On the day of opening to public traffic (July 4, 1906), the narrow gauge line Sarajevo – Eastern Border (Sarajevo-Ostgrenze) was built. The Directorate of the Bosnia and Herzegovina State Railways (Bosnische-hercegovinische Staatsbahnen) issues a booklet of kilometer distances for local tariffs (Kilometerzeiger zu den Lokal-Tarifen) for the shipment of passengers, baggage, express goods, and animals.
The booklet of kilometer distances has been technically prepared and prescribed for the following railways:
- K. k. Bosnische-hercegovinische
Staatsbahnen - Bosnisch Brod – Sarajevo,
- Sarajevo – Gabela,
- Gabela – Uskoplje Landesgrenze, (državna
granica) - Uskoplje – Glavska Landesgrenze,
- Nagumanac Landesgrenze – Igalo Landesgrenze,
- Hum – Trebinje,
- Gabela – Metković,
- Lašva – Bugojno,
- Donji Vakuf – Jajce,
- Doboj – Siminhan,
- Karanovac – Gračanica,
- Sarajevo – Uvac und
- Megjegje – Vardište
- K. k. österreichische Staatsbahnen (norddalmatinische
Linien) - Uskoplje Landesgrenze – Gruž (Gravosa)
- Glavska Landesgrenze – Nagumanac Landesgrenze
und - Igalo Landesgrenze – Zelenika
When reviewing the kilometer tables, you will notice symbols *, **, +, and o. The symbol * indicates stations where trains stop only for staff and auxiliary personnel. The symbol ** refers to stations of the K. k. Austrian State Railways (Hercegnovi and Komaj), where trains for staff and operational institutions stop. The symbol + (cross) marks stations at specific kilometers for staff and limited freight traffic (Sutorina, Čilipi, and Mihanići). The symbol “o” denotes border crossings that are not established for local traffic and are only used for determining the distance from or to the state border, excluding the Sutorina area. Geographically, Sutorina is located in Bosnian territory, and 7.437 kilometers of it were built at the expense of the Government of BiH and are maintained and operated by the direction of the K. k. Austrian State Railways.
The booklet was printed in German in June 1906.
Literature: Archive documents are from the fund of the Archive of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
