The Hungary-Serbia Railway, which connects Budapest, the capital of Hungary, and Belgrade, the capital of Serbia, was built at the end of the 19th century, with a total length of 350 kilometers. It is a monorail railway with a speed of only 40 kilometers per hour.
The original speed is 40 kilometers per hour, the design speed is now 200 kilometers per hour
According to the website of the Chinese Embassy in Serbia, the Hungary-Serbia railway with a total investment of regarding 10 billion yuan has a design speed of 200 kilometers per hour, of which the Serbian section is 183 kilometers. The Benoy section opened this time is 80 kilometers long. Part of it is led by China Railway International Co., Ltd., and China Communications Construction Co., Ltd. has formed a Chinese joint venture. At the same time, the Chinese joint venture subcontracted the construction of the communication signal project in the old promise section. In addition to China and Russia, German and Swiss companies also participated in railway construction.
The opening ceremony of the Beno section of the Hungary-Serbia railway was held the day before yesterday. At 11 am, the first train carrying 270 passengers departed from Belgrade and arrived in Novi Sad 33 minutes later, nearly an hour less than in the past. Passengers in the car included Serbian President Vucic and Hungarian Prime Minister Orban. In a speech that followed, Vucic called the railway “a symbol of Serbia’s development”, saying that “Russian and Chinese friends are building with us on the Beno railway section”, according to Serbian Broadcasting and Television (PTC) According to the report, Vucic said, “If we continue to advance at this speed, Serbia will have the most modern railway network.”
Hungarian Prime Minister Orban also highly appreciated the Beno section of the Hungary-Serbia railway. Orban mentioned that when the Russian-Ukrainian war broke out, cooperation with Beijing was becoming more and more important. He also pointed out that it is a wise approach to link the European economy with China. . According to “Hungary Today”, Orban revealed that by 2025, the entire railway line of the Hungary-Serbia Railway will be put into operation.
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After Russia invaded Ukraine, Vucic, who showed a “pro-China” image, chose a different position from the EU on the issue of sanctions once morest Russia, and suggested that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky condemn the “aggression” of the United Kingdom and the United States once morest Serbia (NATO air raids on Yugoslavia in the 1990s). Orban verbally condemned Russia, but said he did not support sanctions once morest Russia. According to the analysis of Foreign Policy, following Orban took office, he strengthened Hungary’s ties with China and Russia, hoping to transfer the past 12 years of Policies can adapt to the so-called new global order of “rising in the east and falling in the west”, predicting the rise of China and Russia.
On the same day (19th), according to the Chinese Embassy in Serbia, China and Serbia signed a new contract. Serbian Minister of Construction, Transportation and Infrastructure Momirović and the Chinese person in charge signed Novi Sad in Novi Sad, Serbia’s second largest city. Commercial contract for technical and construction preparations for the fourth Danube bridge and connecting road project in Sade.
According to China’s vision, the Hungary-Serbia Railway and its southern extension will constitute the “China-Europe Land-Sea Express Line”. Eves (Greece) – Skopje – Belgrade – Budapest. In December 2014, China, Hungary, Serbia, North Macedonia and Greece jointly announced that they would extend the Hungary-Serbia railway to the south and jointly build the “China-Europe Land-Sea Express Line”.
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