Croatia’s rail makeover rolls in, wallets feeling the upgrade

Croatia's about to flood its railways with 70 brand-new trains by the end of next year, and the whole package costs 360 million euros. State Secretary Tomislav Mihotić dropped this info at the Via Vita congress in Rovinj, where 400 transport nerds gathered to talk infrastructure. He hyped up a massive six-billion-euro railway upgrade over the next ten years, calling it the biggest investment wave the country has seen in decades.

On the roadside, contractors just got introduced to a 160-million-euro expressway project linking Požega to the motorway. Construction is already rolling on the Podravina Y and a Varaždin-to-Krapina expressway section. The Istrian Y motorway should wrap up in 2027, when electronic tolling goes live nationwide.
 

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