Turkish company to build new railway section on Mediterranean corridor – Largest infrastructure project in Croatia

Representatives of the Turkish company Cengiz Insaat Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. and the Croatian Railways (Hrvatske zeleznice) have signed an agreement on the reconstruction of the existing railway tracks and the construction of new ones on the Mediterranean Corridor, worth EUR 324 million.

Anadolu Agency reports that the project would help connect Rijeka and Budapest, currently the largest infrastructure project in Croatia.

Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic and Minister of the Sea, Transport, and Infrastructure Oleg Butkovic participated in the signing ceremony with Cengiz Insaat. The agreement pertains to the Krizevci – Koprivnica – state border section.

It was signed by the head of the management of HZ Infrastruktura d.o.o. Ivan Krsic and representative of the Turkish company Mohamed Cengiz, and Plenkovic said the ambitious scheme in which 42 kilometers of rail would be lain in 42 month would be an "important strategic project for Croatia."

He emphasized that the projects of reconstruction and construction of the entire Croatian part of the Mediterranean Corridor were being financed entirely through grants of EUR 1.8 billion from EU funds.

Works on other section are also being carried out at the Croatian section of the Mediterranean Corridor, so that the Port of Rijeka would get a better rail connection with the European continent.

Cengiz Insaat Sanayi ve Ticaret AS

Hrvatske železnice

HŽ infrastruktura doo

Government of Croatia

Ministry of Sea Transport and Infrastructure of Croatia

Port of Rijeka

Andrej Plenković

Oleg Butkovih

Ivan Kršić

Mohamed Cengiz

Mediterranean Corridor

Banski dvori

Rijeka

Budapest

construction of a railway

Križevci Koprivnica state border section

two track railway

stations

stops

bridges

viaduct

underpass

overpass

noise walls