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Hrvatski Leskovac – Karlovac railway (M202, second track)

Reconstruction of the single-track electrified M202 Zagreb GK – Rijeka line between Hrvatski Leskovac and Karlovac (44.0 km) and construction of a second track, on the Rijeka – Zagreb – Budapest section of the Mediterranean corridor. HŽ Infrastruktura split the project into 11 stages: STRABAG completed eight, and the remaining three went to COMSA S.A. under a contract signed on 17 April 2026.

Total length
44 km
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Sections

Sections of Hrvatski Leskovac – Karlovac railway (M202, second track): status, length, dates, cost, funding and contractors
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Hrvatski Leskovac – Karlovac

The project page states 44.0 km and 11 stages. STRABAG completed eight: the Lazina and Ribnjak underpasses, the Pavučnjak, Domagović, Cvetković and Zdenčina overpasses, the Orlovac – Ilovac unclassified road and the Mrzlo Polje traction substation. The remaining three stages (track, stations and halts, bridges and viaducts, the Bedekova underpass) went to COMSA S.A.: selection decision 6 February 2026, contract signed 17 April 2026, EUR 278,849,960.28 excluding VAT (EUR 348,562,450.35 including VAT), 36 months. The first works contracts were signed on 28 July 2022 with the STRABAG consortium (STRABAG AG, STRABAG d.o.o., STRABAG Rail a.s.) and AŽD Praha s.r.o., about 2.72 billion kuna in total ("dvije milijarde i 721 milijun kuna"); STRABAG's selected bid after a repeated procedure was HRK 1,713,193,222.13 excluding VAT. Both contracts are in kuna and are not recorded as money fields. No page gives the reason the last three stages were re-tendered, a termination, a construction start, or the extents of the stages, so none are recorded and the lot is not split. The line stays in operation as single track until the second track is built. Design speed 160 km/h, except 120 and 140 km/h around Mavračići, Jastrebarsko and Karlovac. Length measured from OpenStreetMap geometry between the two stations is about 41.8 km; the sourced 44.0 km is kept.

Under construction
51 of 36 contracted months
15 months past the contract date
44 km
  1. Jul 28, 2022Tender awarded
  2. ≈2025Expected openingProjected from contract
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  • European Union85% of the funds, under the Operational Programme Competitiveness and Cohesion 2014–2020; amount and fund not stated
  • STRABAGBuilder
  • COMSA S.A.Builder
  • AŽD Praha s.r.o.Builder
36 mo execution · Contract value €278.85M

Contractor roles are as recorded in the award. Only builders count toward the delivery rankings.

Funding

  • European Union44 km
    1 section
    • 85% of the funds, under the Operational Programme Competitiveness and Cohesion 2014–2020; amount and fund not stated

A section that lists two sources counts its full length under each: the data records which sources paid, not what share each one carried.

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Sources

  1. HŽ Infrastruktura: Rekonstrukcija postojećeg i izgradnja drugog kolosijeka na dionici Hrvatski Leskovac – Karlovac na željezničkoj pruzi M202 Zagreb GK – Rijekaread Oct 10, 2026
  2. HŽ Infrastruktura: Potpisani ugovori za radove na projektu Hrvatski Leskovac – Karlovacread Oct 10, 2026
  3. HŽ Infrastruktura: Dionica Hrvatski Leskovac – Karlovac, odabran izvođač radovaread Oct 10, 2026
  4. OpenStreetMap contributors: railway M202 geometry (ODbL)read Oct 10, 2026