When the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy first concurred Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1878, the main goal of the Monarchy was to industrialize Bosnia and make it go side by side with other European countries. The Monarchy wanted to build railroads as it was very important for the development of the country to have a good communications network. That is how they began on building railroad all across Bosnia and Herzegovina. In 1878, just a few months after the occupation, the railroad to Zenica was finished and the station was still in construction. Until 1886, the station was finished. In a short period of time, significant economy objects were built: mines, paper factories, steel factories, brick factories and many more.  When the World War started, the railroads from all over Bosnia were used to transport weapons, supplies, soldiers and all other things that the Monarchy required. That is the case with the railroad in Zenica.