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Interesting to see its European counterpart, the Belgrade-Budapest line too
>be Serbia
>have a main corridor from the East Mediterranean ports of Greece running to the heart of Europe passing through your country
>line was basically touched last time when Tito was still alive, deterioration is alarming
>only a single track
>northern part of it is connecting your capital with your 2nd and 6th most populous city, yet track speed is 40 km/h since the beginning of this decade due to dire track conditions
>china knocks
>offers super duper railroad for super duper loan
>big_biznis.jpeg
>project starts
>it already becomes years late
>they finally start building it in early 2019, but only a 50 km section between the line's branch-off from the line to Croatia, to just Novi Sad, ofc the section that was in best shape
>no train replacements, go with bus or car r*etard
>have a few small hills on the way
>have it overdone by the chinese as usual
>two tracks, separate tunnels and a GIANT FUCKING POINTLESS VIADUCT (pic related) instead of just moving the line a bit
>this ofc delays completion by years, now planned mid-2022, but you can't know for sure since it's the Balkans
>planned track speed is 200 km/h in a country where you can barely reach 120 anywhere, ofc they have no rolling stock for it and prolly no knowledge how to keep it in shape
>although it's completely flat, the longer section of the project is still ahead
>they're already refurbishing a closed non-electrified branch line to have 120 km/h track speed to have a corridor with Hungary when the border crossing comes to reconstruction, yet they didn't even started the part connecting this line with Novi Sad
>national railway infrastructure management is massively in debt, no one knows who and how will keep up the infrastructure
While the goal is noble & the Chinese have economic reasons too unlike the sheer colonization programs in Africa, I highly doubt anything good will come out of this neverending story
