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Prilep railway station

Coordinates: 41°20′39″N 21°32′16″E / 41.344223°N 21.537863°E / 41.344223; 21.537863
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Prilep railway station
Prilep railway station, August 2012
General information
Location8GVQ+J6 Prilep,
Prilep
North Macedonia
Coordinates41°20′39″N 21°32′16″E / 41.344223°N 21.537863°E / 41.344223; 21.537863
Owned byMakedonski Železnici
Operated byMakedonski Železnici
Platforms2
Tracks3
Construction
Structure typeat-grade
ParkingYes
AccessibleYes
History
Opened1891
ElectrifiedNo
Services
Preceding station Hellenic Train Following station
Makedonski Železnici
Brailovo
towards Belgrade
Hellas Bakarno Gumno
towards Thessaloniki
Former service
Makedonski Železnici
Dame Gruev
towards Thessaloniki
  Thessaloniki–Bitola railway   Kremenica
towards Kremenica
Location
Prilep railway station is located in North Macedonia
Prilep railway station
Prilep railway station
Location within North Macedonia

Prilep railway station (Macedonian: Железничка Станица Прилеп, romanizedŽeleznička stanica vo Прилеп) is the railway station of Prilep in Pelagonia, North Macedonia.

History

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The station opened in 1891, in what was then the Ottoman Empire at the completion of the first section of the Société du Chemin de Fer ottoman Salonique-Monastir, a branchline of the Chemins de fer Orientaux from Thessaloniki to Bitola. During this period North Macedonia and the southern Balkans were still under Ottoman rule and Bitola was known as Monastir. Later, the line to Prilep and Veles was built.[1] Bitola was annexed by Serbia on 18 October 1912 during the First Balkan War. On 17 October 1925 The Yugoslavian government purchased the Yugoslav sections of the former Salonica Monastir railway[2] and the railway became part of the Yugoslav Railways, with the remaining section south of Bitola seeded to the Hellenic State Railways. The line to Thessaloniki was closed to traffic in 1984.[1] In 2017 the station was upgraded,[3] the roof was replaced, and new thermal insulation installed, as well as with ramps and a newly refurbished booking hall.[4]

Services

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The station is currently located on Branch D section of the Pan-European corridor X.

The station is served by trains to/from Skopje. There are no services to Thessaloniki.

Future

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In 2015 plans were announced to reconnected the neglected Macedonian section of the line.[5] By 2019 Plans are in place to reconnect the disused sections of the line and recommence through services to Greece. However (as of 2020) no trains are running on the upgraded track.[6]

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References

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  1. ^ a b Нова фасада на железничката станица „Битола“ | Сител Телевизија
  2. ^ Le Journal des finances, 15 janvier 1926 (in French)
  3. ^ https://www.novamakedonija.com.mk/makedonija/%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%BE%D1%82-%D0%BE%D0%B4-%D0%B1%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0-%D0%B7%D0%B0-%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%83%D0%BD-%D0%BD%D0%B5-%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%BD%D0%B0/ [bare URL]
  4. ^ „Водострој“ ќе продолжи со изградба на градежни работи за надградба со реконструкција на железничката станица Битола-Кременица
  5. ^ "Реконструкцијата на пругата Битола-грчка граница".
  6. ^ "Новата пруга од Битола кон Грција зараснува во треви, возови уште нема". 18 September 2020.