FIRST TRAIN LEAVES SARAJEVO AFTER FOUR YEARS OF WAR

SARAJEVO, Jul 30 (Hina) - The Sarajevo-Mostar train service was restored on Tuesday after more than four years of war. The first train departed Sarajevo at 10 a.m. The five-wagon train carried about 200 passengers, including President of the Presidency of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Alija Izetbegovic, Bosnian Federation Deputy President Ejup Ganic and the Prime Minister of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Hasan Muratovic. "This is a great day for Sarajevo and the whole of Bosnia- Herzegovina," Izetbegovic told people gathered on the platform. He added that Croatia had agreed to the establishing of a Sarajevo- Ploce service. "Now, Bosnia has access to the sea and to the whole world," Izetbegovic told the cheering crowd. For Bosnian Railways, the top priorities now included the restoration of rail lines between Sarajevo, Maglaj, Zavidovici and Zepce, and between Bihac and Knin, general manager Nedzad Brankovic said. He warned that the project would require substantial government and foreign funding. The funds allocated to Bosnian Railways so far had covered only 0.1 percent of the war damage to facilities and equipment, Brankovic said. (hina) as 301159 MET jul 96