BUILD RAILROADS AND BRIDGES; GIVE STATISTICS ON BANJALUKA-DOBOJ RAILROAD

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• Publication Date: March 14, 1952
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SUBJECT Transportation - Rail, railroad bridges
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PUBLISHED Daily newspaper
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PUBLISHED Zagreb
DATE
PUBLISHED 21 Nov - 26 Dec 1951
LANGUAGE Serbo-Croatian
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
BUILD RAILROADS ARD BRIDGES;
GI" T STIC OR BAR Li1lCA_
DOBW RAILROAD
COMPLETE FIVE-YEAR PLAN FOR RR, BRIDGE CONSTR[;CTION -_
The Zagreb, Borba, 26 Dec 51
for the Yugoslav Five-Year Plan for railroad and bridge construction called ua-
construction of 1,500 kilometers of new railroads, rebuilding of bridges
destroyed during the war, and construction of 20 kilometers of new bridges. The
Plan also called for the completion of 400 kilometers of railroads alre
der construction, the beginning of construction on 430 kilometers of new
roads, construction of 477 ~1r
road kilometers of stand*rd.$uge double-track oail-
reb iding ofn150 4000 square meters of damaged station buildings, ~~cti
ands, and do cos430,000 square q meters of commercial and i~' eotive build o"n
administrative
5,000 dwellings.
plan ban been fulfilled as follows: 1,585.3 kilometers of new rail.
roads have been built, or 106 percent of the plan; 30,308 meters of bridges, or
152 percent of the plan; and 365.4 kilometers of new rail:
had been begun, or 91 percent. Construction has beg on wh417 meters of new railroads, or 97 percent of the plan; 320 kilometers of doublelo-
track railroad have been constructed, or 67 percent; the plan for construction
and rebuilding of commercial and administrative buildings has been mostly com-
pleted; and 2,979 dwellings have been built for railroad workers and officials.
The track structure of 294 kilometers of track has been strengthened to support
a minimum axle weight of 15 tons (18 tons on the main lines).
The plan is considered fulfilled because the past 5 years have shown it
was not necessary to complete all aspects of the plan.
The plan for additional double-track railroad was not fulfilled because proved the Belgrade-Nis
additional line
kilometers be completely satisfactory for present traffic
without of double track, which had been called for
by the pl'n. The same was true for dwellings, which proved to be sufficient to
meet the needs of railroaders.
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-~~ a++umezers of new narrow-gauge (0.60 and 0.76 meters) railroad,
n built, but during the past 5 years standard-gauge has replaced narrow-
B have auge in bee the Tuzla Basin in the Bosna River valley, the Spreca River valley,
between Tuzia and Doboj, and on sections of the One River line. At present,
narrow_gauge railroads are being built only in unusual situations, with provi-
sion being made for converting such lines to standard-gauge, as between Titograd
stalled'and
he roadbed
need e arisesSe~red for standard-gauge lines to be in-
railrTheamost important rail-Dade are the Brcko-Banovici and Samac-Sarajevo
which were built by youth in 1946 and 1947. In 1951, youth completed
the Banjaluka_Doboj railroad, two large bridges across the Vrbas and Bosna
rivers, and 12 medium-sized bridges across the Ukrina and Snjegotina rivers.
Yugoslav soldiers built the 74-kilometer-long Sabac-Zvornik railroad line, and
members of the People's Front built the 13.3-kilometer-long Petlovaca-Bogatic
and the 16-kilometer-long N.odric-Gradacac lines.
Coal from the Despotovac coal fields will be hauled over the recently com-
pleted Markovac-Despotovac railroad. The Puracic-Doboj railroad will also be
used for this purpose. The Lapoglav-stalije railroad is still more important
for it permits rapid transport of black coal from the Istrian coal fields. The
Resnik-Dobanovci railroad Is very important to Belgrade as it represents the
beginning of efforts to route railroads around the cit?. of Belgrade. A double
track has been laid on the Belgrade-Zagreb line.
Over 700 kilometers of industrial railroad have also been built, princi-
pally near ferrous metallurgy enterprises, such as at Zenica. Industrial rail-
roads have also been built for the Bode and salt factory and cokevorks in Luka-
vac, for many petroleum-producing enterprises, etc.
With the help of youth, railroad builders constructed 14 bridges on the
Semac-Sarajevo railroad. In 1952, the Sava River bridge on this line is to be
renovated. The 40-meter-high viaduct on the Bihac-Knin railroad was difficult
to construct. The best railroad bridge in Yugoslavia, across the Sava River at
Ostruznica, is nearing completion.
Yugoslavia is well supplied with Yugoslav-made railroad construction equip-
ment including small steam locomotives, concrete mixeri.u, rock crushers, various
kinds of diesel and electric engines, etc. Some building sites can now be com-
pletely electrified. In constructing the 19.5-kilometer-long Veres-Breza rail-
road which has 21 tunnels, every building site was electrified.
GIVE DATA ON BANJALUKA-DOBOJ CONSTRUCTION -- Zagreb, Borba, 22 Dec 51
Banjaluka, 21 December -- Nine hundred and twenty-seven work brigades, con-
sisting of 94,463 Jfigures are as given in original young men and women, Par-
ticipated in construction of the 96-kilometer-long Banjaluka-Doboj railroad.
The People's Youth of Serbia sent 414 brigades with 34,427 members; Croatia
sent 266 brigades with 20,893 members; Boa nia -Herzegovina sent 141 brigades with
14,905 members; Slovenia sent 24 brigades with 3,450 members; Macedonia sent 50
brigades with 3,780 members; and Montenegro sent 13 brigades with 1,382 members.
Fifty-nine brigades, with 7,900 youths whose military service expired this au-
tumn, came from the army. Twenty-two brigades with 547 young men and women from
14 1aropran and overseas nations participated in the work.
Of the total number who worked on the railroad, 25,715 were secondary
school students, 722 were students .ollege], and the others were from farms,
except for a small number of workers and apprentices.
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bridges with a combined length of 1
culverts nth
031
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meters, 295 The latter are' combined length of 474 meters, and three tunnels were built.
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tunnel 1,411 Ljeskova Voda tunnel which is 1,506 meters long, the Tromeda
,411 meters, and the Celinac tunnel, 488 meters long.
carloa BAbout e400,000 tons of construction and other materials or about 40,000
were used. About 150,000 railroad ties and 9,500 rails were used.
alicale and had 16,120 lectures presented to them. A large number of peri_
were attended andd 8,ooo copies of newspapers were received daily. Elementary courses
by 3,012 and basic cow ies by 8,208.
At the housing and building sites, 962 films and 3,714 cultural and artis-
tic events were shown. Fifteen guest groups gave 90 presentations, and 3,841
camp fire meetings were arranged. Thirty-five issues of the Omladinska
(Youth Railroad) newspaper were published, which had a circulation of 160,r000;
94,644 books and pamphlets were read.
Forty-four housing developments, containing 201 barracks, were built along
the railroad. Two hospitals and seven dispensaries with a total of 411 beds
were available to workers. Medical examinations and treatment were given to
53,613. The denial dispensary made 2,666 examinations.
BUILD LARGE RR BUD IN DOBOJ -- Zagreb, Borba, 10 Dec 51
The temporary railroad station built in Doboj in 1947 cannot meet current
needs. Traffic through the Doboj station will increase considerably with the
completion of the Banjaluka-Doboj railroad and the Belgrade-Valjevo-Karlovac-
bjubljan main line,oof which rteetBa jaluka-DoboJ line is a part. Because Do-
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goslavia, it was necessary to begin building a raailnhub railroad
ing of the Banjaluka-Doboj railroad. parallel to the bui ld_
A new passenger station, sirilar to the Sarajevo station in size and archi-
tecture, is to be built. A large number of freight warehouses and buildings
necessary for classification yards are also to be built. The hub will have its
own repair shops for the simultaneous repair of six locomotives.
All installations are to be built in a low area which will have to be
filled with earth and gravel to a height of 3.5 meters. The result-' ng plateau
will be several kilometers long; its width will be over 400 meters in some
places. About 600,000 cubic meters of earth and gravel will be needed. A part
of the plateau will extend along the Bosna River Valley, so a new river bed, 240
meters long and over 30 meters wide, will have to be excavated.
Twenty buildings in thel,area will have to be condemned, but modern housing
will be built for railroad workers and officials.
Construction on the Doboj railroad hub will extend over a period of years,
with construction being done on a priority basis depending on immediate needs.
The major and most difficult part of the work is to be completed in the near
future.
The work planned for 1951 is almost finished. Thus far, about. 100,000 cu-
bic meters of earth and gravel have been filled in, four new station tracks have
been laid, fills for several lines have been partially completed, and construc-
tion has begun on a repair shop.
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OPEN SERVICE ON MARKOVAC-DESPOTOVAC RAILROAD __ Zagreb
Borba
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lishedeOnothhe c' 17 December -- Passenger from and freight service has been estab-
Markovnc_Despaottionsvac railroad. This line was built b People's Front organiz sad by ironworkers from Resavs, Despotoysc,
am surrounding srezee. Y volunteers
line, The 37-k ler long railroad, which connects with the Belgrade-Skoplje
will be Particularly important to the Despotovac coal fields.
BUILD 21 RR BRIDGES IN 10 MONTBS -- Zagreb, Borba, 23 Dec 51
railrT a "Mdtcg adnl0"m(Bridge-Building) Be uEnterprise from Belgrade 2 1951. The combined length of the bridges lis
50 meters- they required 3,500 tons of steel framework, and about 17,000 cu-
bic Geter.J of ordinary and reinforced concrete. Thirteen more bridges are
now being const-ncted and are to be opened to traffic in December.
New bridges have been built in all the republics. Five large bridges were
built in the area from Kosovska Mitrovica along the Ibar River Valley toward
Rankovicevo and toward Skopije. The largest and most important are the rein-
forced concrete bridges at Kosovska Mitrovica ant Pusto Polje.
The railroad and highway bridge at Markovac on the Morava River is impor-
tant because it will permit use of the new MB rkovac_Despotovac railroad and fa-
cilitate transport of agricultural produce to the markets in Svilajnsc, Markovac,
and spotovac whichehas been.builtA 11
the Jezava t River Refinery
near SmedBvoocroa? the bridge
The "Mostogradnja" Enterprise is completing work on a railroad bridge
across the Sava River at Ostruznica, in conjunction with the new Belgrade rail-
road network.
The Three inforced concrete bn ridges were bridges
built built
Boania-Herzeon govina.Tu- a_ re
Puracic-Doboj railroad, and another across the Vrbas River on the Doboj-Banja-
luka railroad. The 250-meter-long bridge across the Bosom River is one of the
most important installations on the Doboj-Banjaluka railroad. The bridge was
built in less than 51 months.
The most interesting bridge construction is the viaduct at Pajtov_Bana on
the Breza-Vanes railroad, which is being built on five concrete piers, some of
which are more than 30 meters high. Work has been completed on the piers for
two railroad bridges being built in conjunction with the railroad network in
Doboj. Steel construction work is also being completed on a bridge across the
Neretva River for the narrow-gauge Konjic-Jablanica railroad.
Work is being completed on the concrete piers for a bridge across the Drava
River at Varazdin, and the steel framework is being completed for another bridge
across the Drava River at Ptuj. Two concrete and one steel bridge have been
built across the Lopatnica and Vardar rivers at Kumanovo.
"Mostogradnja" is one of the best steel construction enterprises in Yugo-
slavia. Although its 1951 plan is 180 percent greater than for 1950, reports
for the past 10 months indicate it will exceed its 1951 plan. The enterprise
has received many awards for its bridge construction.
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SAVA RIMS BBIDOE NEARIP3 COMPLETION -- Zagreb, Boba, 21 Nov 51
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iron e 300"alter pm boon bridge over the Sava river between 8rasaka and Jac.
on 29 bridge ~' which are on~ctted two sections cenIt is buUt on 22
the
ter action of
aovable to perait passage of large river boats,
Apat' The The iron conotru~~tione were built in less than 1F} ao~ys by the Zrenyanin,
and Novi Bad river shipyards. The final work on the bridge is being
by the Macvanaka Bitrovica 8hipya.d.
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