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Croatia
10 buyers · 52 tenders · checked 2026-10-03
HŽ Infrastruktura holds most contracts; ministry plan €4.03bn 2022-2030; corridor works awarded; only 53.8 km carries ETCS Level 1; five signalling procedures closed without winner.
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0Metro systems operating
10Buyers tracked
52Tenders tracked
- Live pipeline
- EUR 3.32bn of valued TED notices tracked since January 2024 (Dugo Selo–Novska at EUR 620m the largest) inside a EUR 4.03bn national rail plan to 2030; EUR 876m of it closed to bids with no award published and EUR 531m closed without a winner
- Technology areas
- Signalling & train control, Track & civil, Electrification, Rolling-stock hardware, Digital operations, Predictive maintenance, Cybersecurity, AI inspection
Key figures
Total planned rail investment 2…EUR 4.03 billion to 2030
1 source · primary
- ● Ministarstvo mora, prometa i infrastrukture · Nacionalni plan razvoja željezničke infrastrukture za razdoblje do 2030. godine — the national rail infrastructure development plan with the funding table and the list of projects of strategic significance and their estimated values (published 2022-12 · checked 2026-09-13)
Croatian rail network at 31 Dec…2,617 km · 1,013 km electrified
3 sources · all primary
- ● HŽ INFRASTRUKTURA d.o.o. · Statistika HŽ Infrastrukture za 2025. — the infrastructure manager's statistical annual: line lengths by category, electrified lengths, official places, and the length of line fitted with ETCS Level 1 (published 2026-07 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● HŽ INFRASTRUKTURA d.o.o. · Izvješće o mreži 2027., pročišćeni tekst I. izmjene i dopune (Network Statement 2027, consolidated text with the first amendments) — network length, electrification, ETCS deployment, corridors, sector bodies, contacts (published 2026-06 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Državni zavod za statistiku (Croatian Bureau of Statistics) · Transport i komunikacije, Statistika u nizu, reference year 2025, published 25 August 2026 — final annual rail figures: 2,617 km of line, 1,013 km electrified (38.7 percent), 566 stations, 26,403 thousand passengers, 1,232 million passenger-kilometres, 12,349 thousand tonnes and 3,012 million tonne-kilometres (published 2026-08-25 · checked 2026-09-13)
Length of the Croatian network…53.8 km
2 sources · all primary
- ● HŽ INFRASTRUKTURA d.o.o. · Statistika HŽ Infrastrukture za 2025. — the infrastructure manager's statistical annual: line lengths by category, electrified lengths, official places, and the length of line fitted with ETCS Level 1 (published 2026-07 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● HŽ INFRASTRUKTURA d.o.o. · Izvješće o mreži 2027., pročišćeni tekst I. izmjene i dopune (Network Statement 2027, consolidated text with the first amendments) — network length, electrification, ETCS deployment, corridors, sector bodies, contacts (published 2026-06 · checked 2026-09-13)
Baltic Sea–Adriatic Sea3 of 9 European transport corridors
1 source · primary
- ● HŽ INFRASTRUKTURA d.o.o. · Izvješće o mreži 2027., pročišćeni tekst I. izmjene i dopune (Network Statement 2027, consolidated text with the first amendments) — network length, electrification, ETCS deployment, corridors, sector bodies, contacts (published 2026-06 · checked 2026-09-13)
The six rail procedures that cl…EUR 531m in six procedures
6 sources · all primary
- ● Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) · HŽ INFRASTRUKTURA d.o.o. — Croatia – Construction work for communication lines – Projektiranje i izgradnja Globalnog sustava pokretnih komunikacija za željeznički promet (GSM-R) (contract award notice recording the procedure closed without a winner) — notice 785442-2024 (published 2024-12-20 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) · HŽ INFRASTRUKTURA d.o.o. — Croatia – Railway signalling works – Ugradnja i usklađenje PU i SS infrastrukturnog podsustava na dionici Sisak Caprag (isklj.) – Novska (isklj.) pruge M502 i Sunja-Volinja (uklj.)-Državna Granica pruge R102 (contract award notice recording the procedure closed without a winner) — notice 57355-2026 (published 2026-01-27 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) · HŽ INFRASTRUKTURA d.o.o. — Croatia – Railway signalling works – RADOVI NA UGRADNJI ESSU ZA OSIGURANJE KOLODVORA I OTVORENE PRUGE NA DIONICI ZAGREB BORONGAJ - SESVETE (contract award notice recording the procedure closed without a winner) — notice 58306-2026 (published 2026-01-27 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) · HŽ INFRASTRUKTURA d.o.o. — Croatia – Railway signalling works – Ugradnja i usklađenje PU i SS infrastrukturnog podsustava na dionici Strizivojna-Vrpolje (isklj.) - Slavonski Šamac (uklj.) - DG pruge M303 (contract award notice recording the procedure closed without a winner) — notice 61880-2026 (published 2026-01-28 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) · HŽ INFRASTRUKTURA d.o.o. — Croatia – Railway signalling works – Izvođenje radova na povezivanju (sučelju) WSSU u kolodvoru Križevci i otvorene pruge na dionici Križevci - Lepavina (dio sučelja koje proizvodi ALSTOM Ferroviaria S.p.A.) (contract award notice recording the procedure closed without a winner) — notice 60194-2026 (published 2026-01-27 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) · HŽ PUTNIČKI PRIJEVOZ d.o.o. — Croatia – Repair, maintenance and associated services related to railways and other equipment – Usluga srednjeg popravka elektrolokomotiva serije 1 142 (contract award notice recording the procedure closed without a winner) — notice 764401-2025 (published 2025-11-18 · checked 2026-09-13)
Croatian rail in 2025 on the Bu…26.4m passengers · 12.3m tonnes
1 source · primary
- ● Državni zavod za statistiku (Croatian Bureau of Statistics) · Transport i komunikacije, Statistika u nizu, reference year 2025, published 25 August 2026 — final annual rail figures: 2,617 km of line, 1,013 km electrified (38.7 percent), 566 stations, 26,403 thousand passengers, 1,232 million passenger-kilometres, 12,349 thousand tonnes and 3,012 million tonne-kilometres (published 2026-08-25 · checked 2026-09-13)
Buyers
| Buyer | Type | Tenders | Contracts awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| HŽ INFRASTRUKTURA d.o.o. za upravljanje, održavanje i izgradnju željezničke infrastrukture | Infrastructure manager | 39 | 23 |
| HŽ Putnički prijevoz, društvo s ograničenom odgovornošću za prijevoz putnika | National operator | 5 | 3 |
| Zagrebački električni tramvaj d.o.o. | Transit authority | 5 | 3 |
| Grad Zagreb | Transit authority | 2 | 1 |
| Gradski prijevoz putnika d.o.o. Osijek | Transit authority | 1 | 1 |
| Agencija za sigurnost željezničkog prometa | Regulator / standards | 0 | 0 |
| Hrvatska regulatorna agencija za mrežne djelatnosti | Regulator / standards | 0 | 0 |
| HŽ Cargo d.o.o. za prijevoz tereta | National operator | 0 | 0 |
| Lučka uprava Rijeka | Development authority | 0 | 0 |
| Ministarstvo mora, prometa i infrastrukture | National rail HQ | 0 | 0 |
Tenders
Cities
| City | Network status | Networks |
|---|---|---|
| Zagreb | operational — Zagreb tram network and funicular under Zagrebački električni tramvaj, city rail nodes at Zagreb Glavni kolodvor, Zagreb Zapadni kolodvor, Zagreb Klara and the Zagreb marshalling yard; seat of HŽ Infrastruktura, HŽ Putnički prijevoz, HŽ Cargo and the Ministry of the Sea, Transport and Infrastructure; no metro | Zagreb trams (ZET); Zagreb funicular (ZET); Zagreb suburban rail (HŽ Infrastruktura / HŽ Putnički prijevoz) |
| Rijeka | operational — Adriatic end of the M202 Zagreb–Rijeka corridor line and of the RH2 corridor; port rail access at Brajdica and Zagrebačka obala under the Rijeka Port Authority, with the Brajdica multimodal platform and the Jadranska vrata container terminal link built by HŽ Infrastruktura; the new Zagreb–Rijeka lowland line is in procurement preparation | Rijeka port rail access (HŽ Infrastruktura / Lučka uprava Rijeka) |
| Osijek | operational — the second Croatian tram system, run by Gradski prijevoz putnika d.o.o. Osijek; junction of the M301/M302/M303 lines from the Hungarian border to Strizivojna/Vrpolje and the Bosnian border, the subject of a feasibility study procured in 2026 | Osijek trams (GPP Osijek); Osijek rail node (HŽ Infrastruktura) |
| Split | operational — southern terminus of the M604 Oštarije–Knin–Split line, unelectrified from Oštarije southwards; the Knin–Split electronic interlocking and central traffic control package and the Perković and Labin Dalmatinski station rebuilds prepare the line's modernisation and electrification | Split rail terminus (HŽ Infrastruktura) |
| Karlovac | under construction — northern half of the Zagreb–Rijeka corridor upgrade: the Hrvatski Leskovac–Karlovac second track and electrification of the M202 line, split into civil, traction-power and signalling contracts | Hrvatski Leskovac–Karlovac upgrade (HŽ Infrastruktura) |
| Koprivnica | under construction — Križevci–Koprivnica–Hungarian border second track and reconstruction for 160 km/h with ETCS Level 1, the largest Croatian rail contract in execution; also on the R202 Varaždin–Dalj renewal | Križevci–Koprivnica–state border upgrade (HŽ Infrastruktura) |
Players with a footprint here
| Player | Kind | Footprint |
|---|---|---|
| Swietelsky | Track & electrification contractor | Project presence |
| Kolektor | Civil contractor | Project presence |
| Končar Group | Rolling-stock OEM | Headquarters |
| ALTPRO | Signalling & systems | Project presence |
| CIOS Cargo | Other | Project presence |
| Industrooprema | Other | Project presence |
What changed
From This Week in Rail, newest first.
- 2026-09-21 — HŽ Cargo tenders the sale of 11 freight wagons for scrapping.
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- Capex in this region (3)
- Market narrative
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- Programme profile
- Eu money
- Signalling note
- Gsmr note
- Urban note
- Market narrative
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Sources
- ● HŽ Cargo d.o.o. · Izvješća — the company's reports page, carrying Poslovno izvješće za 2025. (volumes, fleet, employees, result, market share and the strategic-partner process) and the quarterly report for January–March 2026 (published 2026-05 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Državni zavod za statistiku (Croatian Bureau of Statistics) · TRAN-2026-1-1/2 Transport u 2026. — second quarter 2026 first release, 14 August 2026; rail passengers 6,863 thousand (+3.3 percent), goods 3,373 thousand tonnes (+9.2 percent), 850 million tonne-kilometres (+15.6 percent); marked provisional (published 2026-08-14 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Državni zavod za statistiku (Croatian Bureau of Statistics) · Transport i komunikacije, Statistika u nizu, reference year 2025, published 25 August 2026 — final annual rail figures: 2,617 km of line, 1,013 km electrified (38.7 percent), 566 stations, 26,403 thousand passengers, 1,232 million passenger-kilometres, 12,349 thousand tonnes and 3,012 million tonne-kilometres (published 2026-08-25 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● European Commission (DG MOVE) · Commission Implementing Decision C(2023) 6010 final of 8 September 2023 on the selection of projects following the 2022 CEF Transport calls; Annex Part II (Cohesion envelope) lists action 22-HR-TC-DSNOV, "Upgrade of existing and construction of second track on sections B and C of Dugo Selo – Novska railway line", applicant HŽ Infrastruktura, maximum EU financial contribution EUR 245,615,155.10 (published 2023-09-08 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● European Commission · Fifth work plan of the European Coordinator, Mediterranean Corridor, September 2022 — the CINEA grant agreement for Križevci–Koprivnica–Hungarian state border and the corridor's ERTMS position in Croatia (published 2022-09 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● European Commission · Croatia's recovery and resilience plan — the plan's value, grants and loans and the sustainable-mobility allocation (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● European Commission (DG MOVE) / Ministry of the Sea, Transport and Infrastructure · National Implementation Plan for Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/919 on the control-command and signalling TSI, Republic of Croatia — Ref. Ares(2018)18239 of 3 January 2018, 13 pages, covering the 2018–2032 period, with detailed installation schedules for ETCS and GSM-R (published 2018-01-03 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Publications Office of the European Union · EU Vocabularies — non-award-justification authority table, which defines the code 'ins-fund' as a decision of the buyer because of insufficient funds (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Hrvatska regulatorna agencija za mrežne djelatnosti (HAKOM) · Rast broja putnika i količine prevezene robe u željezničkom prijevozu u drugom tromjesečju 2026. — quarterly rail market release, 8 September 2026 (published 2026-09-08 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● HŽ Infrastruktura d.o.o. · Project page for the reconstruction and second track of the Dugo Selo–Novska line on the Ivanić Grad–Kutina section: CEF grant agreement with CINEA signed 19 October 2023, project 101122716 — 22-HR-TC-DSNOV, agreement value EUR 289.0 million of which EUR 245.6 million (85 percent) from the CEF and EUR 43.3 million (15 percent) from the state budget (published 2026-09-13 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● HŽ INFRASTRUKTURA d.o.o. · Terms of Reference — Croatian ERTMS Implementation Plan, and the contract award for it under World Bank loan 8500-HR (SUCRE project), signed 26 April 2024 (published 2024-05 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● HŽ INFRASTRUKTURA d.o.o. · Godišnji poslovni izvještaj za 2025. — annual business report: employees, network infographic, train-kilometres and gross tonne-kilometres, revenue, the multiannual infrastructure management contract and the pending capital increase (published 2026-07 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● HŽ INFRASTRUKTURA d.o.o. · HŽ Infrastruktura pokrenula dosad najveći postupak nabave — the company's own announcement of the GSM-R procurement: EUR 450 million estimate, whole network, seven-year contract, CEF and European Investment Bank financing, design-and-build in three phases (published 2024-03-12 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● HŽ INFRASTRUKTURA d.o.o. · Izvješće o mreži 2027., pročišćeni tekst I. izmjene i dopune (Network Statement 2027, consolidated text with the first amendments) — network length, electrification, ETCS deployment, corridors, sector bodies, contacts (published 2026-06 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● HŽ INFRASTRUKTURA d.o.o. · Poslovni plan 2026.-2028. — business plan: sources of investment finance including undefined sources, the ETCS L2 and FRMCS migration measure, and the state budget line for GSM-R (published 2026-03 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● HŽ INFRASTRUKTURA d.o.o. · Statistika HŽ Infrastrukture za 2025. — the infrastructure manager's statistical annual: line lengths by category, electrified lengths, official places, and the length of line fitted with ETCS Level 1 (published 2026-07 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Lučka uprava Rijeka (Port of Rijeka Authority) · Rijeka Gateway projekt — the port renewal programme with the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, including the port component's published total (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Ministarstvo mora, prometa i infrastrukture · Nacionalni plan razvoja željezničke infrastrukture za razdoblje do 2030. godine — the national rail infrastructure development plan with the funding table and the list of projects of strategic significance and their estimated values (published 2022-12 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Ministarstvo regionalnoga razvoja i fondova Europske unije · Program Konkurentnost i kohezija 2021.–2027. — priority 5, development of sustainable, smart and safe mobility, with its allocation and the statement that the key investments will be in building, reconstructing and modernising railways (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Ministry of Regional Development and EU Funds (eufondovi.gov.hr) · Program Konkurentnost i kohezija 2021.–2027. (CCI 2021HR16FFPR001), adopted version 4.1 — Table 4 (dimension 1, intervention field) for priority 5 and Table 11 (total financial allocations by fund and national contribution) (published 2026-04-01 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) · GRADSKI PRIJEVOZ PUTNIKA d.o.o. Osijek — Hrvatska-Osijek: Željezničke i tramvajske lokomotive i vagoni i pripadajući dijelovi (contract award) — notice 578819-2023 (published 2023-09-26 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) · HŽ INFRASTRUKTURA d.o.o. — Croatia – Railway construction works – Radovi na rekonstrukciji postojećeg i izgradnji drugog kolosijeka željezničke pruge Dugo Selo - Novska (contract notice, open procedure) — notice 465296-2025 (published 2025-07-16 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) · HŽ INFRASTRUKTURA d.o.o. — Croatia – Construction work for communication lines – Projektiranje i izgradnja Globalnog sustava pokretnih komunikacija za željeznički promet (GSM-R) (contract award notice recording the procedure closed without a winner) — notice 785442-2024 (published 2024-12-20 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) · HŽ INFRASTRUKTURA d.o.o. — Croatia – Railway construction works – Radovi na rekonstrukciji postojećeg i izgradnji drugog kolosijeka te elektrifikaciji željezničke pruge M202 na dionici Hrvatski Leskovac-Karlovac (contract award) — notice 276723-2026 (published 2026-04-22 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) · HŽ INFRASTRUKTURA d.o.o. — Croatia – Infrastructure works consultancy services – Tehnička pomoć za nabavu i provedbu Alliance ugovora za projektiranje i građenje Nizinske pruge u Republici Hrvatskoj (contract notice) — notice 405016-2026 (published 2026-06-12 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) · HŽ PUTNIČKI PRIJEVOZ d.o.o. — Croatia – Railway and tramway locomotives and rolling stock and associated parts – Nabava 6 baterijskih elektromotornih vlakova (BEMV) i puštanje u pogon 1 hibridnog stabilnog energetskog priključka (contract award) — notice 543422-2026 (published 2026-08-05 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) · GRAD ZAGREB and ZAGREBAČKI ELEKTRIČNI TRAMVAJ d.o.o. — Croatia – Tramway passenger coaches – TRAMVAJSKA VOZILA (contract notice, open procedure) — notice 490986-2026 (published 2026-07-16 · checked 2026-09-13)
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