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Corridor VIII railway
With EU support
A new railway from Kumanovo towards Sofia, built in stages.
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In the area: Skopje and the Vardar below Mount Vodno from the fortress. Image courtesy of © kallerna · CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia CommonsOur take
- Kumanovo–Beljakovce open
- Beljakovce–Kriva Palanka under construction
- The border section next
- Address
- Kumanovo to the Bulgarian border, Skopje
- Status
- First section open · works under way
About Corridor VIII railway
For the first time, a railway is being built east from Skopje’s region towards Sofia, part of the pan-European Corridor VIII. The first section, from Kumanovo to Beljakovce, is in service; on the second, from Beljakovce to Kriva Palanka, all 16 tunnels have been broken through, with completion planned for 2028; and the works for the final section to the Bulgarian border have gone to tender, with financing agreements signed. The European Union supports the project as part of its Global Gateway programme.
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