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Scenic Railroad Attractions In Hungary

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Hungary is a country in Central Europe. Spanning 93,030 square kilometres in the Carpathian Basin, it borders Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Austria to the northwest, Romania to the east, Serbia to the south, Croatia to the southwest, and Slovenia to the west. With about 10 million inhabitants, Hungary is a medium-sized member state of the European Union. The official language is Hungarian, which is the most widely spoken Uralic language in the world. Hungary's capital and its largest city and metropolis is Budapest, a significant economic hub that is classified as a leading global city. Major urban areas include Debrecen, Szeged, Mis...
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Scenic Railroad Attractions In Hungary

  • 1. Gyermekvasút Budapest
    The Gyermekvasút or Line 7 is a narrow gauge railway line in Budapest, which connects Széchényi-hegy and Hűvösvölgy and is 11.2 kilometres long. The former name of the line was Úttörővasút , and now the official designation is MÁV Zrt. Széchenyi-hegyi Gyermekvasút. Except the train driver, all of the posts are operated by children aged 10–14 under adult supervision. It is the world's largest Children's Railway.
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  • 4. Cogwheel Railroad Budapest Budapest
    A rack railway is a steep grade railway with a toothed rack rail, usually between the running rails. The trains are fitted with one or more cog wheels or pinions that mesh with this rack rail. This allows the trains to operate on steep grades above around 7 to 10%, which is the maximum for friction-based rail. Most rack railways are mountain railways, although a few are transit railways or tramways built to overcome a steep gradient in an urban environment. The first cog railway was the Middleton Railway between Middleton and Leeds in West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, where the first commercially successful steam locomotive, Salamanca, ran in 1812. This used a rack and pinion system designed and patented in 1811 by John Blenkinsop.The first mountain cog railway was the Mount Washing...
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  • 5. Tram Number 2 Budapest
    The tram network of Budapest is part of the mass transit system of Budapest, the capital city of Hungary. The tram lines serve as the second most important backbone of the transit system , carrying almost 100 million more passengers annually than the Budapest Metro.In operation since 1866, the Budapest tram network is one of world's largest tram networks, operating on 156.85 kilometres of total route. As of 2014, it was composed of 36 lines , and the Budapest Cog-wheel Railway. The system is operated by Budapesti Közlekedési Zrt. under the supervision of the municipal Budapesti Közlekedési Központ .
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