📋 Tender Overview
ScopeA second track along the Divaca-Koper railway line is aimed to eliminate traffic congestion on the core Trans-European Transport Network TEN-T corridors in Slovenia Baltic-Adriatic and the Mediterranean. The project is being developed by 2TDK Druba za razvoj projekta which was established by the Government of the Republic of Slovenia in March 2016. The company received a concession contract for the construction and management of the project in May 2019. The DivacaKoper section is a high-capacity link between the Port of Koper and the wider European railway network and forms part of the Trans-European transport network. Construction work on the new railway track commenced in March 2019 with completion scheduled for 2025. The track will enter service in 2026. The existing line on the Divaca-Koper section is a 44.6km-long single-track electrified railway line that is the only one between the Port of Koper and the hinterland. Built in 1967 the line receives 70 of freight from Koper to Divaca and 30 in the opposite direction. Both transport and throughput capacities of the existing line are being affected due to maintenance and modernisation works technical equipment summer forest fires and rock falls which have led to the need for a modern high-capacity railway link to be constructed. The new track will help meet core network standards set by the EU Council for 2030. The second track of the Divaca-Koper railway line will have a 27.1km-long single track line between Divaca on the Kras Plateau to the coastal city of Koper. The new track will run through eight tunnels designated T1 to T8 that have a combined length of 20.5km. It will feature two viaducts at Gabrovica and Vinjan with lengths of 452m and 647m respectively. The track will cross the Glincica valley through two bridges in a closed box structure with lengths of 70m and 100m. A 45m-long gallery with retaining wall will be built between the two bridges. The track will allow for a maximum operating speed of 160kmh. The decree for the second track of the Divaca-Koper railway line was adopted by the Government of the Republic of Slovenia in 2005 and amended in 2014. The financing programme was approved in January 2019. Access roads for the route of the second track of the Divaca-Koper railway line started to be constructed in March 2019. Construction is currently underway on two roads which will provide access to the northern portals first tunnel in the Lokev area and another two roads that will allow access to the fourth tunnel portals in the Tinjan hill. Access roads will be handed over to local communities upon completion in the first half of 2020.The consortium will build two bridges and a gallery in the Glinscica valley 2TDK said in a statement adding that 85 of the project financing will come from EU grants.Construction works are expected to start in August and to last until November 2021 the statement read.The consortium should submit in the next 15 da
