Bulgaria - North Macedonia Tunnel by 2028

The future #CrossBorderRail line between Gyushevo (Bulgaria) and Kriva Palanka (North Macedonia) is remarkable for how long it has been almost done - more than a century in fact!

Gyushevo station, and the line connecting it with Sofia, was completed in 1913.

Now there is a new effort to finally get the border tunnel complete - this will be done by 2028, according to Bulgaria's transport minister. Sorry, but...

And even if the tunnel is done by 2028, that is not going to be much use, as there is a good 50km without any operable railway on the North Macedonian side - the line from Skopje runs only as far as Beljakovtse at the moment.

Eventually Bulgaria and North Macedonia might finally get all of this done. But it will not be in 2028.