Abstract
The railway geography of the Pannonian zone was substantially reconstructed after the First World War as a result of the demise of the Habsburg Empire and the need for unity within the new states of the region. While some main lines were effectively destroyed like the direct link between Szeged and Timisoara (which is only now being revived in the context of European support for cross-border cooperation), many new connections were proposed across the former imperial frontiers. This study deals with Romania where former Carpathian frontier needed radical attention. But as achievements of the period 1919-49 are examined it is evident that the ambitious proposals of the expansionists were compromised by need for careful prioritization given the limited finance and the engineering challenges; also the need to reconcile economic and strategic interests and provide for qualitative improvements throughout the system as a whole as well as new construction.
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