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1 Public Enterprise s Capital projects for the reconstruction of the railways in Macedonia

2 Macedonia is passed across by two corridors Corridor X Corridor VIII

3 Corridor X through the Republic of Macedonia - 214,9 km

4 section:tabanovce - Skopje: 49,0km; section : Skopje - Veles : 50,9km; section :Veles - Gevgelija :115,0km

5 EBRD - loan in an amount of EUR 17.6 million Renewal along three sections of Corridor X total length of 54.5 km The track renewal works are tendered as two separate Tenders. The 1st Tender has two sections : - Tabanovci-Kumanovo km - Miravci-Smokvica km The tender was announced on The submitted tender offers were opened on Contract was awarded to the Joint Venture: H.F. Wiebe GmbH & Co.KG-Alpine BAU GmbH in the value of ,01

6 o Contract Agreement No. 530/1 from official language of communication is English - FIDIC 1999 conditions of contract ('Red Book') Investor PE Railway Macedonian Railways Skopje Designer PE Railway Macedonian Railways Skopje Contractor Joint Venture H.F. Wiebe GmbH & Co.KG-Alpine BAU GmbH Supervisor PE Railway Macedonian Railways Skopje SYSTRA - administration support, advice assistance and support to the Supervision Team and the-job training with respect to contract administration procedures following FIDIC suite of contracts Start of works Existing conditions of the superstructure - last renewal performed in rails from the type 49E1 with length of 22,5m welded into CWR - wooden sleepers with K-fastening system

7 track renewal works Track renewal works are executed on a track with length L=24 211m on open trackway Substructure works on 6 847m of the track (and installing reinforced geocomposite material) Replacement of the existing rails with new type 49 E1;L=120m Replacement of the existing wooden sleepers with new concrete type MP 94 dismantling of old masts and foundations and instalment of new masts of OCL-16 pcs Replacement of the existing superstructure on all 8 level crossing with installation of prefabricated rubber elements Traffic disruption period of minimum 8 hours and 10 minutes Design speed is 100 km/h Axis load of 225 kn/80kn/m

8 rehabilitation of the substructure

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12 New rails type 49E1 prefabricated reinforced concrete sleepers type MP 94

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16 existing old GIJ are replaced with new once

17 rails welding in CWR

18 Cleaning of the old ballast with additional installation of new ballast.

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20 All necessary permanent marks and signs are installed along the track

21 instalment of new masts of OCL

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23 Control measurement

24 The existing earths ditches are cleaned, renewed and also new are made

25 . New level crossings made from prefabricated rubber elements

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27 All contracted works are completely finished. Events Day Month Year The takeover date is Completion was achieved on The completion date is Due date for defects notification Permission for usage issued by MoTC(Law for Railway System) Taking over certificate is issued on

28 The 2nd Tender, three section total length km - section Nogaevci - Gradsko km - section Gradsko - Kukurichani km - section Kukurichani - Negotino km

29 The tender was announced on The submitted tender offers were opened on Contract was awarded to the "CK-13 HOLD-ING" JSC - Bulgaria in the value of ,82 Contract Agreement No.1074/1 from official language of communication is English - FIDIC 1999 conditions of contract ('Red Book'). o Investor PE Railway Macedonian Railways Skopje Designer PE Railway Macedonian Railways Skopje Contractor CK-13 HOLD-ING" JSC, Bulgaria Supervisor PE Railway Macedonian Railways Skopje SYSTRA - administration support

30 Start of works Existing conditions of the superstructure - last renewal performed in rails from the type 49E1 with length of 22,5m welded into CWR - wooden sleepers with K-fastening system

31 track renewal works Replacement of 8 existing turnouts from the type S49/300/ 6 on existing wooden sleepers with new type UIC placed on concrete bearers Track renewal works were executed on the track with length L=30 993m Substructure works on 2890m of the track Protection of 3 (three) slopes Construction of retaining walls Extension of 2 (two) culverts Replacement of the existing superstructure on all 6 (six) level crossing was done with installation of prefabricated rubber elements The traffic disruption period is minimum 7 hours and 30 minutes, i.e. effective working hours are approximate 6 hours and 45 minutes Design speed is 100 km/h Axis load of 225 kn/80kn/m

32 Type of material Quantity Rails from the type UIC60 with minimum length of 100m m (3 708,00t) Alumino-thermic welds Concrete sleepers with elastic fastening system SKL14 (SKL21) Depending upon the rail length ,00 pieces Ballast m³ Subballast 5202m³ Prefabricated concrete elements for the halts and passenger platforms in stations Nogaevci Halt L=40m In Gradsko Station L= 100m Stobi Halt L=50m (reinstall old) In Kukurichani Station L=60m Crveni Bregovi Halt L=40m In Krivolak Station L=50m (reinstall old) Prefabricated rubber elements for 6 (six) level crossings L=31m

33 Type of material Quantity Turnouts from the type UIC placed on concrete bearers Wooden beech sleepers 2,60x0,26x0,16 (before and after steel bridges and before the entry turnout in the Negotino Station) Bridge oak sleepers K fastening system Devices against rail longitudinal movement (MATHEE) 8 pieces 350 pieces 48 pieces 796 sets 2764 pieces Devices against rail lateral movement on steel bridges with T- shaped anchoring screws for rails Glued insulated joints 96 pieces Single GIJ 77 pieces Double GIJ ( zonders ) 16 pieces Reinforced geocomposite material Geonet m² Nonwoven polypropylene geotextile m²

34 Procurement of sleepers and rails

35 Work on protection of slopes and substructure works work of this project is ongoing and is planned to be completed within one year

36 Bitola Kremenica part of Xd of corridor X The tender was announced on Funded - Regional development for EU assistance from the instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance for the Regional development component renewal of the non-electrified single-track railway approx. 17 km const. of 1 station at Zabeni and reconst. of 1 halt at Kravari 10 level crossings will be converted secured level crossings 6 existing bridges to be demolished and constructed a new 3 existing bridges to be demolished and replaced with culverts belonging signalling and telecommunication and ERTMS Design speed is 100 km/h axle load 250 KN Deadline for submission of tender

37 o r r i d o r V I I I C Corridor VIII

38 Ongoing projects Reconstruction of the section Kumanovo Beljakovci 30,8 km Funded by the EBRD Investor : PE Railway Macedonian Railways Skopje Designer : ILF - Austria Contractor: H.F. Wiebe GmbH -Germany Supervisor: Eptisa - Spain Completion of the works is 30 monts - September 2016

39 Preparation basic design section Beljakovci - K.Palanka 36 km funded by the EBRD Designer : Obermaer Austria Completion of the works is August 2015 Preparation basic design section: K.Palanka - Bulgarian border 23 km Funded by OPRD IPA Operational Programme 2012/ May 2014 to announce the tender Select a consultant for the project who would prepare basic design and tender documentation for selection of contractor and supervision.

40 Project documentation for the construction section: Kicevo Lin (Albanian border)... 62,5km funded by OPRD IPA Operational Programme 2010/ July 2014 to announce the tender Select a consultant for the project who would prepared basic design and tender documentation for selection of contractor and supervision Project documentation for rehabilitation and reconstruction section:skopje( G.Petrov) Kicevo 117km funded by OPRD IPA Operational Programme 2012/ provided to prepare a feasibility study, preliminary design study for environmental impact, 2014 to announce the tender for the project who would prepared basic design and tender documentation for selection of contractor and supervision

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