Railways of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Željeznice Federacije Bosne i Hercegovine, Жељезнице Федерације Босне и Херцеговине; abbr. or ) is the railway company of the
Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Serbo-Croatian: ''Federacija Bosne i Hercegovine'' / ''Федерација Босне и Херцеговине'') is one of the two Political divisions of Bosnia and Herzegovina, entities composing Bo ...
. It is one of the two rail companies of
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina, sometimes known as Bosnia-Herzegovina and informally as Bosnia, is a country in Southeast Europe. Situated on the Balkans, Balkan Peninsula, it borders Serbia to the east, Montenegro to the southeast, and Croatia to th ...
(the other is the
ŽRS, operating in the
Republika Srpska
Republika Srpska ( sr-Cyrl, Република Српска, ; also referred to as the Republic of Srpska or Serb Republic) is one of the two Political divisions of Bosnia and Herzegovina, entities within Bosnia and Herzegovina, the other bein ...
). The company operates 608 km of railroad.
Overview
The company, public and owned by the government of the
Federation
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, was founded in 2001 by the fusion of some public enterprises with the company
ŽHB. The network is 601 km long, out of which 392 km is electrified and is built in
standard gauge
A standard-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge of . The standard gauge is also called Stephenson gauge (after George Stephenson), international gauge, UIC gauge, uniform gauge, normal gauge in Europe, and SGR in East Africa. It is the ...
.
CIA World Fact Book, 2009 After extensive rehabilitation, more than 85 percent of the network is now classified as D4 in terms of UIC load categories, allowing maximum loads of 22.5 tons per axle, or 8.0 tons per linear meter.
Basic activity:
Public transport of passengers in domestic and international rail traffic, public transport of cargo via domestic and international rail transport and combined transport; maintenance, reconstruction, modernisation, construction of wagon stock and other equipment necessary for offering of transport services; maintenance, remont, modernisation and development of railway infrastructure; organisation and safety of railway transport.
Organizational chart
*Nijaz Puzić (Director General)
Rolling stock
See also
* Railways of Republika Srpska
* Rail transport in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Railway operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina are successors of the Yugoslav Railways within the country boundaries following independence from Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia in March 1992.
Overview
The two companies o ...
* List of companies of Bosnia and Herzegovina
References
External links
*
ŽFBH official website
(in Bosnian, English, French and German
German(s) may refer to:
* Germany, the country of the Germans and German things
**Germania (Roman era)
* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
** For citizenship in Germany, see also Ge ...
)
Rail map of Croatia, Slovenia and Bosnia-Herzegovina
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