Railroad traffic in Macedonia will be liberalized, as the state-run company lost its monopoly and a new transport company Delta Rail Cargo will start operating in Macedonia.

New owners announce competition in transport sector. At first, the company that is in 100-percent Macedonian ownership will focus only on goods transport, whereas later they also plan to expand their operation to transport of passengers.

Ivan Ilievski, owner of Delta Rail Cargo, says that they will start with a modest offer and see how the business develops. He adds that now both railway as well as truck transport got competition and that the company will offer very low prices. Investments of the company amount to some EUR 500,000. They plan to start operating already this month.