The Croatian railway infrastructure manager, HZ Infrastruktura, will install measuring stations and safety equipment for automatic vehicle control by installing an automatic technical, security, and safety monitoring system for vehicles in traffic.
The system consists of measuring stations and additional safety equipment that allow the operating status of certain train components to be checked while the train is running, as part of preventive measures to protect the railway infrastructure.
The equipment installed on the railway collects data on various parameters of railway vehicles, and the information is automatically retrieved and transmitted to a single monitoring center in Zagreb, as well as to local centers in Zagreb, Vinkovci, and Rijeka. Based on the reported deviations, the traffic dispatcher takes the necessary measures to ensure the safety of railway traffic.
Currently, automatic vehicle control equipment has been installed at eight measuring stations, five of which are already operational, with the rest to be commissioned during 2026.
The installation of the automatic technical control surveillance system is part of the project “Improvement of railway infrastructure – implementation of a monitoring system for safety, security, and technical control” on railway infrastructure.
The project is co-financed by the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) under a contract signed in November 2020. The value of the project, according to the non-reimbursable financing agreement, is EUR 17.1 million, of which EUR 14.5 million, representing 85%, is co-financed by the CEF, and the remaining EUR 2.6 million, or 15%, is provided from the Croatian state budget.
The signed financing agreement covers project management, public communication and visibility, the purchase and installation of equipment for measuring stations by installing type 1 stations in 5 locations, and the purchase and installation of equipment for measuring stations targeting type 2 stations for installation in 4 locations. In March 2023, HŽ Infrastruktura signed a works contract with a consortium consisting of Electrokem and S&T Iskratel worth EUR 7.7 million.
