Corridor VIII: Beljakovce - Kriva Palanka Railway Section

Corridor VIII is one of ten Pan-European corridors connecting the Adriatic and Black Sea by an east-west land route. Railway Corridor VIII, which passes through North Macedonia, has two missing links - one towards Albania and the other towards Bulgaria. Its total length in the country is 305 km consisting of three parts:

• Eastern part: Kumanovo - Beljakovce - Kriva Palanka - Deve Bair, border with Bulgaria (88 km)
• Central part: Kumanovo - Skopje - Kicevo (154 km)
• Western part: Kicevo - Lin, border with Albania (63 km)

The eastern part towards Bulgaria is, for development purposes, divided into three sections. These are, running west to east, Kumanovo-Beljakovce (31 km), Beljakovce-Kriva Palanka (34 km), and Kriva Palanka-Deve Bair (23 km).

This WBIF technical assistance grant funds the supervision of the construction works for the section Beljakovce - Kriva Palanka.