Copyright: Slovene government / Direkcija RS za infrastrukturo The investment is part of a broader upgrade of the section Ljubljana-Divača, the main section of the railway Ljubljana-Sežana-State Border, built between 1846 and 1857, as part of the “Southern Railway” Vienna-Trieste. The railway has remained practically the same since its construction, the only upgrade being the electrification in 1962.The section is the main connection of the Primorska region to central Slovenia and is part of two TEN-T corridors: Mediterranean and Baltic-Adriatic.The investment aims to eliminate bottlenecks, increase train speed, traffic safety and maximise the capacity of the tracks.The first two parts of the upgrade - the sections Ljubljana-Brezovica and Brezovica-Borovnica will be co-financed by the Recovery and Resilience Facility, with a currently planned contribution of EUR 91.66 million.Works on the Ljubljana-Brezovica section started in September 2021 and were finalised in November 2022.Works on the Brezovica-Borovnica section started in October 2022 and were inaugurated by the Director-General of the Recovery and Resilience Task Force, Ms Céline Gauer, and the Minister of Infrastructure Mr Bojan Kumer.The works are expected to be completed in 2025, resulting in 16.3 km of upgraded railway infrastructure that meets the following requirements: enhancing rail fluidity by removing bottlenecks, upgrading lines and stations in accordance with the technical specifications for interoperability, ensuring a load capacity of category D4 (22.5 t/axle and 8 t/m), and increasing train speeds to meet the new design standards.Additional links:http://www.krajsamorazdalje.si/projekti/nadgradnja-zelezniske-proge-lju…https://www.gov.si/novice/2022-10-24-zakljucena-nadgradnja-odseka-ljubl…https://www.gov.si/novice/2022-10-21-na-poti-zelenega-prehoda-na-letnem…Top 100 recipients:Direkcija RS za infrastrukturo, projects:Upgrade of the Grosuplje railway stationUpgrade of the Domžale railway stationUpgrade of the railway section Ljubljana – JeseniceUpgrade of the railway section Ljubljana – DivačaUpgrade of the Ljubljana passenger centreUpgrade of the Nova Gorica railway stationUpgrade of the railway section Jesenice-Bohinjska Bistrica Copyright: Slovene government / Direkcija RS za infrastrukturo Copyright: Slovene government / Direkcija RS za infrastrukturo Copyright: Ministry of Infrastructure ReferenceC1.K4.IC in the SI Recovery and Resilience PlanProject locations Slovenia EU contribution€91 660 000 Project websitehttp://www.krajsamorazdalje.si/...
