Ljubljana plans airport to city rail link

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Slovenia has launched formal procedures to build a railway linking Ljubljana’s city centre to its airport as it seeks to improve rail infrastructure and promote green mobility. The Infrastructure Agency has published a public tender to obtain "an expert opinion" for the project and launched an initiative for the drafting of a relevant national spatial plan. The tender is the first stage in the process to build the approximately 20-kilometre rail line. The expert opinion will be completed by 2025. Feasibility studies will then take place and the spatial plan adopted between 2026 and 2030, according to the agency.