Šidski Banovci railway station ( hr, Željeznička postaja Šidski Banovci, sr-cyr, Железничка станица Шидски Бановци) is a
railway station
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on
Novska–Tovarnik railway in
Croatia
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. The station is operated by
Croatian Railways
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, the state-owned railway company. It is located at the southern edge of the village of
Banovci which itself was officially known as Šidski Banovci up until 1991. Historical local L213 line to
Vukovar was passing on the eastern side on the village but is today out of use and in deteriorated condition.
On 19 January 2012 reconstruction of the Šidski Banovci railway station was completed.
It was a part of reconstruction of nine railway stations on 67 kilometers route between Vinkovci and Tovarnik-Croatia–Serbia border funded from the
Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance of the
European Union
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(48%) and
Croatian Government (52%).
Italian ''SALCEF Building Construction and Railway S.p.A.'' completed construction works valued 41.766.847,33 €, Italian branch of the ''
Bombardier Transportation
Bombardier Transportation was a Canadian-German rolling stock and rail transport manufacturer, headquartered in Berlin, Germany.
It was one of the world's largest companies in the rail vehicle and equipment manufacturing and servicing industry ...
'' together with ''SITE SPA'' completed traffic signaling and traffic management system worth 16.411.114,98 € while the control over the works paid 2.005.000,00 € was completed by Spanish ''Técnica y Proyectos SA (TYPSA)''.
Gallery
ZeleznicaBanovci02.JPG, Railway station (view towards east).
StaraStanicaBanovci.JPG, Old railway station building and parking entrance.
Šidski Banovci-Шидски Бановци-2017-4.jpg, Old type of a train arriving at the train station.
See also
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Orient Express
The ''Orient Express'' was a long-distance passenger train service created in 1883 by the Belgian company ''Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits'' (CIWL) that operated until 2009. The train traveled the length of continental Europe and int ...
which used the line on which the station is located.
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Strizivojna–Vrpolje railway station
Strizivojna–Vrpolje railway station ( hr, Željeznička stanica Strizivojna–Vrpolje) is a railway station on Novska–Tovarnik railway. Located between two settlement Strizivojna and Vrpolje. Railroad continued to Andrijevci in one, in the o ...
(the location of murder in the
Murder on the Orient Express)
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Vinkovci railway station
Vinkovci railway station ( hr, Željeznički kolodvor Vinkovci) is the railway station located in Vinkovci, on the Novska–Tovarnik railway. The railway continues to Ivankovo to the west, to Jankovci to the east, to Otok to the southeast, to ...
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Zagreb–Belgrade railway
The Zagreb–Belgrade railway ( sh, Pruga Zagreb-Beograd) was the Yugoslav Railways long railway line connecting the cities of Zagreb and Belgrade in SR Croatia and SR Serbia, at the time of Yugoslavia.
It was the route of the Orient Express s ...
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Church of the Holy Venerable Mother Parascheva
Church of the Holy Venerable Mother Parascheva ( sh, Hram svete prepodobne majke Paraskeve, sr-cyr, Храм свете пеподобне мајке Параскеве) is a Serbian Orthodox church located in Banovci, Vukovar-Syrmia County in e ...
References
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Railway stations in Croatia