Enthusiast's Guide to Travelling the Railways of Europe

MACEDONIA (Makedonija)

General Information

Last update for this page: 16 January 2010.

National railway system: Makedonski Železnici (MŽ)

Language: Macedonian, using Cyrillic script.

Currency: Macedonian Denar (MKD); 1MKD = 100 Deni

UIC code: numeric 65; alpha MK

Timetable:

Journey Planner: The Macedonian railways website www.mz.com.mk (only in Macedonian, using Cyrillic script) does not appear to provide a journey planner.
Downloadable Timetable: mz.com.mk/uploads/vozenred2010.pdf mostly written in Macedonian, using Cyrillic script.
Printed Timetable: None known.
Engineering Information: None.

Gauge: Standard.

Electrification: 25kV 50Hz.

Rule of the road: Right.

Other Railways: None.

Tourist Lines: None.

Metro: None.

Trams: None.

Trolleybuses: None.

Recent and future changes:

Trains between Skopje and Kičevo were suspended in June 2001 because of the political situation near the border with Albania, but have now been reinstated.

Corridor Trains: None.

Maps: There is no published map of the railways of Macedonia, except that in M.G. Ball's "European Railway Atlas". However a number of system maps are available in the Macedonian railways infrastructure document www.mz.com.mk/Uploads/Objava_na_mreza_za_2009.pdf

Last complete update: 16 January 2010. Subsequent amendments: none.

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