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Sarajevo main railway station (Bosnian: Glavna željeznička stanica u Sarajevu) is a railway station in Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, located in the northwest part of the city, approximately 3 kilometers from the downtown area near Marijin Dvor.
The Belgrade–Bar railway (Serbian: Пруга Београд–Бар, romanized: 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.
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.
Together with the Vrpolje-Sarajevo line, this line made up 24% of the railway network in Bosnia and Herzegovina at the time (the total length of both lines was 450.5 km), and 60% of the work and 65% of the revenue of ŽTP Sarajevo, and at that time it was the most modern railway of the then state. [28]
The railway system in Bosnia and Herzegovina during the Austro-Hungarian period was shaped by military, economic, and strategic considerations. [1] Following the Austro-Hungarian occupation of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1878, the region's railways were developed under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of War. [1]
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 ...
On our way, we stopped in Sarajevo to explore the rich blend of cultures in the "Jerusalem of Europe." It was incredible to hear the imams calling everyone to prayer as we wandered the Old City.
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