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Note that there is a one hour time difference between Bulgaria and Macedonia.  
Note that there is a one hour time difference between Bulgaria and North Macedonia.  


==(Skopje - Kumanovo -) Beljakovce MŽ - Gjueshevo BDŽ (- Sofia)==
==(Skopje - Kumanovo -) Deve Bair MŽ - Gyueshevo BDŽ (- Sofia)==
This route has been planned for many years - some construction work was done on the Macedonian side - On 14 July 2017 the European Union announced it would finance its construction with a Memorandum of Understanding that the line would be completed by 2025/2027.
Plans for this cross-border link have existed for many years with the route forming part of the proposed Pan-European Corridor VIII and supported by the EU as part of their Western Balkans infrastructure upgrade plans.  The cross-border section would link a newly constructed branch on the North Macedonian side at Deve Bair (see [[North Macedonia - General Information#Recent and future changes|Recent and future changes]]) with the existing Bulgarian station at Gyueshevo and will be mostly in a 2.35km long tunnel. Some tunnelling work was started on the Bulgarian side as long ago as the early 1940s but no work has yet been carried out on the North Macedonian side.  Both Governments have committed to completing the whole of Corridor VIII by 2030.
 
In November 2018 the 34Km of line to the branch terminus at Gjushevo from Kyustendil (Bulgarian: Кюстендил) was only being served by two train pairs on WSSuO and practically the entire line subject to '''20'''Km/h limit. There was definitely no signs of works on the Bulgarian side as the line stops a short distance beyond the station at the foot of a mountain through which presumably any putative extension is projected? 


== See also ==
== See also ==

Latest revision as of 20:05, 7 March 2022

Note that there is a one hour time difference between Bulgaria and North Macedonia.

(Skopje - Kumanovo -) Deve Bair MŽ - Gyueshevo BDŽ (- Sofia)

Plans for this cross-border link have existed for many years with the route forming part of the proposed Pan-European Corridor VIII and supported by the EU as part of their Western Balkans infrastructure upgrade plans. The cross-border section would link a newly constructed branch on the North Macedonian side at Deve Bair (see Recent and future changes) with the existing Bulgarian station at Gyueshevo and will be mostly in a 2.35km long tunnel. Some tunnelling work was started on the Bulgarian side as long ago as the early 1940s but no work has yet been carried out on the North Macedonian side. Both Governments have committed to completing the whole of Corridor VIII by 2030.

See also