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===Downloadable Timetable=== | ===Downloadable Timetable=== |
Revision as of 15:22, 14 December 2016
Country Name
Macedonia (Makedonija)
National railway system
National Railway Operator
[1] (MŽ) Makedonski Železnici
Infrastructure Authority
There is no separate Infrastructure Authority in Macedonia.
Language
Macedonian, using Cyrillic script.
Currency
Macedonian Denar (MKD); 1MKD = 100 Deni
UIC code
numeric 65; alpha MK
Timetable
Journey Planner
The Macedonian railways website has a journey planner but only in Macedonian, using Cyrillic script.
Downloadable Timetable
The Macedonian railways website and click on the Возен ред (Vozen Red) tab. Click on возен ред (превземи) ((Vozen Red)) for the current downloadable domestic timetable. This is in Macedonian only, using Cyrillic script.
Note that меѓународен воз по релации (превземи) merely accesses HAFAS, for international services.
Printed Timetable
None known.
Engineering Information
None.
Bus Information
A useful site is BalkanViator
Maps
Printed Maps
- European Railway Atlas: Scandinavia and Eastern Europe by M.G. Ball (1993) (ISBN 0-7110-2072-4)
- European Railway Atlas by M.G. Ball (2008 onwards)
Web-based Maps
- Thorsten Büker's Map of Albania and Macedonia and Map of Skopje.
Gauge
Standard.
Electrification
25kV 50Hz.
Rule of the road
Right, but the vast majority of the network is single track.
Other Railways
None.
Tourist Lines
None.
Metro
None.
Trams
None.
Recent and future changes
It is reported that the daytime service between Skopje and Beograd will be withdrawn at the December 2016 timetable change.
Due to the migrant crisis with effect from 21 August 2015 until further notice the Thessaloniki - Idomeni - Gevgelija section of the Thessaloniki - Beograd train has been a coach connection. The Gevgelija - Idomeni cross-border service into Greece ceased from 13 February 2011, as for all other border crossings with Greece. A weekly summer-only service reportedly ran between July and September 2012. However, a Beograd - Skopje - Thessaloniki summer overnight service was reintroduced from 10 May 2014.
In 2012 the EBRD agreed to provide a €46.4m 15-year loan to fund the rebuilding of the 30.8 km Kumanovo – Beljakovce line, the first phase of a direct rail link between Skopje and Sofia. This included money to help advance the second phase, to extend the line from Beljakovce to Kriva Palanka. The final phase would take the line over the border to Gyueshevo.
Special Notes
None.