Šidski Banovci railway station (, sr-cyr, Железничко стајалиште 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, 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 L213 local line to
Vukovar
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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
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'' 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 which used the line on which the station is located.
**
Strizivojna–Vrpolje railway station (the location of murder in the
Murder on the Orient Express
''Murder on the Orient Express'' is a work of detective fiction by English writer Agatha Christie featuring the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. It was first published in the United Kingdom by the Collins Crime Club on 1 January 1934. In the U ...
)
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Vinkovci railway station
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Zagreb–Belgrade railway
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Church of the Holy Venerable Mother Parascheva
References
{{Nijemci municipality
Railway stations in Croatia