On April 12 Fret SNCF operated a 1 524 m long freight train between Sibelin yard near Lyon and Nîmes, hauled at up to 100 km/h by two Euro 4000 diesel locomotives built by Vossloh España. Weighing 4 020 tonnes, ‘the longest freight train ever run in Europe’ comprised 72 wagons originally formed as separate rakes of 40 and 32 vehicles, operating regular Kombiverkehr intermodal services between Germany and Spain.
Railway infrastructure manufacturers of Sarajevo and Zagreb presented in Sarajevo assurance system for level crossings.
Company Step from Sarajevo, in collaboration with the company Altpro fro Zagreb, presented a project for BiH Railways, and a plan for exporting to third countries under the name of Joint production and delivery of the complete system, to ensure a safe railway crossing.
Hrvatske Željeznice Infrastruktura d.o.o. has applied for a loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and intends to use its proceeds to contribute towards the financing of the renewal and rehabilitation of railway tracks as well as signalling equipment along the Trans-European Corridor X: Savski Marof to Zagreb section, which includes 22 km double rail track and several additional section(s) in the Zagreb area.
Macedonian Transport minister Mile Janakieski announced that the railway connection with Bulgaria,  part of pan-European transport Corridor VIII,  and the upgrading of the entire railway network will be completed by 2022.
Fleet renewal
Macedonian Railways JSC Skopje have awarded the Contract to the Tenderer ZOS Trnava, Slovakia. The contract value is EUR 13.2 million.
