M501 railway (Croatia)

Čakovec-Kotoriba railway
Between Čakovec and Čakovec-Buzovec M501 railway (left)
runs parallel to L101 railway (right), both are single tracked.
Overview
Line numberM501 (HŽ)
History
Opened24 April 1860 (1860-04-24)
Technical
Line length42.4 km (26.3 mi)
Track gauge1435 mm
Operating speedUp to 100 km/h (62.13 mph)
Route map

51.9
Slovenia-Croatia border
53.5
Macinec
57.1
Dunjkovec
60.8
Čakovec
62.8
Čakovec Buzovec
Trnava
69.7
Mala Subotica
76.0
Čehovec
78.2
Donji Kraljevec
81.3
Goričan
84.3
Donji Mihaljevec
90.9
Kotoriba
94.2
Croatia-Hungary border, Mura river bridge
to Gyékényes
Murakeresztúr

The state border–Čakovec–Kotoriba–state border railway (Croatian: Pruga državna granica–Čakovec–Kotoriba–državna granica), officially designated as the M501 railway, is a 42.4-kilometre (26.3 mi) railway line in Croatia that connects the towns of Čakovec and Kotoriba to Slovene railway network via Pragersko and the Hungarian capital city Budapest via Murakeresztúr. The line is single-tracked and non-electrified, used for freight and passenger (local/commuter) transport.

The M501 railway connects to the rest of the Croatian railway network in Čakovec, where the R201 line extending south to Varaždin forms a junction with the M501. The M501 also connects to the L101 in Čakovec. The L101 serves Mursko Središće to the north of the M501 and also the town of Lendava in Slovenia.