Complaints to the constant delays, dilapidated rails and wagons
At 10:40 on the train station in Sarajevo moving train to Zagreb. To Doboj the trip will last three hours. Train drivers Mirhet Bajric, who on this route operated locomotive decade, says that despite the difficult conditions, doing what he loves.
"It is hard, a lot of the uninsured access roads, and the structure is changed, thinking that the train can not stop quickly and the car. It used to be better and more beautiful, lines were equipped with signs, now we have nothing," he says.
Passengers on the train journey opt for comfort, acceptable fare, but also for sentimental reasons.
The locomotive - never enough attention. Train drivers point out that the line between Sarajevo and Zenica many uninsured crossings that represent a great danger for the trains and for other road users.
The modernization of the railway journey would be faster and safer ride. And until that happens, passengers who bought tickets to Zagreb in Doboj time continue locomotive Trains RS. After Doboj, passengers in Banja Luka again waiting. Passengers complain. They say they are not satisfied - the trains are late every day, even in an hour and more.
Croatia in railway infrastructure is investing 360 million euros. The restructuring of the railways is one of the tasks of the Reform Agenda.
"We favor the industries that use the railways, in particular in the transport of iron ore and steel in Zenica, in the transportation of coke in Lukavac, sugar Brcko and all other transport bulky cargo. Railways must have a budget in which it is related 18,000 people. It is known that passenger traffic unprofitable, especially local. Although we have an agreement with the cantons to co-finance the operations, no Canton does not work, so we'll have to do some cantonal abolished and we will maintain the strategic direction of Belgrade, Zagreb and board ", said the Prime Minister, Fadil Novalić.
The modernization includes the electrification for the locomotives to electric drive four to five times cheaper than the diesel drive, said a former federal Minister of Transport and Communications Enver Bijedic.
Opinions of the Federal Prime Minister and former Minister does not differ much when it comes to procurement of nine sets of Talgo trains.
"Talgo trains run 160 km / h in our tracks, which really have a speed of 60 to 80 km / h, I think there is nobody who should sit on the train and ride at that speed. The solution is to publish them, and from that we separate for a loan that matures in 2017 and guaranteed by the Federation, or to sell them, "says Novalić.
"The railways are not adequate for such trains. We bought one or nine Ferraris to ride the bad roads," adds Bijedić.
A rating of the profession is that modern trains, high performance can still be used in BH. Stripes. "Sure I can drive and there is no reason not to use it. It is the only, perhaps, the lack of a small number of passengers or the capacity to maintain these trains, but there is no reason or not to rent or use," says Esref Gacanin, president of the Association of Consulting Engineers of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Railways are the cheapest form of transaporta industrial raw materials. Investing in infrastructure is a support to the economy and guarantee that the investment on multiple levels where it is needed most.
The quality of services of the Railways, for its modernization and restructuring, and Talgo train cars that do not correspond to the tracks in the Federation plus spoke Deputy Minister of Communications and Transport Izet Bajrambašić.
- 13 Dec, 2015
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