Mura’s bridge: railway bridge over the border river Mura between the two Radgonas

Probably many of us did not know that the Radgona Railway, which connected Špilje, German Spielfeld-Straß, via Radgona, German Radkersburg, to Ljutomer, was already built in 1890. Why “already” in 1890? Because this is about 30 years after the construction of the Southern Line, which connected Vienna, Ljubljana and Trieste. Surely we have all heard of this track. If we go nicely in order. In 1885, the Radgonska line between Špilja and Radgona was first built and opened. Then, five years later, a bridge was built over the Mura river and the second part of this line to Ljutomer, which was opened in 1890. Thus, at the end of the nineteenth century, travelers from Vienna had the opportunity to travel by train – say to Rdence, or German Bad Radein, as the people of Raden were called at that time. Almost at the same time, the route —Čakovec—Lendava—Rédics—and on to Budapest was opened in the Hungarian part of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. At that time, the people of Lendava had a direct train connection to Budapest. This was therefore the golden period of the construction of new, including regional railways, which connected and connected not only larger cities but also other cities in the regions along the Mura and Drava rivers.