Bosnia & Herzegovina railway news
News about railway operations, infrastructure, policy and the supply chain in Bosnia & Herzegovina.
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NewsBosnian railway reopened
BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA: The 24 km branch line from Podlugovi to Vareš, north of Sarajevo, reopened after 31 years on December 14. The reopening was initiated by Adriatic Metals, a UK-based company which holds a silver mining concession in Vareš. Adriatic Metals cleared the route, ...
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Metro Report InternationalNew-build tram for Sarajevo unveiled
BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA: The first of 15 Tango NF3 trams that Stadler is to supply to Sarajevo was unveiled at the 15th Trako International Railway Fair in the Polish city of Gdańsk on September 20.
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NewsConstruction of missing Bosnian rail link to be studied
BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA: Railways of the Federation of Bosnia & Herzegovina has called tenders for design studies for the construction of a long-proposed 50 km rail link between Banovići and Vareš. The north-south line would significantly shorten the distance by rail between the Banovići coal mines ...
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NewsRepublika Srpska railway rehabilitation study
BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA: The government of the Republika Srpska entity has signed a memorandum of understanding for Turkish rail contractor ERG to conduct studies for the planned modernisation of the Doboj – Tuzla – Zvornik railway. The agreement was signed by the entity’s President Milorad Dodik ...
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NewsWestern Balkan railways need better integration and more maintenance, conference hears
EUROPE: Planned major projects, available financing mechanisms, and the need for international integration of railways including the expansion of the Trans-European Transport Network were discussed at the Connecting the Western Balkans to the EU rail market through investment and reform conference. The online event was ...
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NewsConnecting Europe Express puts spotlight on Western Balkan rail vision
EUROPE: Welcoming the EU’s Connecting Europe Express to Beograd Centar on September 13, Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabić announced that her country’s rail investment programme would be worth up to €6bn and focus on ‘reconnecting’ the Western Balkan countries’ fragmented networks.
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Metro Report InternationalSarajevo orders first new trams in decades
BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA: The Canton of Sarajevo has awarded Stadler a contract to supply 15 trams to replace obsolete vehicles, the first order for new trams for the city in many years. The €34·7m order signed September 1 is being financed with loans from the European ...
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Metro Report InternationalSarajevo tram and trolleybus investment to cut congestion and pollution
BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA: The European Investment Bank has signed a €40m loan ‘on the most favourable terms’ to support the modernisation and extension of Sarajevo’s tram and trolleybus networks. This will include renovating infrastructure on the 19·5 km tramway, re-establishing trolleybus infrastructure within existing alignments, and ...
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NewsBosnian railway rehabilitation study
BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA: A joint venture of Spanish companies Ardanuy Ingeniería, Eptisa and IPSA has been awarded a €3·6m, 24-month contract to undertake preliminary and main studies and related design for the modernisation of the 172 km Doboj – Sarajevo section of Pan-European Corridor Corridor Vc, which ...
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Metro Report InternationalEBRD finances Sarajevo transport modernisation
BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA: The European Bank for Reconstruction & Development signed €35m in loans to improve public transport in Sarajevo on February 5. A €20m loan will be used to modernise the 19·5 km tramway, which EBRD said has had no major improvements in decades. This will ...
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NewsSarajevo resignalling contract
BOSNIA: Railways of the Federation of Bosnia & Herzegovina has awarded AŽD Praha a €1·2m contract to modernise signalling equipment in the Miljacka junction area west of Sarajevo and the Stup freight facility. The Czech company is to design, deliver and install a Type ESA 44-BH electronic ...
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Metro Report InternationalSarajevo transport funding approved
BOSNIA: The Sarajevo Canton government approved €69·5m of transport funding for the capital on October 17. The largest project by value is the purchase of 20 trams, which has been allocated €41m. A further €23·5m is being put towards a 6·4 km tramway extension from the current ...
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NewsBanja Luka – Doboj upgrade
BOSNIA: AŽD Praha has completed installation of ESA 44-BH electronic interlockings at six stations on ŽRS’s Banja Luka – Doboj line. The €19·1m contract involved the installation of a DOZ-1 remote control system, upgrading 11 level crossings and the supply of telecoms equipment including GSM-R onboard units. The project ...
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NewsBosnian line reopens with through service from Sarajevo
BOSNIA: Railways of the Federation of Bosnia & Herzegovina reinstated passenger services on the 47 km Blatna – Bihać route on July 3, following an inaugural train the previous day. Electrification equipment which was damaged or destroyed during the 1992-95 war has been reinstated, with the €1·43m cost split between ...
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NewsChinese company to upgrade Republika Srpska railway
BOSNIA: The Republika Srpska entity’s railway company ŽRS has awarded China Shandong International Economic & Technical Co-operation Group a contract for the modernisation of the 104 km route from Banja Luka to Novi Grad and the border with Croatia at Dobrljin. The agreement was signed on the fringe of ...
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NewsBosnia - Croatia railway re-opening initiative
EUROPE: Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia have agreed to seek European Union funding to rehabilitate and reopen the 177·9 km Una line between Novi Grad (Bosanski Novi) and Knin. This once provided the shortest rail route between Zagreb and the Adriatic port of Split, but it has been out of use since ...
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NewsBosnian Talgo finally enters service
BOSNIA: Railways of the Federation of Bosnia & Herzegovina launched revenue services with a Talgo trainset between Sarajevo and Doboj on September 26, five years after the nine trainsets were delivered from Spain. ŽFBH and Talgo signed a contract for the nine-car trainsets in July 2005, backed by a €67·7m ...
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NewsRailway seeks help following catastrophic floods
BOSNIA: The Chief Executive of Željeznice Republike Srpske, Dragan Savanović, has appealed to the international rail industry for help with repairing the ‘enormous damage’ caused by ‘catastrophic and devastating’ flooding which hit the Balkans on May 15. The floodwaters have swept away track and electrification, damaged maintenance machinery and flooded ...
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NewsCorridor X funds awarded
EUROPE: The European Bank for Reconstruction & Development is providing two loans to support the development of Pan -European Corridor X through the Balkans. On October 15 EBRD signed its first rail sector loan in Macedonia, allocating €17·6m for upgrading of 53 km of track on three sections of Corridor ...
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NewsRepublika Srpska rail investment plan
BOSNIA: Republika Srpska’s Minister of Transport Nedeljko Cubrilovi outlined plans to spend €500m over three years modernising the entity’s rail network when he signed orders for Polish wagons and workshop equipment on August 13. The contracts were placed using a €20m credit from the Polish government. EKK Wagon will supply ...