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Note that there is a one hour time difference between Bulgaria and North Macedonia.  
Note that there is a one hour time difference between Bulgaria and North Macedonia.  


==(Skopje - Kumanovo -) Deve Bair MŽ - Gjueshevo BDŽ (- Sofia)==
==(Skopje - Kumanovo -) Deve Bair MŽ - Gyueshevo BDŽ (- Sofia)==
This route has been planned for many years and part of the line from Kumanovo as far as Beljakovce was completed as long ago as 1956.  Having previously been identified as part of Pan-European Corridor VIII it was also adopted as part of the EU Western Balkans expansion as a strategic east-west corridor and funding assistance was arranged.  Rehabilitation of the Kumanovo - Beljakovce section began in March 2014 with completion targeted within two years, but it was delayed several times and on 29 May 2020 the contractors terminated the contract with the work only around half complete.
Plans for this cross-border link have existed for many years with the route forming part of the proposed Pan-European Corridor VIII and supported by the EU as part of their Western Balkans infrastructure upgrade plans.  The cross-border section would link a newly constructed branch on the North Macedonian side at Deve Bair (see [[North Macedonia - General Information#Recent and future changes|Recent and future changes]]) with the existing Bulgarian station at Gyueshevo and will be mostly in a 2.35km long tunnel.  Some tunnelling work was started on the Bulgarian side as long ago as the early 1940s but no work has yet been carried out on the North Macedonian side.  Both Governments have committed to completing the whole of Corridor VIII by 2030.
 
The EU’s Economic and Investment Plan for the Western Balkans published in October 2020 identified this route as one of their flagship investment priorities. In October 2021, Ministers from Bulgaria, Albania and North Macedonia signed an agreement to complete the entire Corridor VIII route through their countries by 2030.  By the start of 2022 the EU had made €283m available in loans and grants for the Kumanovo – Deve Bair line.
 
No work has yet been undertaken on the Bulgarian side of the border.


== See also ==
== See also ==

Latest revision as of 21:05, 7 March 2022

Note that there is a one hour time difference between Bulgaria and North Macedonia.

(Skopje - Kumanovo -) Deve Bair MŽ - Gyueshevo BDŽ (- Sofia)

Plans for this cross-border link have existed for many years with the route forming part of the proposed Pan-European Corridor VIII and supported by the EU as part of their Western Balkans infrastructure upgrade plans. The cross-border section would link a newly constructed branch on the North Macedonian side at Deve Bair (see Recent and future changes) with the existing Bulgarian station at Gyueshevo and will be mostly in a 2.35km long tunnel. Some tunnelling work was started on the Bulgarian side as long ago as the early 1940s but no work has yet been carried out on the North Macedonian side. Both Governments have committed to completing the whole of Corridor VIII by 2030.

See also

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