China’s experience and finance launches Serbia’s first high-speed railway
2022/03/18 17:15
Whereas the whole world is fastidiously monitoring conflicts between Russia and Ukraine, Serbia has been getting ready for the grand opening of the primary stretch of the brand new high-speed railway. The 75 kilometer-long half connects the 2 largest cities in Serbia, Belgrade and Novi Unhappy. It is part of a a lot larger, ongoing undertaking to attach Belgrade to Hungary’s capital Budapest.
Forward of the railway’s official opening, heavy machines make some ending touches to one of many practice stations on the outskirts of Belgrade. Exams had been performed to make sure the railway had EU certification, and naturally, the practice drivers are familiarizing themselves with the brand new route.
The road features a 184 kilometers part in Serbia and 166 kilometers stretch in Hungary and is designed to scale back journey occasions between Belgrade and Budapest from eight hours to lower than three hours. At present, some line speeds on the route are as little as 60 kilometers per hour (km/h). When absolutely operational, the high-speed trains can journey at as much as 200 km/h as a part of the $370.4 million contract awarded to China Civil Engineering and China Railway.