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Agnita railway line

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Societatea Feroviară de Turism (SFT) originally planned to reopen the line as a tourist route but plans were shelved in 2006. After threats from CFR Infrastructură that track would be lifted all the rail infrastructure became protected as a historic monument in 2008.
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The first steam event took place in Agnita in 2010 on the occasion of the Sibiu extension's centenary. There was a second event in September 2015 with special trains running from
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became part of Romania. CFR then continued to operate services until 1965 when the original section from Sighișoara to Agnita was closed. In 1993 the
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The line was originally built by the Sighișoara – Sibiu Local Railways Company which started work from Sighișoara in 1895 reaching
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Lacriţeanu, Șerban (1995). "The Narrow Gauge Lines of the Romanian State Railway (CFR)". In Keith Chester (ed.).
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was opened at the same time as the Sibiu extension. As the line originally lay within
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Schmalspurig durch Ungarn II: die ehemals ungarischen Gebiete
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was closed, with the rest of the line following in 2001.
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holds the last remaining original locomotive from 1896.
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Index


mainline
CFR Infrastructură
Sibiu County
Romania
Mureș County
Sighișoara
Sibiu
Narrow-gauge
Căile Ferate Române
CFR Călători
Rural
Branch line
Track gauge
Bosnian gauge
Legend
300
Basarab
Sighișoara
300
Oradea
Angofa
Șaeș
Șaeș
Șaeș
Apold
Brădeni
Mureș County
Sibiu County
Netuș

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