A new high-speed #train line connecting #Hungary and #Serbia is nearing completion.
The Serbian Minister of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure Anita Dimovski says that it’ll improve the quality of life for people across the two countries.
CGTN's Aljosa Milenkovic reports.
#travel #fasttrain #traveling #ChinaEurope2024
The Serbian Minister of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure Anita Dimovski says that it’ll improve the quality of life for people across the two countries.
CGTN's Aljosa Milenkovic reports.
#travel #fasttrain #traveling #ChinaEurope2024
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00:00A construction of a high-speed railway that will eventually link Belgrade with Budapest is entering its final stages.
00:06Both sides of the line are being part-financed by Chinese loans and built by Chinese companies.
00:13When it's complete, it will cut journey times between the two capitals to just over two and a half hours.
00:19Our correspondent Aliosha Malenkovich reports.
00:23Chinese workers making the final touches to a railway viaduct in the town of Vrbas.
00:29It is the most complicated section of the new high-speed line running from Novi Sad to Serbia's border with Hungary,
00:36with a length of over 1.4 kilometers and a complex steel structure.
00:42The part of this viaduct is made by steel, and this steel is produced in China and delivered here in Serbia.
00:49So it was a challenge to organize the site in order to enable smooth installation of this steel structure.
00:57We needed to ensure some temporary roads of the public transportation and so on.
01:03This viaduct goes through the industrial heart of the city of Vrbas and over a canal that connects the Danube with the river Tisza.
01:12By the end of this year, trains traveling at almost 200 kilometers per hour will cross this viaduct on their way to and from the border with Hungary.
01:23Because of the construction, no trains are currently running between Novi Sad and the northern city of Subotica.
01:30When they did, their average speed was less than 40 kilometers per hour.
01:35The new high-speed service is expected to bring many benefits.
01:42We can say that the quality of living will rise, the possibilities for people to move from point A to point B in the shortest possible time
01:50that no other form of transportation offers.
01:53Novi Sad to Subotica in 42 minutes, from Belgrade to Subotica in 1 hour 17 minutes.
02:02Driving the project forward are the workers from China Railway International.
02:07In a short period of time, they have managed to overcome some serious technical challenges and bring this project to its final stages.
02:16And the key to that success was cooperation with their Serbian colleagues.
02:21The cooperation between ourselves and our colleagues can be described as harmonious, smooth and fruitful.
02:29This is because we have a common goal, to complete the construction and open the Vrbas section as soon as possible.
02:36This high-speed railway will bring convenience and benefits to the Serbian people.
02:42The Serbian officials say the project will be finished by this June.
02:46After that, there will be several months of testing, with the whole Serbian side of railway expected to open by the end of this year.
02:55Aljoša Milenković, CGTN, Vrbas.