Strategies of modernization of the Zagreb - Rijeka railway

Modernizacija riječkog željezničkog pravca nosi sa sobom brojne izazove i mogućnosti. Prednosti riječkog prometnog pravca su: Jadransko more duboko usječeno u europski kontinent, blizina velikih prometnih tokova kroz Sueski kanal, kraći pomorski put od Sueza do središta Europe za 1.250 Nm ili cca 5 dana plovidbe, dobre maritimne luke Rijeka (gaz 16,5 i više m i dr.) mogućnost prijama brodova kapaciteta 6.000 TEU i više. Nadalje, kombinirani promet (veza na sustav Rajna – Majna – Dunav preko rijeke Save, dobre prometne veze s unutarnošću (autocesta, poboljšana željeznica u budućnosti), te mogućnost otvaranja novog ulaska za veće količine robe u Europu. Ciljevi restrukturiranja su prilagodba EU-ovim propisima, podizanje konkurentnosti željezničke infrastrukture, podizanje razine kvalitete željezničke infrastrukture i pokretač hrvatskoga gospodarstva. Podizanjem konkurentnosti željezničke infrastrukture dolazi do optimizacije radnih procesa, osposobljavanje HŽI-a za provedbu većih zahvata na održavanju željezničke infrastrukture, racionalizacijom broja zaposlenih, što uvelike doprinosi Republici Hrvatskoj zbog rasta nezaposlenih te odlaska mladih u druge članice Europske Unije. Također, podizanjem konkurentnosti željezničke infrastrukture dolazi do smanjenja broja organizacijskih jedinica i komercijalizacija nekretnina i otvaranje slobodnih prostora na tržištu.The modernization of the Rijeka railway carries with it numerous challenges and possibilities. The advantages of the Rijeka traffic route are: the Adriatic Sea located deep in the European continent, the proximity of major traffic flows through the Suez Canal, shorter maritime distance from the Suez to the center of Europe by 1.250 NM or approximately 5 days of sail time, good Rijeka maritime ports ( a draft of 16,5 m and more and so on) the possibility of holding ships with a capacity of 6.000 TEU and higher. Furthermore, combined traffic (the connection to the Rhine – Main – Danube through the river Sava), good maritime connections to the interior (the highway, future railway improvement), and the possibility of opening new European entry points for larger quantities of goods. Restructuring goals are the adaptation to EU regulations, increasing railway infrastructure competitiveness and quality and kickstarting Croatian economy. Raising the railway infrastructure competitiveness leads to the optimization of work processes education of the HŽI (Croatian Railways Infrastructure) to carry out bigger procedures in maintaining the railway infrastructure, rationalization of the number of employes, which majorly contributes to the Republic Union members. It also leads to decreasing of the number of organization units, realty commercialization and creating room on the market