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The Šargan Eight is Serbia's only narrow-gauge railroad line in service, albeit as a heritage railway.It operates passenger travel from Mokra Gora to Šargan. Originally, the Šargan Eight connected Serbia with Bosnia and Herzegovina (Belgrade-Sarajevo line) when it was first constructed in 1916; the original link extended all the way to Višegrad.
Srbijavoz inherited the passenger transport operations from the Serbian Railways after its founding. Since 2015, it has offered many train services across the country and in the region which include international routes to neighbouring countries and domestic routes (fast, regional and local lines).
By mid-1930s Aeroput inaugurated two routes linking Belgrade and Zagreb with Dubrovnik through Sarajevo, and, in 1938, it inaugurated an international route linking Dubrovnik, which was becoming a major holiday destination, through Sarajevo, to Zagreb, Vienna, Brno and Prague. [4
In 2009, after nearly 18 years, rail traffic resumed between Sarajevo and Belgrade. [8] [9] The ticket price of €31 for the approximately 500 km (310 mile) journey to Bosnia and Herzegovina was less than the cost of driving in December 2009. [10] [11] In June 2023, trains resumed Service on the Sarajevo-Ploče line. [12]
The former East Bosnian railway with a gauge of 760 mm (2 ft 5 + 15 ⁄ 16 in) was an important part of the former narrow-gauge main line from Sarajevo to Belgrade and closed on 28 February 1974. [ 4 ] [ 7 ] In the mid-1990s, the Homeland Society of Mokra Gora, founded a board to promote the reconstruction of the railway.
On May 17, 2024, 13 people were injured when train 7112 operating between Lazarevac and Ovča hit the freight train standing at the Pančevački most railway station waiting for departure clearance. The accident happened at 6:26 p.m. in Vračar tunnel, between railway stations Vukov spomenik and Pančevački most , approximately 400 meters from ...
Construction of a new standard-gauge line from Sarajevo to Ploče on the Adriatic in 1966 replaced the 760 mm (2 ft 5 + 15 ⁄ 16 in) Narentabahn (Narenta railway) from Sarajevo to the coast and had the effect of isolating the south-western narrow-gauge system from the 760 mm (2 ft 5 + 15 ⁄ 16 in) railways starting at Sarajevo. With the ...
The Belgrade–Bar railway (Serbian: Пруга Београд–Бар, Pruga Beograd–Bar) is a 476.59 km (296.14 mi) long electrified main line connecting the Serbian capital of Belgrade with the town of Bar, a major seaport in Montenegro. Completed in 1976, which connects Belgrade with the Mediterranean port of Bar.