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A story of two tunnels: Kriva Palanka to Gyushevo, and the Channel Tunnel

by Jon Worth on 21.01.2025 0 comments

When I went to Kumanovo in June of 2024 and found a railway station half complete, I must admit I did not think trains would run there any time soon. But this week I was proven wrong – the first part of the line that will eventually connect Skopje ion […]

The best photos from #CrossBorderRail South East Europe 2024

by Jon Worth on 24.08.2024 0 comments

Finally I am done sorting and uploading photos from #CrossBorderRail South East Europe 2024 In this post there is one photo from each of the days, and a link to the full Flickr album from that day – to give an idea of this weird and wonderful journey! Day -02 […]

North Macedonia’s phantom rail line, and why I am worried they’re repeating the error at the other end of the country

by Jon Worth on 09.07.2024 2 comments

The railway line from Thessaloniki (Greece) to Bitola (North Macedonia) via Florina has a long history. It was completed in 1894, before the Balkan Wars in 1913 resulted in the final 17km ending up in Yugoslavia. Trains continued to run on the cross border section until 1987, and then ceased, […]

9th July 19:00 CEST – presentation of the first conclusions of #CrossBorderRail South East Europe 2024

by Jon Worth on 09.07.2024 3 comments

The research phase of #CrossBorderRail 2024 is done, so now it is time to start to assess what I learned. The first conclusions will be presented in a public webinar at 19:00 CEST on 9th July. The webinar has now concluded, and you can view it here: The slides that […]

Live Blog – #CrossBorderRail South East Europe Day 25 26 Jun 2024 – Struga – Bitola – Skopje – Prishtinë

by Jon Worth on 26.06.2024 0 comments

Jump to: Text updates | Summary videos | Latest photos | Today’s background | Today’s route The best way to follow #CrossBorderRail as the trip develops is on social mediaThere are always posts on Mastodon (@jon@gruene.social & #CrossBorderRail)To follow on Bluesky please follow the bridged account there. Today’s […]