1. Bosnia and Herzegovina
Railway Sector Overview
specially prepared for:
The Ministry of Railways of the People's Republic of China
Amel Kovačević, ambassador
Beijing, 19.08.2010

2. South East Europe
Bosnia and Herzegovina

3. Pan-European Corridors in Region
Bosnia and Herzegovina

4. Geostrategic position
Bosnia and Herzegovina is the heart shaped
land that lies in the heart of southeast
Europe.
Regional transport and energy corridors
Vicinity of and access to lucrative markets

5. BH Railway History
• First railway in BH was built in 1872 by Ottoman
Empire from Banja Luka to boarder with Austro-
Hungarian Empire (today Croatian boarder)

6. BH Railway History
• During Austro-Hungarian rule a dispersed network of
narrow gauge railway connected resource rich BH with
Vienna and Budapest

7. Railway History of BH
After WWII standard gauge railway network was build by
Yugoslavia and since 1969 electrification and modernization
took place.
This period was characterized by improvement in speed,
security, telecommunication, signalization as well as by
procurement of modern freight wagons, passenger coaches
and locomotives
In year 1990, BH Railways recorded 13 million passengers
and 25 million tons of freight

8. BH Railway History
In period between 1992 and 1995, BH faced brutal destruction of
human, infrastructural and industrial resources estimated to US$80
billion.
BH railway system suffered damage estimated to more than US$1
billion
Transport of passengers as well as freight transport has drastically
plunged to symbolic values in war and immediate post-war period

9. Institutional Framework of Railway
Sector in BH
BH MoCT – Ministry of Communication
and Transport of Bosnia and BH MoCT
Herzegovina www.mkt.gov.ba
BH RRB- Regulatory Railway Board of
Bosnia and Herzegovina BH RRB
BHRPC-Railway Public Corporation of BHRPC
Bosnia and Herzegovina
MTRS - Ministry of Transport of
Republic of Srpska www.vladars.net RRS RFBIH
FMoTC- Ministry of Transport and
Comunication of Federation of Bosnia MTRS FMoTC
and Herzegovina www.fmpik.gov.ba
RRS- Railways of Republic of Srpska
RFBIH - Railways of Federation of
Bosnia and Herzegovina

10. BH Railways Network

11. BH Railways Technical Characteristics
BH railway network technical characteristics are:
– Network long 1031km with two main corridors
– Maximum speed up to 100 km/h
– Standard gauge (1435 mm)
– 85% of the network classified as D4 (maximum loads 22.5
tons per axle)
– 75% of the network electrified with mono-
phase(25kW,50Hz) AC system
• Years of irregular railway infrastructure maintenance during
the wartime, cause poor performance on the most of the
railway network in the country today (e.g. maximal
passenger train speed on the most of the sections is 70
km/h).

12. BH Railways Technical Characteristics
In postwar period railway freight transport in
BH was slowly but steady recovering.
Most of the transport in that period was
related to bulk commodities, traditionally
transported by railways (e.g. coal, timber,
ore, etc.).
In last few years, there was a significant
increase of the railway freight transport
volume caused by increased transport
demand of the biggest users of the railway
transport service in the country and by
improvement of the railway infrastructure.

13. BH Railways Key Economic Growth
Potential
Corridor Vc is the shortest and the most
efficient connection between Mediterranean
ports and Central Europe
Modernization and reconstruction of the
existing and construction of totally new
corridors of BH Railway network could be
major job creation source as well as
economic growth accelerator

14. BH Railways Overhaul Projects

15. BH Railways Electrification Projects

16. Modernization Projects of BH Railways
Signalisation and Crossings Security Systems

17. Modernization of Telecom Systems, Installing of
Portable Fiber-Optic as well as Telecom Nodes

18. BH Railways Power Supply Infrastructure
Reconstruction Projects

19. New Railway Corridors in BH

20. New Adriatic-Ionian Railway Corridor
• Connecting Greece, Albania, Montenegro, BH, Croatia,
Slovenia and Italy or Austria
• Montenegro and BH have signed MoU on joint activities
concerning the preparation of relevant documents and
studies for construction of railway between Nikšić (MN) and
Čapljina (BH)
• Once it is built, this railway will connect Montenegrin port Bar
with Vc corridor and significantly increase freight volumes
• It is expected that construction works will commenced in
2012
• Total length of the railway between Nikšić (MN) and Čapljina
(BH) is 169 km

21. New BH Railways Fleet

22. New BH Railways Fleet
Purchase of new freight wagons, investment repair of
existing freight wagons and purchase of freight wagons
maintenance equipment for RFBiH (32 million € loan), as
well as purchase of new freight wagons for RRS (3.9
million € loan).
Furthermore, a contract on purchase of nine “TALGO”
passenger trains for RFBiH (68 million € loan) and four trains
for RRS (25 million € loan) is signed with the Spanish
Government.
Croatian Končar Low Floor Regional Electric Multiple Unit
prototype testing for RFBiH
RRS bought 200 freight wagons from Vagon and Rafamet,
two Polish suppliers

23. Areas of cooperation that should be
explored by MoR of the PRC
There is immediate opportunity for Chinese
corporate sector to take participation in
modernization and development of our railway
infrastructure including construction of new
corridors that have regional significance.
Chinese corporations should be able to use
leverage of its technological superiority as well as
domestic source of soft funds competing for the
projects and ability to use outsourcing to local
businesses and to create local local jobs

24. Areas of cooperation that should be
explored by MoR of the PRC
•There are plans in BH for procurement of modern
freight wagons, passenger coaches and
locomotives
•Chinese corporations should be present in BH to
explore market oportunities
•Chinese corporations should be able to use
leverage of its technological superiority as well as
domestic source of soft funds competing for the
projects.

25. Bosnia and Herzegovina welcomes Chinese investments
波黑欢迎中国的朋友前来投资

26. Amel Kovačević, ambassador
mob: 138106267
e-mail: amel.kovacevic@mfa.gov.ba
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