Vinkovački Banovci railway station (, sr-cyr, Железничко стајалиште Винковачки Бановци) is a
railway stop
A train station, railroad station, or railway station is a railway facility where trains stop to load or unload passengers, freight, or both. It generally consists of at least one platform, one track, and a station building providing such a ...
on
Novska–Tovarnik railway in
Croatia
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. The station is operated by
Croatian Railways
Croatian Railways (, HŽ) was the national railway company of Croatia. It was a member of the International Union of Railways (UIC). The UIC Country Code for Croatia is 78. The Croatian rail network carried 24.230 million passengers in 2023.
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, the state-owned railway company. It is located at the northern edge of the village of
Vinkovački Banovci.
On 19 January 2012 reconstruction of the Vinkovački Banovci railway station was completed.
It was a part of reconstruction of nine railway stations on 67 kilometer route between Vinkovci and Tovarnik-Croatia–Serbia border funded from the
Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance
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of the
European Union
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(48%) and
Croatian Government
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(52%).
See also
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Orient Express
The ''Orient Express'' was a long-distance passenger luxury 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, w ...
which used the line on which the station is located.
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Tovarnik railway station
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Vinkovci railway station
Vinkovci railway station () 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 Andrijaševci to the southwest, to ...
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Zagreb–Belgrade railway
The Zagreb–Belgrade railway () was the Yugoslav Railways′ long railway line connecting the cities of Zagreb and Belgrade in SR Croatia and SR Serbia, at the time of the SFR Yugoslavia.
It was the route of the Orient Express service from ...
References
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Railway stations in Croatia