Railway | |
Industry | Rail Transport |
Founded | 12 May 1992 |
Headquarters | Banja Luka and Doboj, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Key people
|
Dragan Savanović |
Services | Rail Transport, Rail Construction, Services |
Number of employees
|
4,000 (2010) |
Website | Official website |
Željeznice Republike Srpske - ŽRS (Cyrillic: Жeљeзницe Peпубликe Cpпcкe - ЖPC) is the railway company of the Republika Srpska entity. It is one of the two rail companies of Bosnia and Herzegovina (the other is the ŽFBH, operating in the Federation). The company operates 424 kilometers of railroad.
The railroad was established around 1991 as Željeznice Srpske, the company was renamed Željeznice Republike Srpske after the Dayton Accord formally formed Republika Srpska.
ŽRS has made a contract for 200 wagons with Polish company EKK Wagon, which includes workshop equipment. The Wagons are designed to travel at 120 km/h with 22.5 ton axle loads. The order was signed with €20 Million of Polish credit.
Headquarters
Logo on Class 441
Class 441
Class 441
Class 441 drawing