SECTION OF OSIJEK RAILWAY TOWARDS B-H RECONSTRUCTED

( Editorial: --> 9693 ) OSIJEK, Sept 11 (Hina) - On Friday the first train departed along the recently reconstructed section of railway from Osijek towards a large crossing in Vrpolje which then heads off to Bosnia- Herzegovina. Reconstruction of 33 km section began at the end of 1994. The Croatian Railways invested some $US11 million of its own funds in the works. Speaking at a ceremony held for the occasion, Croatian Railways Director Marijan Klarić stressed that trains travelling on the new section would be able to travel at speeds between 80 to 100 km per hour. He announced that the remaining stretch to Vrpolje would be completed in the next year and a half. According to Klarić, it is intended that the railway between Osijek and Beli Manastir would be recontructed by spring next year, which would raise the quality of the whole railway line between Hungary and Bosnia-Herzegovina. (Hina) sp 111331 MET sep 98