Šidski Banovci railway station

Šidski Banovci railway station (Croatian: Željeznička postaja Šidski Banovci, Serbian Cyrillic: Железничка станица Шидски Бановци) is a railway station on Novska–Tovarnik railway in Croatia. The station is operated by Croatian Railways, the state-owned railway company. It is located at the southern edge of the village of Banovci which itself was officially known as Šidski Banovci up until 1991 and informally up until today. Historical local L213 line to Vukovar was passing on the eastern side on the village but is today out of use and in deteriorated condition.

Šidski Banovci railway station Željeznička postaja Šidski Banovci
local trains
Šidski Banovci railway station
Location	Banovci Vukovar-Srijem County  Croatia
Coordinates	45.180°N 19.067°E
Operated by	Croatian Railways
Line(s)	M105 railway (Croatia)
Platforms	2 high platforms designed to accommodate people with physical disabilities. Simple glass covered structure available as a protection from weather conditions.
Tracks	2
Connections	No direct public transport available. Nearby local bus station with limited number of local (Vinkovci and Vukovar) and international (Belgrade Bus Station) connections located approximately 700 meters away in the center of the settlement at the D46 road.
Construction
Parking	limited number of free open air public parking places available
Bicycle facilities	bicycle facility covered with a simple roof

On 19 January 2012 reconstruction of the Šidski Banovci railway station was completed.[1] It was a part of reconstruction of nine railway stations on 67 kilometers route between Vinkovci and Tovarnik-Croatia–Serbia border funded from the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance of the European Union (48%) and Croatian Government (52%).[1] Italian SALCEF Building Construction and Railway S.p.A. completed construction works valued 41.766.847,33 €, Italian branch of the Bombardier Transportation together with SITE SPA completed traffic signaling and traffic management system worth 16.411.114,98 € while the control over the works paid 2.005.000,00 € was completed by Spanish Técnica y Proyectos SA (TYPSA).[1]

Gallery

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  Railway station (view towards east).
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  Old railway station building and parking entrance.
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  Old type of a train arriving at the train station.

See also

• Orient Express which used the line on which the station is located.
  • Strizivojna–Vrpolje railway station (the location of murder in the Murder on the Orient Express)
• Vinkovci railway station
• Zagreb–Belgrade railway
• Church of the Holy Venerable Mother Parascheva

References

1. "Rehabilitacija željezničke pruge Vinkovci – Tovarnik – Državna granica". Croatian Railways. Retrieved 13 March 2020.