HŽ Infrastruktura (lit. 'Croatian Railways Infrastructure', HŽI) is a Croatian state-owned railway infrastructure manager. It was created on 20 July 2006 after the split of Croatian Railways into three companies: HŽPP (passenger transport), HŽ Infrastruktura, and HŽ Cargo (freight transport); this was done in order to comply with EU directive 91/440 as part of Croatia's accession process into the European Union.[1] While the rail tracks are owned by the government, HŽ Infrastruktura manages, maintains, and invests in railway infrastructure, which also includes signalization, crossings and stations. It employs 5,248 people,[2] and is managed by a four-person management board.[3]
HŽ Infrastruktura manages 1,503.936 km of rail tracks. Of that, 44.4% is electrified and 55.6% is non-electrified.[4]