Srbijavoz ( sr-Cyrl, Србијавоз; formerly Srbija Voz, sr-Cyrl, Србија Воз,

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: Serbia Train) is the national passenger

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company of

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. Srbijavoz is an associate member of the

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(UIC) since 2016.

History

In March 2015, the

Government of Serbia The government of Serbia ( sr-cyrl, Влада Србије, Vlada Srbije), formally the Government of the Republic of Serbia ( sr-cyrl, Влада Републике Србије, Vlada Republike Srbije), commonly abbreviated to Serbian Governme ...

announced its plan to establish three new railway companies by splitting the state-owned company

Serbian Railways Serbian Railways ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Железнице Србије, Železnice Srbije, separator=" / "; abbr. / ) is a Serbian engineering and technical consulting company based in Belgrade, Serbia. In 2015, the Government of Serbia establishe ...

into separate businesses – Srbijavoz (passenger services), Srbija Kargo (freight transport) and Serbian Railways Infrastructure (infrastructure management). Srbijavoz was founded on 10 August 2015, as the national passenger railway company of

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, after being split from the

, in the process of reconstruction and better optimization of business. In February 2019, Srbijavoz temporarily suspended service on the

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–

Novi Sad Novi Sad ( sr-Cyrl, Нови Сад, ; #Name, see below for other names) is the List of cities in Serbia, second largest city in Serbia and the capital of the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It is located in the southern portion of the Pannoni ...

railway, the country's busiest passenger route, in February 2022, due to the line's reconstruction. This line has now been completely reconstructed and modernized and the

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service named "SOKO" connects the two most populated Serbian cities in 36 minutes, with trains reaching speeds of up to 200 km/h. The route is 75 km long and it is being extended to cover the segment of railway line between

and

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(near the border with

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), to enable speeds of up to 200 km/h as part of the modernization of the Belgrade-Budapest railway line. Reconstruction and modernization is also planned for the railway line between

and

Niš Niš (; sr-Cyrl, Ниш, ; names of European cities in different languages (M–P)#N, names in other languages), less often spelled in English as Nish, is the list of cities in Serbia, third largest city in Serbia and the administrative cente ...

to enable trains to reach the speeds of up to 200 km/h, between

and

Preševo Preševo ( sr-Cyrl, Прешево, ; , ) is a town and municipality located in the Pčinja District of southern Serbia. As of the 2022 census, the municipality has a population of 33,449 inhabitants. It is the southernmost town in Central Serbia a ...

(border with North Macedonia) for the speed of 160 km/h and between

and Dimitrovgrad for the speed of 120 km/h (border with

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Passenger transport

Srbijavoz inherited the passenger transport operations from the

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). It is possible to buy tickets online through th
Srbijavoz website
The company also offers a

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for Android
app
and

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here
operating systems.

Domestic railway network

The Serbian railway system consists of 3,739 km of rails of which 295 km is double track (7.9% of the network). Some 1,279 km of track (33.6% of the network) is electrified.AKTA procedura 2017
parlament.rs Serbia has rail links with all neighbouring countries. Railroads are categorized as "main lines", "regional lines", "local lines" or "manipulative lines". Below is a list of main lines in Serbia:

Inter-City Trains

Srbija Voz operates a '' bullet train'' service called

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(meaning "falcon" in Serbian) from

with KISS 200 EMU that reaches speeds of up to 200 km/h and covers the route in 36 minutes. This rail connection is the busiest one in Serbia.

Regional Trains

The ''Regio'' is a service that offers domestic connections to

Zrenjanin Zrenjanin ( sr-Cyrl, Зрењанин, ; ; ; ; ) is a List of cities in Serbia, city and the administrative center of the Central Banat District in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. The city urban area has a population of 67,129 inh ...

Valjevo Valjevo (Serbian Cyrillic: Ваљево, ) is a List of cities in Serbia, city and the administrative center of the Kolubara District in western Serbia. According to the 2022 census, the city itself has a population of 56,145 while the city admini ...

Kraljevo Kraljevo ( sr-Cyrl, Краљево, ) is a List of cities in Serbia, city and the administrative center of the Raška District in central Serbia. It is situated on the confluence of West Morava and Ibar River, Ibar, in the geographical region of ...

Užice Užice ( sr-cyr, Ужице, ) is a List of cities in Serbia, city and the administrative centre of the Zlatibor District in western Serbia. It is located on the banks of the river Đetinja. According to the 2022 census, the city proper has a popu ...

Sombor Sombor ( sr-Cyrl, Сомбор, ; ; ) is a List of cities in Serbia, city and the administrative center of the West Bačka District in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. The city has a total population of 41,814 (), while its adminis ...

Požarevac Požarevac ( sr-cyr, Пожаревац, ) is a list of cities in Serbia, city and the administrative centre of the Braničevo District in eastern Serbia. It is located between three rivers: Danube, Great Morava and Mlava and below the hill Čač ...

Zaječar Zaječar ( sr-Cyrl, Зајечар, ; or ) is a city and the administrative center of the Zaječar District in eastern Serbia. According to the 2022 census, the city administrative area had a population of 48,621 inhabitants. Zaječar is widely ...

Vršac Vršac ( sr-Cyrl, Вршац, ) is a city in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. As of 2022, the city urban area had a population of 31,946, while the city administrative area had 45,462 inhabitants. It is located in the geographical ...

Kikinda Kikinda ( sr-Cyrl, Кикинда, ; ) is a List of cities in Serbia, city and the administrative center of the North Banat District in Serbia. The city's urban area has 32,084 inhabitants, while the city administrative area has 49,326 inhabit ...

Prokuplje Prokuplje ( sr-Cyrl, Прокупље, ) is a city and the administrative center of the Toplica District in southern Serbia. As of 2022 census, the municipality has a population of 38,054 inhabitants. Prokuplje is one of the Roman sites of Serb ...

and

Ruma Ruma (; ) is a town and municipality in the Srem District of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, Serbia. As of 2022, the town has a population of 27,747, while the municipality has a population of 48,621. History Traces of organized human life ...

. FLIRT3

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of Class 413 provide the service on electrified lines, while on non-electrified lines transport is provided by RA2 DMU of Class 711. ''Regio'' trains also used to operate on the route from

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, which was a domestic route from Serbia's point of view, but an international route from

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’s point of view.

Local Trains

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'' is an urban rail system that serves the city of

. Class 412

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s, built by RVR, serve the system that is integrated in the city public transport ticketing.

International railway network

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Srbijavoz operated

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trains on the following routes:Sadrzaj
srbvoz.rs *Train ''Avala'' connects

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*Train ''Beograd'' connects

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*Train ''Balkan'' connects

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*Train ''Hellas'' connects

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Srbijavoz operated Non-

trains on the following routes: *Train ''Balkan'' connected

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(discontinued in 2012) Srbijavoz only remaining international rail routes are: *Train ''Tara'' connects

to Bar *Train ''Lovćen'' connects

to Bar *Regional train connects

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Rolling stock

* Electric locomotives ** '' ŽS 441'' with a total of: 11 units in service (22 total) ** '' ŽS 461'' with a total of: 1 unit in service (4 total) * Diesel locomotives ** '' ŽS 621'' with a total of: 5 units in service (5 total) ** '' ŽS 661'' with a total of: 2 units in service (3 total) ** '' ŽS 666'' with a total of: 2 units in units (4 total) * Electric trainsets ** '' ŽS 412'' with a total of: 14 units in service (20 total) - RVR ER31 ** '' ŽS 413'' with a total of: 21 units in service (21 total) - Stadler FLIRT ** '' ŽS 410'' with a total of: 3 units in service (3 total) - Stadler KISS * Diesel trainsets ** '' ŽS 710'' with a total of: 10 units in service (10 total) - Fiat-Kalmar Y1 ** '' ŽS 711'' with a total of: 39 units in service (39 total) - Metrovagonmash RA2 ** ''ŽS 712'' with a total of: 4 units in service (N/A total) - MACOSA * Passenger carriages ** ''Passenger cars'' - "open" or "compartment" with a total of: 364 units ** ''Sleeping cars'' with a total of: 52 units ** ''Couchette cars'' with a total of: 63 units ** ''Dining cars'' with a total of: 15 units

References

External links

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