FIRST FREIGHT TRAIN SETS OUT FROM TUZLA FOR PLOCE

( Editorial: --> 4769 ) TUZLA, Feb 26 (Hina) - After six years, the first train set out from Tuzla (northern Bosnia) via Sarajevo and Doboj to the Croatian port of Ploce on Thursday morning. In 17 of its 35 wagons the train is carrying coal from the Tuzla coal mine for the central heating system in Sarajevo, while the other 18 wagons will be loaded with wheat in Ploce for the central bakery in Tuzla. The departure of the train from Tuzla marked the opening of the Tuzla-Ploce railway line. As of today, trains will travel regularly along this railway line, representatives of the Railways of Bosnia- Herzegovina said. The reconstruction of destroyed railway stations is underway so that passenger trains could travel soon along the same railway line. (hina) rm 261357 MET feb 98