General_Information - Additional Notes on reading the Timetable.

Obscure services

In the heading to each entry, the map reference for the line in the European Railway Atlas 2016 published by M.G. Ball is shown.

Almásfüzitő avoiding line: Tata – Almásfüzitő felső

[1] (ERA-E 96B3-B4; ERA 207B3) HU21/1

Almásfüzitő station is on a loop separated from the main line by some sidings. The avoiding line is used by trains not calling at Almásfüzitő, although no wavy line is shown in the table indicating this.

Celldőmőlk avoiding line: Külsővat (Vinár elágazás) – Boba (Celldömölk-Rendezö)

[10, 25] (ERA-E 96C2; ERA 206C1) HU21/2

This east <=> south curve avoiding Celldőmőlk was used by one summer dated train pair in 2018-2019. There are no trains in the current timetable.

Boba avoiding line: Kemenespálfa (Jánosháza elágazás) – Kerta (Kerta elágazás)

[20, 25] (ERA-E 96C2; ERA-R 206C1) HU21/3

This south <=> east curve avoiding Boba had a massive increase in services from December 2019. Trains from Budapest Deli to Zalaegerszeg leave every two hours from 07:00 to 19:00 Trains from Zalaegerszeg to Budapest Deli leave every two hours from 05:49 to 19:49

Érd felső (Érd elágazás) – Tárnok

[30a] (ERA-E 99C4; ERA-R 214B1) HU21/4

This link between the Székesfehérvár and Sárbogárd lines provides an alternative to the Budapest - Székesfehérvár line via Erd alsó. Doubling of the latter route, completed in September 2013, has relieved the pathing pressures previously experienced, nevertheless this link is still used by an hourly local service between Kőbánya-Kispest and Székesfehérvár which calls at Érd felső. In the summer 2021 section of table 30a one other train in each direction is booked via this route (non-stop trains with a | marking at Érd felső), although punctuality may affect the route taken by non-stop trains.

Kőbánya felső - Rákos (via low level tracks)

[30, 30a, 80a] (ERA-E 99C4-C5; ERA-R 214A2) HU21/5

This route runs from the south side of Kőbánya felső station to the north side of Rákos station via the low level lines.

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It was used in 2015/16 by a summer dated train pair between Miskolc and the Lake Balaton area. The same train pair has run in subsequent years, but without calling at Kőbánya felső, so it is not clear whether the train still takes this route. Confirmation of the route would be welcomed by the compilers

D Note 1 Ex15607 Sátoraljaújhely - 08:42 Gödöllő - Balatonszentgyörgy
D Note 1 Ex15606 Balatonszentgyörgy - 18:20 Budapest Kelenföld – Sátoraljaújhely

Note 1: Tables 30 and 30a show the arrival time for Ex15606 at Budapest Kelenföld. Full timings at all calling points are available on the elvira.mav-start.hu journey planner.

Budapest-Ferencváros - Kőbánya felső

[30, 30a, 80a] (ERA-E 99C4; ERA-R 214A1) HU21/6

This east - west route enables trains to avoid Budapest Keleti.

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It is used by one summer dated train pair between Miskolc and the Lake Balaton area.

D Note 1 Ex15607 Sátoraljaújhely - 08:42 Gödöllő - Balatonszentgyörgy
D Note 1 Ex15606 Balatonszentgyörgy - 18:20 Budapest Kelenföld – Sátoraljaújhely

Note 1: Tables 30 and 30a show the arrival time for Ex15606 at Budapest Kelenföld. Full timings at all calling points are available on the elvira.mav-start.hu journey planner.

Dombóvár avoiding line: Dombóvár alsó – Kaposszekcsős (Dombóvár elágazás)

[40, 41] (ERA-E 97B3; ERA-R 212B3) HU21/7

This west <=> south curve is used by trains between Kaposvár and Pécs which do not call at Dombóvár. The platforms at Dombóvár alsó are on the curve so trains which start/terminate/reverse here do not connect with the line towards Kaposvár.

SuO IR19695 Győr - 17:56 Kaposvár - Pécs
SSuX plus daily in Summer IR19603 Győr - 19:21 Kaposvár - Pécs
D SuO IR19693 Győr - 21:37 Kaposvár - Pécs
SSuX plus daily in Summer IR19602 Pécs – 07:21 Sásd – Győr
FO IR19696 Pécs – 15:21 Sásd – Győr

Rákospalota-Újpest – Kőbánya felső

[70, S3] (ERA-E 99C4; ERA-R 214C2) HU21/8

This route, running north west - south east, links the main line out of Budapest Nyugati with that out of Budapest Keleti.

EN476 19:25 Budapest Keleti - Břeclav
EN477 Břeclav – 07:47 Vác – Budapest Keleti

Cegléd avoiding line: Ceglédi szállások (Nyársapát elágazás) – Abony (Abony elágazás)

[82, 140] (ERA-E 98C1; ERA-R 208B1) HU21/9

This east <=> south curve avoiding Cegléd is used by the following services:

Note A FO Ex1575 Szeged - 14:30 Kecskemét – Miskolc-Tiszai
Note A SuO Ex1576 Miskolc-Tiszai - 18:40 Újszász – Szeged

Note A: These trains run primarily for students and run until 21 Dec 2020, from 3 Jan 2021 - 14 June and from 2 Sept 2021.

Szolnok avoiding line: Abony (Paládics-puszta elágazás) – Abonyi út (Újszász elágazás)

[82, 100a] (ERA-E 98C1; ERA-R 208A1) HU21/10

This west <=> north curve avoiding Szolnok is used by the following services:

Note A FO Ex1575 Szeged – 15:01 Abony – Miskolc-Tiszai
Note A SuO Ex1576 Miskolc-Tiszai - 18:40 Újszász – Szeged

Note A: These trains run primarily for students and run until 21 Dec 2020, from 3 Jan 2021 - 14 June and from 2 Sept 2021.

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Eger-Rendező: Eger-Rendező elágazás – Eger-Rendező – Eger

[87a] (ERA-E 98B2; ERA-R 208C3) HU21/11

The single line approaching Eger from the south splits to serve a substantial goods yard [Rendező] which potentially provides alternative bi-directional routes for arrivals and departures. The direct route is approximately 2.4km and the route via Eger-Rendező is a little over 2.5km. Click on the thumbnail for a full size diagram.


In the 20/21 timetable all trains from Maklár to Eger are booked 9 minutes, so it it unlikely any of them are booked via Eger-Rendező. Departures at xx:07 from Eger to Maklár are booked 11 minutes, except the 07:06 which is booked 12 minutes and crosses an arrival into Eger due 07:07 (The equivalent train 07:02 from Eger was confirmed in May 2019 as running via Eger Rendező). Departures at even xx:26 from Eger are booked 13 minutes to Maklár so may be routed via Eger Rendező although no passenger train is crossed. Observations would be welcome by the compilers.

Zalaegerszeg avoiding line: Zalaegerszeg-Ola (Zalaszentiván elágazás) – Zalaegerszeg-Ola (Andráshida elágazás)

[25] (ERA 97A1) HU21/12

No service has been found in the 20/21 timetable. This east <=> west curve avoiding Zalaegerszeg should be used by the RegioJet Praha - Rijeka train service to avoid a reversal at Zalaegerszeg, however there is no trace of this service on their website (and note Ljubljana is in Hawai (sic) as far as Regiojet is concerned). Any more information would be appreciated by the Compilers.. Last used by the Citadella Budapest - Ljubljana service in summer 2018.

Note that the physical junction at Zalaegerszeg-Ola is west of the station with one platform face for the Zalaegerszeg route and the other for the avoiding line.

Other sparse services

The following lines have few trains (relative to service levels generally in this country) - fewer than four trains each way on at least three days a week - or do not run each weekday.

H1 Gyékényes - Koprivnica (Croatia)
S2 Hidasnémeti – Košice (Slovakia)
4 Esztergom — Almásfüzitő
5 Székesfehérvár — Komárom
14 Pápa — Csorna
45 Börgönd - Sárbogárd
47 Godisa — Komló
87 Eger — Szilvásvárad
98 Abaújszántó – Hidasnémeti
103 Karcag — Tiszafüred
105 Nyírábrány - Valea lui Mihai (Romania)
114 Mátészalka — Csenger
115 Tiborszállás - Carei (Romania)
121 Újszeged — Mezőhegyes
125 Mezőhegyes - Battonya
128 Kötegyán - Salonta (Romania)
142 Kecskemét - Lajosmizse
146 Lakitelek – Kunszentmárton
147 Orosháza - Szentes
150 Kelebia - Subotica (Serbia)

Deletions since previous edition

See also