photo: www.mtitc.government.bg/Transport ministers of Bulgaria and Serbia agreed upon building intermodal hub on border between the two countries
An intermodal hub will be built on the border between Bulgaria and Serbia. This was agreed by the Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Hristo Alexiev and the Minister of Construction, Transport, and Infrastructure of the Republic of Serbia Tomislav Momirovic during a meeting in Dimitrovgrad, Serbia.
In the framework of their visit to the city's railway station, both ministers pledged to continue talks on joint activities at the common border railway station. The Bulgarian Minister pointed out that the main task was to ensure the transition by optimizing and modernizing the technical procedures for changing locomotives, optimizing schedules, reducing environmental damage, and promoting rail and intermodal transport.
Serbia aims to complete the overhaul and electrification of a 100 km railway line linking Nis to Dimitrovgrad, on the Bulgarian border, at the beginning of 2024, infrastructure minister Tomislav Momirovic said.
Bulgaria and Serbia will make a joint proposal to the European Union to include the Dragoman-Nis section in the core Trans-European Transport Network, as was announced during the talks. "The Bulgarian side has made great efforts to include the section from Sofia to Dragoman in the core TEN-T network and today we have already signed contracts for the construction of road and railway infrastructure in this direction", Minister Alexiev added. "I will initiate a meeting with our European partners and with colleagues from the Republic of Serbia to discuss the expansion of the direction to Nis, which is Bulgaria's shortest route to Europe", Alexiev added.
Source: Press releases www.mtitc.government.bg
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