CONSTRUCTION OF RAILWAY LINES, (TUNNELS), BRIDGES AND STATIONS

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• Publication Date: January 14, 1960
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
This material contains information afiecting the National Defense of the IInited 8U-tes within the meaning of the Espionage Laws, Title
18, U.S.C. Seca. 793 sad 794, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by lsw.
COUNTRY Hungary
SUBJECT Construction of Railway Lines, ( DATE DISTR. 1 4 JAN 1960
Bridges and Stations ~
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a. the railway tunnel near Abaliget;
information on the following 50X1-H U M
b. .plans for the new railway line from Satoraljaujhely to Kosice,
Czechoslovakia;
c. the railway station at Papa (with an attached sketch);
d. construction of a secondary railway line from Vac Lo Mt .. Nagyszal;
e. :construction of a new railroad bridge on the Drava river between
Gyekenyes and Botovo, Yugoslavia.
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von the rail~ray connecting Budapest with Mohacs, via pusztaszabolcs-
pees (known official~t ass line #40), the lirbe eross~a the Mecsek
Mountains ryear Abaliget by means of a tunnel. The tunnel is located
at the 199..kiltxneter mark (kilometers are figured starting from the
east (Keleti Palyaudvar) station in Budapest), about 500 meters
north of the ~ibali.get railway station, The tunnel is 468 meters
longs and the line which passes through it is standard gauge, single
tracko The mountain, which is of asndstone, rises to a maximum of
ninety meters above the tunnelo
B, plans for new railyray line from Satorajaujhely to Kosic? (Czec~oslovaki+a)?
1. II~?r Sovi?t sponsorship,~the Hun~rian and Czechoa"lovakian state
railways have began working on a project far the construction of a
new railway line from Satorajanjhely to Kosice (~cs~l~eda -~
Hungarian, Kaachau~~r=4erma~n). These nagot3.ations ar? in a iarelim3-
nary phaeQ.
C. The line, at ].east according to early rumors, will run from Satora-
jaujhely through the valley of the Bossva Riser, following the
course of the river. In the area around Fuzerkomlos~ the lira will
cross the volcanic mountains of Toka j-Eger jes, at which point the
border is located. On Czech territory the lime will proceed through
th? valley ad' the Tares River as far as Kosie~o
3. This project is just a small part of a vast undertaking which the
Soviet and Czech railways have been negotiating for a long timep
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.~s the transport lines from the IISSR to Czechoslovakia. and Hungary
become increasingly important, it becaumes increasingly evident that
the rai ay net of the Carpathian Ukraine (which is part of the
USSR) insufficient. Equally insufficient is the capacity of
the railw~ station at the Soviet, Czech and Hungarian borderso
Fca' this reason the USSR is said to have decided to strengthen
greatly the railway network in the Carpathian Ukraine and to build
at least one new rail line from the Carpathian Ukraine to Eastern
Slovakia. ~t least part of the fre3~ht traffic from the USSR to
Hungry will no longer be routed via the Cop-2ahony line, but will
go by way of Eastern Slovakia. The new line from Satora~at~jhely
to Kosice could represent an efficient conn?ction with this new
line to the ASSR.
C. Railway station at papa.
1? The railway station at papa has be?n rebuilt during the last few
years, to repair the damage caused by the war, and the technical
equipment has been completely modsrniz?d. previously switching had
been hand?operated, but nod at both the east and west ?xits of the
station two small automatic s~ritching towers modeled after the
English system, have been install@do Tt~e distance between the two
towers is 850 meters.
2? In the railway station itself the length of the tracks for passen?
ger traffic is 500 meters. Between the single tracks th?re are
platforms; the edges xhich face the train are reinforced by cement
beams. There are no underpasses; to reach the platforms passengers
mast crass the tracks. ,x,11 platfar~ms are covered e~acept that
between tracks ~t and 5?
3? To the west of the station the grourxi is lower than the station
itself and than the surrounding territory to the north, east~and
south. This area is exposed to floods from the Tapolca River,
Even when the river ass not overflowing, the ground is marshy because
of water underground which rises to the surface. In the months from
November to March the area is always under watero The railway
lines to Sgan3r and Celdomolk, once outside the station, are elevated
one meter` Between these two elevated stretches (which are about
300 meters apart), a system of canalas has been put in which permits
the water to flog in a northerly direction. There is AO danger
that the station will be flooded because it is four meters above
the marshy ground.
!to Grade crossings of highways and railw~ tracks are not equipped
with safety gates or traffic lights.
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5. ~, sketch of the papa station is attachedo
D. Construction of a Railway line (secondary) from Vac to Mt? NagysZalo
1? During -the past year a new secondary railway line has been built
fmm Vac to Mt. Nagysgal? Tho new line starts at the fr?ight yard
in Vacs runs first in a westerly direction ands after forming an arc,
proceeds north to Mt. Magyssal?
2. Th? lire was built under .the provisions of the Darr?nt ifhree-year
plans which also p?~ovided for tdze construction north-west of Vaa
of a new cement ar~d artificial. stone faetory~ rahich will be the
largest of its kind in Hungary Dtsing the construction wank' the
Ministry cff D?fense asked that the line be brought up to the foot
of Mt. BTagyssal, to ass~e rail connection with the munitions
factory located thereo The State planning Office, upon receiving
this request from the Defense l!4inistry~ authorized the Hungarian
State Railyrays to extend the line. It noun eruls apposite this
factory, which is partially undergroundo
?. The new secondary railway line is standard gauge and single-track
all th? way. ~,t the munitions plant four spurs have been install?d
with a capacity of 5 to 6 cars each. ~ roof has been built over
this loading areas so that loading and unloading operations can go
on in spite of weather conditions.
4. The connection between the site of the new cement and artific3.a1
stone faatcmy aril the secondary lip lass not been completed, but
w111 be as soon as construction work on the factory has reached an
advanced staged
No further extension of this line is corate~aplated. In order to
carry out the extension ixa question, which presents enormous
technical difficulties it will be necessary to make a tunnel
through Mt. B'agyszal (perforare it massiccio)?
E. Construction of a near Railroad Bridge on the Drava, between CyekenQres
(Hungary) and B of ovo, near Koprp ~vnica (Yug os ]a via) ?
1. The railroad bridge on the Drava between the Hungarian railroad
station at (}yekeriyes and the Yugoslav station at Botovo~ near
Itoprivnica~ was destroyed during the war and is now to be r0placed
by one Mich is wider a~ has a heavier eapacitT. The new bridge
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wi11 not only be a railway bridge but wi11 also have mat or vehicle
arbd pa destr3an lanes,
2. When the bridge is finished a second railway line will be available
for traffic between Hungry aryl the paa~t of Fiumeo Up to now all
traffic from Hungary' to Fiume and Triests (or in the opposite direa-
tion) was carried on the Budapest-I~'agy'kanizsa-Muralo3resztur?Kotoriba
(Yugoslavia) line, whereas now this traffic will be able to proceed
on the Budapest-pusztaszabolcs-tZetszilas-Dognbovar-GyekerYyes-
Koprivnica (Yugoslavia) lines
3, The r~ew bridge is being built by the Hungarian and Yugoslav railroads
in collaboration, on the basis of a mutual agreement accar~ding to
which each of the countries will build on its awn territory.
!~. The frontier between Hungaxq and Yugoslavia at this point folloxs
the Darva? The part of the bridge on Hungarian territory will be
built by the bridge construction section of N1~0 (Hungarian State
Railxrays) while the part on Yugoslav territory will be built by the
Yugoslav bridge-building coarpany ~flladimir (}crrtans of Zagreb. The
bridge will be stool aryl will be supported on pi?rs of reinforced
concrete, two on the banks and two in the river bed. The work on
the piers is already advanced, and they were scheduled to be
finished toward the end of fall 1959. The steel part of the bridge
will be mounted is the spring of 1960? The bridge will be open for
traffic befca~e the end of 1960, sad railway traffic on the Oyeker~es-
Koprivnica line will begin againo
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