Railways of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Željeznice Federacije
Bosne i Hercegovine
Type	Railway
Industry	Rail Transport
Founded	2001
Headquarters	Sarajevo^[1], Bosnia and Herzegovina
Key people	Nijaz Puzić ^[2]
Services	Rail Transport, Rail Construction, Services
Website	Official website

Station building of Sarajevo Main Station

A railway bridge near Sarajevo

Željeznice Federacije Bosne i Hercegovine^[3] (ŽFBH) is the railway company of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is one of the two rail companies of Bosnia and Herzegovina (the other is the ŽRS, operating in the Republika Srpska). The company operates 608 km of railroad.^[4]

Overview

The company, public and owned by the government of the Federation, was founded in 2001 by the fusion of some public enterprises with the company ŽHB (Željeznice Herceg-Bosne^[3]). The network is 601 km long, out of which 392 km is electrified and is built in standard gauge.^[5] After extensive rehabilitation, more than 85 percent of the network is now classified as D4 in terms of UIC load categories, allowing maximum loads of 22.5 tons per axle, or 8.0 tons per linear meter.

Basic activity:

Public transport of passengers in domestic and international rail traffic, public transport of cargo via domestic and international rail transport and combined transport; maintenance, reconstruction, modernisation, construction of wagon stock and other equipment necessary for offering of transport services; maintenance, remont, modernisation and development of railway infrastructure; organisation and safety of railway transport.^[6]

Organizational chart

Nijaz Puzić (Director General)^[2]
Enis Džafić (Executive Director for Economy Affairs)^[2]
Muhamed Sahić (Exec. Dir. for Legal Affairs and Human Resources)^[2]
Vlado Budimir (Exec. Dir. for Railway Operations)^[2]
Mirza Šklajić (Exec. Dir. for Infrastructure)^[2]
Mario Kozina (Exec. Dir. for Investments and Development Affairs)^[2]

Rolling stock

Model	Type	Note
JŽ class 441	Electric locomotive	Active
HŽ series 6111	Electric multiple unit (EMU)	Active
EMD G16	Diesel Locomotive	Active
V 100 (ŽFBH 212)	Diesel Locomotive	Active
Končar EMV	Electric locomotive	Not Active
Talgo	Passenger coaches	Not Active

References

↑ Headquarter's address of ŽFBH
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Management board of ŽFBH
1 2 Željeznice stands for "railways"
↑ Track gauge of ŽFBH
↑ CIA World Fact Book, 2009
↑ ZFBIH, ZFBIH. "ZFBIH About". ZFBIH. Retrieved 8 July 2012.

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Albania HSH Armenia SKZD¹ Austria ÖBB Azerbaijan ADY Belarus BŽD/BČ Belgium SNCB/NMBS Bosnia ŽFBH² and ŽRS³ Bulgaria BDŽ Croatia HŽ Czech Republic ČD Denmark DSB Estonia EVR Finland VR France SNCF Georgia SR¹ Germany DB Greece TrainOSE Hungary MÁV Ireland IÉ Italy FS Kazakhstan KTŽ¹ Kosovo HK/KŽ⁴ Latvia LDZ Lithuania LG Luxembourg CFL Macedonia MŽ Moldova CFM Montenegro ŽPCG Netherlands NS Norway NSB Poland PKP Portugal CP Romania CFR Russia RŽD¹ Serbia ŽS Slovakia ŽSSK Slovenia SŽ Spain Renfe Operadora Sweden SJAB Switzerland SBB/CFF/FFS Turkey TCDD¹ Ukraine UZ United Kingdom NR⁵ / NIR⁶

¹Country partly in Asia ²For the Federation BH ³For Srpska ⁴State with limited recognition ⁵For Great Britain ⁶For Northern Ireland

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