CRO & HUNGARY AGREE ON STRONGER RAILWAY COOPERATION

( Editorial: --> 2217 ) BUDAPEST, Sept 22 (Hina) - Croatian Railways on Tuesday offered Hungary the use of two hundred of its special wagons in order to assist with the speedier transport of Hungarian wheat for export to the Croatian port in Rijeka. Croatian Railways Director Marijan Klaric and Hungarian Railways Director Istvan Sipos agreed in Budapest on Tuesday that a container train would travel from Rijeka, through Zagreb, on to Budapest once a week, also branching off towards Bratislava. Representatives of the two railway companies signed an agreement on the leasing of three electric locomotives from Croatia, to serve on the Hungarian fast track between Budapest and Vienna. Klaric said he and his Hungarian counterpart also discussed future cooperation in the transport of goods for Bosnia-Herzegovina. He said that next year a regular passenger line would be opened between the Hungarian capital to the Adriatic coast through Bosnia (Budapest - Osijek - Sarajevo - Mostar - Ploce). (Hina) sp jn/ha 221509 MET sep 98