Scenic route
Belgrade–Bar Railway
Belgrade → Bar · Serbia · Montenegro
254 tunnels, 435 bridges and the vertigo-inducing Mala Rijeka viaduct. Yugoslavia’s engineering swan song.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 2826225 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within 76 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 22 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits 0.1 km from the shape of train 1131
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the Belgrade–Bar Railway?
The Belgrade–Bar Railway runs 476 km from Belgrade to Bar. It runs through Serbia and Montenegro.
How long does the Belgrade–Bar Railway take?
The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 11 h for the 476 km. That is an average of 43 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 80 km/h.
Who runs the Belgrade–Bar Railway?
Srbija Voz and ŽPCG, with ŽS / ŽPCG loco-hauled.
How old is the Belgrade–Bar Railway?
The line has been in service since 1976. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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