SISAK-NOVSKA RAILWAY LINE SISAK, Dec 19 (Hina) - The reconstructed 67-kilometre-long railway line from Sisak to Novska (about 60 kilometres south-east of Zagreb) on Saturday reopened for regular traffic after eight years. The Croatian
Rails (HZ) invested some 8.5 million kuna (1.13 million US dollars), ensured from a loan granted by the World Bank, into the renovation and de-mining of this war-destroyed railway line from Sisak via Sunja, Hrvatska Dubica, Jasenovac to Novska. The HZ had to rebuilt a few railway stations and railway bridges across the canals Struga and the Sava River near Jasenovac. The regular traffic along this line was discontinued on 29 July 1991 by Serb rebels supported by the then Yugoslav Army. On Sunday's ceremony, a special train with Sisak authorities aboard travelled from Sisak to Novska for the first time since the summer 1991. Regular passenger and cargo traffic will resume on December 20, ann
SISAK, Dec 19 (Hina) - The reconstructed 67-kilometre-long railway
line from Sisak to Novska (about 60 kilometres south-east of
Zagreb) on Saturday reopened for regular traffic after eight
years.
The Croatian Rails (HZ) invested some 8.5 million kuna (1.13
million US dollars), ensured from a loan granted by the World Bank,
into the renovation and de-mining of this war-destroyed railway
line from Sisak via Sunja, Hrvatska Dubica, Jasenovac to Novska.
The HZ had to rebuilt a few railway stations and railway bridges
across the canals Struga and the Sava River near Jasenovac.
The regular traffic along this line was discontinued on 29 July 1991
by Serb rebels supported by the then Yugoslav Army.
On Sunday's ceremony, a special train with Sisak authorities aboard
travelled from Sisak to Novska for the first time since the summer
1991. Regular passenger and cargo traffic will resume on December
20, announced HZ Director-General, Dragutin Subat.
The reopening of the railway line will contribute to the economic
recovery of this war-hit Croatian area.
Residents in the Sunja area, the Sava River valley and the Una River
valley will be able to travel faster and cheaply toward the town of
Sisak, the centre of Sisak-Moslavina County.
During the ceremony, County Prefect Djuro Brodarac thanked the HZ
for the renovation of the railroad and to the Croatian De-mining
Centre for clearing mines from the area in question.
Present at the ceremony was Ivica Kostovic, the Croatian
President's chief-of-staff.
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