One delay, and rail freight to Turkey has a problem

Track-laying on the Niš–Dimitrovgrad line during the visit of Serbian president Aleksandar Vučić and EU ambassador Emanuele Giaufret, March 2024. Photo: EU Delegation to Serbia.

The main rail route between Central Europe and Turkey closes for around 200 days from September 2026, and the main alternative follows with a nine-month interruption from April 2027. The three countries that own the tracks have not agreed on what freight traffic should do in the meantime.

By Frank Andersson

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