The Hum Lug-Gornja Stubica railway, officially designated as the L202 railway, is a 10.823 km (6.725 mi)

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line of local significance in

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that connects corridor's eastern terminus

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, along with the halts

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, Stubičke Toplice and

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, with the R201 railway corridor (

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) in Hum Lug. The line is today used for passenger (local) transport exclusively. The line, opened in 1916 in former

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(present-day Croatia), is single-tracked and non-

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. This corridor's service contains the trains that are operating between stations Gornja Stubica and

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, using the corridor R201 for about 2 kilometers between Hum Lug and Zabok (where connections with the trains running on R201 and R106 corridors are made).{{Cite web , title=Ove godine obilježava se 100- ta obljetnica izgradnje pruge Gornja Stubica-Zabok , url=https://www.gornjastubica.hr:443/nv/hr/888/Ove_godine_obiljezava_se_100-_ta_obljetnica_izgradnje_pruge_Gornja_Stubica-Zabok , access-date=2023-03-19 , website=www.gornjastubica.hr , language=hr Introduction of diesel-motor trains on the route began in the second half of 1980s and from early 1990s, they have been operating passenger services exclusively (mostly

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), replacing compositions made of two-axle cars powered by

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and later

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locomotives.

References

Railway lines in Croatia Krapina-Zagorje County Railway lines opened in 1916 1916 establishments in Croatia