Vinkovci – Vukovar and Vinkovci – Tovarnik railway upgrades
Two upgrades of lines in eastern Croatia run by HŽ Infrastruktura. Vinkovci – Vukovar (M601, 18.7 km) was renovated and electrified for 120 km/h under a works contract signed on 20 December 2019, and completed in December 2024. Vinkovci – Tovarnik – state border was the first Croatian railway project financed from EU pre-accession funds and was completed in January 2012.
- Total length
- 52 km
- Open today
- 52 km
- Sections
- 2
- Cost on record
- €61.304M
- 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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| Vinkovci – Vukovar (M601) Renovation of the single-track line, with Vukovar-Borovo Naselje and Vukovar stations rebuilt, the Nuštar and Bršadin-Lipovača stops rebuilt, nine level crossings modernised, a new Bobotski kanal bridge and a renovated Vuka bridge. The works contract (EUR 49.9 million, signed 20 December 2019), the grant agreement (EUR 89.9 million) and the eligible costs (EUR 68.5 million) are different figures: the grant agreement also covers project management, publicity, supervision (EUR 1.7 million, signed 14 March 2019 with RUBICON ENGINEERING EAD and SPC ENGINEERING EOOD), reserves and land. The grant implementation period runs from March 2016 to December 2024. Voltage of 25 kV was permanently switched on in the contact line on 15 April 2024. At the completion ceremony on 18 December 2024 the minister described a EUR 61 million project with 18.71 km of renovated track; the opening date recorded is the ceremony, as the page gives no separate first-train date. Construction start is not stated on the project pages. The drawn OpenStreetMap length is slightly shorter than the sourced 18.7 km, which is kept. | Opened | 19 km |
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| Contract value €49.9M |
| Vinkovci – Tovarnik – state border Rehabilitation of the double-track line on Corridor X from Vinkovci to Tovarnik and the Serbian border: 67 km of track renewed for 22.5 t axle load and 160 km/h (previously 50 km/h), with ETCS signalling, seven stops modernised, the Jankovci and Đeletovci stations rebuilt and two new stops built. The project had two parts: civil works by Salcef Construzioni Edili e Ferroviarie S.p.A. of Rome (EUR 41,766,847.33) and the signalling and traffic-control system by Bombardier Transportation Italy with SITE S.p.A. (EUR 16,411,114.98). Supervision by TYPSA cost EUR 2,005,000. The page gives the extent as 33.48 km Vinkovci – Tovarnik – state border; the OpenStreetMap line is drawn from Vinkovci to Tovarnik station, and the sourced figure is kept. The page gives the completion ceremony date but no contract signing or construction start dates. | Opened | 33 km |
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| Contract value €41.77M |
Contractor roles are as recorded in the award. Only builders count toward the delivery rankings.
Funding
- European Union52 km2 sections
- Operational Programme Competitiveness and Cohesion 2014–2020, Cohesion Fund: grant agreement KK.07.5.1.05.0001 of 21 May 2018, value EUR 89.9 million, eligible costs EUR 68.5 million, maximum co-financing EUR 64.4 million, of which EUR 54.7 million (85%) from the programme
- ISPA pre-accession programme covered 48 percent of the project value; the remaining 52 percent came from the state budget
- National budget19 km1 section
- State budget: EUR 9.7 million (15%) of the maximum co-financing
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
- HŽ Infrastruktura: Nadogradnja i elektrifikacija željezničke pruge Vinkovci – Vukovarread Oct 10, 2026
- HŽ Infrastruktura: Počinju radovi na modernizaciji pruge Vinkovci – Vukovarread Oct 10, 2026
- HŽ Infrastruktura: Puštanje napona u kontaktnu mrežu na pruzi Vinkovci – Vukovarread Oct 10, 2026
- HŽ Infrastruktura: Završeni radovi na modernizaciji 19 km pruge Vinkovci – Vukovar (18 December 2024)read Oct 10, 2026
- HŽ Infrastruktura: Rehabilitacija željezničke pruge Vinkovci – Tovarnik – Državna granicaread Oct 10, 2026
- OpenStreetMap contributors: route geometry (ODbL)read Oct 10, 2026