the railway has reduced cargo transit times from days by road to hours by train the railway line cuts through bottlenecks and raises the profile of afghanistan as a transit route by connecting two carec corridors ie the russian federationmiddle east corridor and the south asia and europemiddle east and south asia corridor intensive multipledonor engagement has been a success factor for the project this engagement also improved the adaptability of the project to changing conditions during implementation the adb provided supervision both from headquarters and by the resident mission oecdwto the european bank for reconstruction and development ebrd funds the rehabilitation of railway infrastructure in bosnia and herzegovina