HZ DIRECTOR WELCOMES RESUMPTION OF OSIJEK-PECS RAILWAY TRAFFIC

TRAFFIC $ OSIJEK, Sept 2 (Hina) - We regarded the re-opening of the railway line from Osijek (Croatia) to Pecs (Hungary) as the return of life to the Croatian Danube river area and as the linking of the two neighbouring countries, and the railway line would be now restored toward Bosnia-Herzegovina, Marijan Klaric, the Croatian Railways (HZ) director-general, said at a news conference in Osijek on Tuesday. According to Klaric, in next two months repairs on the railway track will continue when a bridge across the river of Bosut near Vinkovci and a bridge across the river of Sava near Brcko, north-eastern Bosnia- Herzegovina, are to be reconstructed and the Hungarian economy is expected to participate in it. Klaric voiced hope that for a draft time table in 1998-99 Croatian and Hungarian railways would propose that a train for international passenger traffic should travel from Budapest via Osijek, the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo and Mostar, to the Croatian port of Ploce. (hina) jn mš 021917 MET sep 97