Editing Transport in Croatia (section)

==Rail transport==
{{see also|List of railways in Croatia|Croatian Railways}}

=== Railway corridors ===
<!--- see also Category:Railway lines in Croatia   --->
[[File:Railway map of Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.png|thumb|Railway network in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina]]
The Croatian railway network is classified into three groups: railways of international, regional and local significance.<ref name="NN81-2006">{{cite web|publisher=[[Government of Croatia]]|url=http://digured.hr/cadial/searchdoc.php?query=&lang=hr&bid=nJbXVZkld1Kh4b1smwO6jA%3D%3D|title=Odluka o razvrstavanju željezničkih pruga|language=hr|trans-title=Decision on Classification of Railways|work=[[Narodne novine]]|issue=81|year=2006}}</ref><ref name="NN13-2007">{{cite web|publisher=[[Government of Croatia]]|url=http://digured.hr/cadial/searchdoc.php?query=&lang=hr&annotate=on&bid=wj6f4ZQU2PzTf%2bZonMsbkg%3d%3d|title=Odluka o izmjeni i dopuni Odluke o razvrstavanju željezničkih pruga |language=hr|trans-title=Decision on changes and additions to the Decision on Classification of Railways|work=[[Narodne novine]]|issue=13|year=2007}}</ref> 
The most important railway lines follow [[Pan-European corridors]] V/branch B ([[M202 railway (Croatia)|Rijeka - Zagreb]] - Budapest) and [[Pan-European Corridor X|X]], which connect with each other in Zagreb. With international passenger trains, Croatia is directly connected with two of the neighbouring ([[Slovenia]] and [[Hungary]]), and many medium-distanced [[Central Europe]]an countries such as [[Czech Republic]], [[Slovakia]] (during the summer season), [[Austria]], [[Germany]] and [[Switzerland]]. 
[[Dubrovnik]] and [[Zadar]] are the two of the most populous and well known cities in Croatia that are not connected with the railway, while the city of [[Pula]] (together with the rest of westernmost [[Istria County]]) can only be directly reached by railway through [[Slovenia]] (unless one takes the railway company's organized bus service between [[Rijeka]] and [[Lupoglav, Istria County|Lupoglav]]). As most of the country's interior-based larger towns are connected with the railway on which regular passenger train operation is provided (opposite to the coastal part of the country), there are many small inland towns, villages and remote areas that are served by the trains running on regional or local corridors.

=== Infrastructure condition ===
[[File:Zagreb Glavni Kolodvor.jpg|thumb|Zagreb main railway station]]
In Croatia, railways are served by [[Standard-gauge railway|standard-gauge]] (1,435&nbsp;mm; 4&nbsp;ft 8+<sup>1</sup>⁄<sub>2</sub>). Construction length of the railway network is 2617&nbsp;km; 1626.12 mi. (2341 km / 1454.63  mi. of [[Single-track railway|single-track]] corridors and 276 km / 171.49 mi. of [[Double-track railway|double-track]] corridors). 1013 km (629.44 mi.) of railways are electrified, according to the annual rail network public report of Croatian Railways (2023 issue).<ref>{{Cite web |title=IZVJEŠĆE O MREŽI 2023. {{!}} HŽ Infrastruktura |url=https://www.hzinfra.hr/izvjesce-o-mrezi-2023/ |access-date=2022-04-20 |language=en-US}}</ref> The largest part of country's railway infrastructure dates back from the pre-[[World War II]] period and more than half of the core routes were, in fact, built during the [[Habsburg monarchy]] i.e. before [[World War I]]. More on that, there were also significant lack of investments and decrease of proper maintenance in Croatian railway infrastructure, roughly from the time of the country's independence (1991) to late 2000s, which mainly resulted in slowing of permitted track speeds, increase of the riding times and decrease in the overall quality of passenger transport, especially since 2010s on Inter City level. As a result, a fair number of routes lag significantly behind West-European standards in the form of infrastructural condition.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-09-18 |title=Jutarnji list - Vlakovi u Europi dosežu i 500 km/h, a naši kao da su zapeli u 19. stoljeću. HŽ kaže da ima plan obnove |url=https://www.jutarnji.hr/life/putovanja/vlakovi-u-europi-dosezu-i-500-km-h-a-nasi-kao-da-su-zapeli-u-19-stoljecu-hz-kaze-da-ima-plan-obnove-15103258 |access-date=2022-04-20 |website=www.jutarnji.hr |language=hr-hr}}</ref>

However, major infrastructure improvements started to occur in early 2010's and continued through 2020's, such as full-profile reconstruction and/or upgrading of the country's international and most of the regional/local corridors.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rehabilitacija željezničke pruge Vinkovci – Tovarnik – Državna granica {{!}} HŽ Infrastruktura |url=https://www.hzinfra.hr/rehabilitacija-zeljeznicke-pruge-vinkovci-tovarnik-drzavna-granica/ |access-date=2022-05-25 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Obnova i rekonstrukcija dionice pruge Okučani – Novska {{!}} HŽ Infrastruktura |url=https://www.hzinfra.hr/obnova-i-rekonstrukcija-dionice-pruge-okucani-novska/ |access-date=2022-05-25 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Završena obnova dionice Greda – Sunja {{!}} HŽ Infrastruktura |url=https://www.hzinfra.hr/zavrsena-obnova-dionice-greda-sunja/ |access-date=2022-05-25 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Intenzivni radovi na dionici Zaprešić – Savski Marof {{!}} HŽ Infrastruktura |url=https://www.hzinfra.hr/intenzivni-radovi-na-dionici-zapresic-savski-marof/ |access-date=2022-05-25 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Modernizacija i elektrifikacija pruge Zaprešić – Zabok {{!}} HŽ Infrastruktura |url=https://www.hzinfra.hr/modernizacija-i-elektrifikacija-pruge-zapresic-zabok-2/ |access-date=2022-05-25 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-12-14 |title=Završena obnova pruge od Virovitice do Pitomače, stigao i novi niskopodni vlak koji brzinom od 100km/h vozi do Zagreba |url=https://www.pitomaca.hr/2021/12/zavrsena-obnova-pruge-od-virovitice-do-pitomace-stigao-i-novi-niskopodni-vlak-koji-brzinom-od-100km-h-vozi-do-zagreba/ |access-date=2022-05-25 |website=Službene stranice Općine Pitomača |language=hr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Nadogradnja i elektrifikacija željezničke pruge Vinkovci – Vukovar {{!}} HŽ Infrastruktura |url=https://www.hzinfra.hr/nadogradnja-i-elektrifikacija-zeljeznicke-pruge-vinkovci-vukovar/ |access-date=2022-05-25 |language=en-US}}</ref> Those improvements, among other things, results in increasing of both maximum track speed and operation safety, shortening of the travel time and modernization of supporting infrastructure (stations, platforms and other equipment).<ref>{{Cite web |title=€5.4 bn To Be Invested in Railways Upgrade Until 2030 |url=https://www.total-croatia-news.com/news/56812-5-4-bn-to-be-invested-in-railways-upgrade-until-2030 |access-date=2022-04-20 |website=www.total-croatia-news.com |language=en-gb}}</ref>

First newly built railway in Croatia since 1967 ([[L214 railway (Croatia)|L214]]) was opened in December 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |title=SVEČANO OTVORENA NOVOIZGRAĐENA PRUGA SVETI IVAN ŽABNO-GRADEC |url=https://bbz.hr/vijesti/detaljnije/svecano-otvorena-novoizgradena-pruga-sveti-ivan-zabno-gradec |access-date=2022-05-25 |website=bbz.hr}}</ref>

The official rail speed record in Croatia is {{convert|181|km/h|abbr=on}}. Maximum speed reached in regular service is {{convert|160|km/h|abbr=on}}.

=== Passenger transport ===
All nationwide and [[Commuter rail|commuter]] passenger rail services in Croatia are operated by the country's national railway company [[Croatian Railways]].