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===Downloadable Timetable=== | ===Downloadable Timetable=== | ||
The 2016/17 timetable can be found [http://mzt.mk/ | The 2016/17 timetable pdfs can be found [http://mzt.mk/patnichki-soobrakaj/vnatreshen-soobrakaj/vozen-red-spored-relatsija/?lang=en here]. This is in Macedonian only, using Cyrillic script. | ||
Note that ''меѓународен воз по релации ('''превземи''')'' merely accesses HAFAS, for international services. | Note that ''меѓународен воз по релации ('''превземи''')'' merely accesses HAFAS, for international services. | ||
A good unofficial timetable in German [http://www.ec-tobias.de/service ''Linien- und Tabellenfahrpläne''] | A good unofficial timetable in German [http://www.ec-tobias.de/service ''Linien- und Tabellenfahrpläne''] was available for 2016-2017, but when the 2017-2018 version appears it should be verified against local information. | ||
===Printed Timetable=== | ===Printed Timetable=== |
Revision as of 14:29, 10 December 2017
Country Name
Macedonia (Makedonija)
National railway system
National Railway Operator
[1] (MŽ) Makedonski Železnici This site refers to a new website at [2]
Language
Macedonian, using Cyrillic script.
Currency
Macedonian Denar (MKD); 1MKD = 100 Deni
UIC code
numeric 65; alpha MK
Timetable
Journey Planner
The Macedonian Railways Journey Planner appears to have have been discontinued. Travellers will need to use the downloadable timetable.
Downloadable Timetable
The 2016/17 timetable pdfs can be found here. This is in Macedonian only, using Cyrillic script.
Note that меѓународен воз по релации (превземи) merely accesses HAFAS, for international services.
A good unofficial timetable in German Linien- und Tabellenfahrpläne was available for 2016-2017, but when the 2017-2018 version appears it should be verified against local information.
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
- Annex No. 1 of the Network Statement contains some useful maps
- Thorsten Büker's Map of Albania and Macedonia and Map of Skopje.
Infrastructure
Infrastructure Authority
There is no separate Infrastructure Authority in Macedonia.
Network Statement
The Network Statement (in English) can be downloaded here
Gauge
Standard.
Electrification
25kV 50Hz.
Rule of the road
Right, but the vast majority of the network is single track.
Distances
Table No. 1 in Annex No. 2 of the Network Statement gives distances for each station
Other Railways
None.
Tourist Lines
None.
Metro
None.
Trams
None.
Recent and future changes
Services between Niš(ŽS) and Skopje were suspended from 20 October 2016 because of engineering work but reinstated for the summer season from 1 June 2017.
Owing 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.
This Gevgelija - Idomeni cross-border service into Greece has been intermittently suspended previously, it ceased from 13 February 2011 along with all other border crossings with Greece but then a weekly summer-only service reportedly ran between July and September 2012. Then the Beograd [overnight] - Skopje - Thessaloniki and vv summer only service was reintroduced from 10 May 2014 until as above.
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.