New Belgrade railway station

Железничка станица Нови Београд
New Belgrade railway station
General information
LocationAntifašističke borbe bb
New Belgrade, Belgrade
Serbia
Coordinates 44°48′26″N 20°25′06″E / 44.80722°N 20.41833°E / 44.80722; 20.41833
Owned bySerbian Railways
Operated byInfrastruktura železnice Srbije
Line(s)Belgrade - Novi Sad, BG voz
Tracks5
Train operatorsSrbija voz
Connectionstrams: 7, 9, 11, 13; buses: 67, 85, 89, 94, 95, EKO1
Construction
Structure typeElevated
ParkingYes
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleYes
History
OpenedDecember 1969 (1969-12)
Location
New Belgrade railway station is located in Belgrade
New Belgrade railway station
New Belgrade railway station
Location within Belgrade

New Belgrade railway station (Serbian Cyrillic: Железничка станица Нови Београд) is a railway station in New Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia. The railroad continues to Tošin Bunar and Zemun in one direction, and Belgrade Centre in the other direction. New Belgrade railway station consists of five railway tracks. It primarily serves New Belgrade, the central business district of Belgrade, and therefore is notably used by commuters from Novi Sad, Inđija and Stara Pazova. Since Belgrade centre railway station has weak connections to the network of public transport, New Belgrade railway station is also used by passenger from some neighbourhoods on the right bank of Sava, especially the ones in Čukarica municipality.

History

The station is constructed on the 450 metres (1,480 ft)-long elevated platform. The structure was made of 25.000 cubic metres (882.9 cu ft) prestressed concrete. A deadline for the station itself was set for September 1969 with the first trains passing through in December 1969. The wider project of the surrounding zone was ambitious and detailed, including the construction of a mini-city under the station: 25.000 square metres (269.10 sq ft) of built-up space hosting numerous shops, mega mall, restaurants, snack bars, pastry shops, tourist agencies, department store, exchange offices, various agencies, flower shops, cosmetics shops, toy shops, souvenir stands, a 24/7 cinema, and variety show venue. Though a deadline for this part of the project was set for 1974, ultimately none of these additional objects were built.[1]

With the over 40–year long construction of the Belgrade Centre railway station in Prokop continuously hindered by numerous problems and bad positioning, by 2022 it became apparent that Prokop would never take on the role of the former Main railway station, despite being gradually opened for rail transportation from 2016 to 2018. Instead, the New Belgrade railway station took over as the busiest station in the entire country, with future plans to expand it to become the central traffic hub in Belgrade.[2][3] The station, though itself inadequately equipped, initially took over the role of the main station, as it was better connected with other parts of the city and much more accessible than Prokop, and by early 2019 emerged as one of the busiest stations.[4]

Transportation minister Tomislav Momirović confirmed in March 2022 that the New Belgrade railway station "will remain" the busiest one.[3] At the time, the majority of passengers on the inaugural trip via the Belgrade–Novi Sad high-speed railway line used the New Belgrade station, not Prokop. Being held back in almost every department, by this time it became apparent that, though it may become an important station in the future, Prokop would never assume the role of the former Main railway station. Construction of the new Belgrade main bus station next to the New Belgrade railway station has shown that the decision was to make the New Belgrade station part of the future central transportation hub in Belgrade.[2]

As part of the 2017–2022 construction of the Belgrade–Novi Sad high-speed railway, the station was partially upgraded and reconstructed, including works on the canopy, staircase, plateau, and the addition of a ticket booth and six elevators. The works were to be finished on 28 May 2023, but they extended. Regarding the growing importance of the station, a proper main station building is also planned.[5][6]

By July 2023, there were 140 trains passing through the station on workdays.[6]

Services

Srbija voz offers following services:

Temporarily there are no domestic services to Šid and Mali Zvornik as well as international services to Budapest, Wien, Zagreb and Ljubljana, which called at the station before the commencement of the reconstruction of Belgrade Centre – Novi Sad – Subotica railway and COVID-19 pandemic.

There are also services of line 1 (Batajnica – Ovča) of BG voz as well some trains on lines 2, 3 and 4 (from Zemun to Resnik, Mladenovac and Lazarevac).

See also

References

  1. ↑ Bogdan Trbojević (23 February 1969). "Гради се модерна железничка станица" [Modern railway station is being built]. Politika (reprint on 23 February 2019, page 12) (in Serbian).
  2. 1 2 Dejan Aleksić (30 June 2022). "Četiri godine od zatvaranja Glavne železničke stanice, Prokop i dalje nedovršen" [Four years after closing of the Main Railway Station, Prokop still unfinished]. Politika (in Serbian). p. 15.
  3. 1 2 Dejan Aleksić (24 March 2021). "Kartomati rade, kašnjenja na brzoj pruzi nema" [Ticket machines work, no delays on the high speed rail]. Politika (in Serbian). p. 15.
  4. ↑ Dejan Aleksić (29 January 2019). "Stanica Novi Beograd preuzela ulogu glavne" [Station Novi Beograd took over the role of the main station]. Politika (in Serbian). p. 13.
  5. ↑ Dejan Aleksić (2 April 2023). "Železnička stanica u Zemunu dobila sve liftove" [Zemun railway station equipped with elevators]. Politika (in Serbian). p. 16.
  6. 1 2 Branka Vasiljević (16 July 2023). Штемовање, бушење и куцкање одзвањају колосецима [Chisseling, drilling and clanking echoe through tracks]. Politika (in Serbian). p. 14.

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