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==(Skopje - Kumanovo -) Beljakovce MŽ - Gjueshevo BDŽ (- Sofia)== | ==(Skopje - Kumanovo -) Beljakovce MŽ - Gjueshevo BDŽ (- Sofia)== | ||
This route has been planned for many years. Construction of the Kumanovo - Beljakovce section began in March 2014. Completion was allegedly planned within two years but it has been postponed several times. On 29 May 2020 the contractors terminated the contract, with the work only half complete. On 14 July 2017 the European Union announced it would finance construction of the whole line on the | This route has been planned for many years. Construction of the Kumanovo - Beljakovce section began in March 2014. Completion was allegedly planned within two years but it has been postponed several times. On 29 May 2020 the contractors terminated the contract, with the work only half complete. On 14 July 2017 the European Union announced it would finance construction of the whole line on the understanding that it would be completed by 2025/2027 but then in October 2021, Ministers from Bulgaria, Albania and North Macedonia signed a memorandum to complete by 2030, but only with significant investment and not explaining its source... | ||
No work has been undertaken on the Bulgarian side of the border. | No work has yet been undertaken on the Bulgarian side of the border. | ||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
Revision as of 18:20, 2 November 2021
Note that there is a one hour time difference between Bulgaria and North Macedonia.
(Skopje - Kumanovo -) Beljakovce MŽ - Gjueshevo BDŽ (- Sofia)
This route has been planned for many years. Construction of the Kumanovo - Beljakovce section began in March 2014. Completion was allegedly planned within two years but it has been postponed several times. On 29 May 2020 the contractors terminated the contract, with the work only half complete. On 14 July 2017 the European Union announced it would finance construction of the whole line on the understanding that it would be completed by 2025/2027 but then in October 2021, Ministers from Bulgaria, Albania and North Macedonia signed a memorandum to complete by 2030, but only with significant investment and not explaining its source...
No work has yet been undertaken on the Bulgarian side of the border.
