Dugo Selo – Novska railway second track (M103)
Reconstruction of the single-track M103 line between Dugo Selo and Novska and construction of a second track over 83 km, the last single-track stretch of the RH1 corridor. The works contract was signed on 1 October 2026 with Afcons Infrastructure for €677 million inside a project of about €900 million. It covers the stations Ivanić-Grad, Popovača, Kutina and Novska, more than 30 level-crossing replacements and new signalling, for a line speed of up to 160 km/h. Work is expected to start in the first half of 2027 and to last five years and ten months. The adjacent Okučani–Novska section on the same corridor was renovated in 2012–2017.
- Total length
- 100 km
- Open today
- 17 km
- Sections
- 2
- Cost on record
- €33.782M
- 1 of 2 sections carry a comparable figure
Restated into EUR at 2025 prices.
Sections
| Sections | Status | Length | Timeline | Cost | Funding | Contractors | Contract terms |
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| Dugo Selo – Novska second track Signed on 1 October 2026 in Banski dvori. The €677 million is the works contract; the project of about €900 million also covers documentation, land purchase and supervision. The press reports do not say whether the figures include VAT. Duration: five years and ten months. Four subsections: Dugo Selo – Ivanić-Grad, Ivanić-Grad – Popovača, Popovača – Kutina and Kutina – Novska. HŽ Infrastruktura expects works to start in the first half of 2027, so no construction start is recorded. The €289.0 million CEF grant agreement covers only Ivanić-Grad – Kutina (42 km) and includes project management, land, works and supervision. Drawn geometry follows the existing single track. | Tendered | 83 km |
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| 70 mo execution · Contract value €677M |
| Okučani – Novska renovation Renovation of the double-track line between Okučani and Novska (about 16.8 km), the Okučani station (about 3 km) and the Rajić stop, on the RH1 corridor east of Novska. It lies on the M104 line, not on M103, and is not part of the Dugo Selo – Novska project. Salcef's works contract was €25,726,700; the signalling and telecommunications contract with Bombardier Transportation Italy was €8,566,800 and added ETCS level 1; supervision by DB International with Granova cost €1,812,481. Total project value €36,105,981. Contractors were chosen in an international tender in 2012. Works began in September 2012 and the project was completed in 2017. Length measured from OpenStreetMap geometry is not used: the 16.8 km is the figure given by HŽ Infrastruktura. | Opened | 17 km |
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| Contract value €25.727M |
Contractor roles are as recorded in the award. Only builders count toward the delivery rankings.
Funding
- European Union100 km2 sections
- Connecting Europe Facility (CEF). For the Ivanić-Grad – Kutina section (42 km) the grant agreement of 19 October 2023 is worth €289.0 million, of which €245.6 million (85%) comes from CEF.
- Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA), 85%
- National budget100 km2 sections
- State budget: €43.3 million (15%) of the Ivanić-Grad – Kutina grant agreement.
- State budget (15%)
A section that lists two sources counts its full length under each: the data records which sources paid, not what share each one carried.
Related projects
- RailwaysCluj-Napoca – Oradea – Episcopia Bihor railway rehabilitationSame contractor: Salcef
- RailwaysFrontieră – Curtici – Simeria railway rehabilitation (Corridor IV)Same contractor: Salcef
- TunnelsRomanian railway tunnelsSame contractor: Salcef
- RailwaysDugo Selo – Križevci – Koprivnica – Hungarian border railway (M201, second track)Same country and category
Corridors
The designations this project is recorded under. Both schemes are kept: the Pan-European corridors are how these projects were described when they were planned, and TEN-T is what EU money is allocated on today.
- TEN-T core networkTEN-T
Sources
- HŽ Infrastruktura: Potpisan ugovor za najveći željeznički projekt u povijesti RHread Oct 5, 2026
- N1 Hrvatska: Najveći ugovor u povijesti Hrvatskih željeznica (2026-10-01)read Oct 5, 2026
- HŽ Infrastruktura: Rekonstrukcija postojećeg i izgradnja drugog kolosijeka pruge Dugo Selo – Novska na dionici Ivanić-Grad – Kutinaread Oct 5, 2026
- HŽ Infrastruktura: Obnova i rekonstrukcija dionice pruge Okučani – Novskaread Oct 5, 2026
- OpenStreetMap contributors (geometry of railway M103 Dugo Selo – Novska, ODbL)read Oct 5, 2026