Classic route
Belgrade–Niš Line
Belgrade → Niš · Serbia
Serbia’s first main line squeezes through the Grdelica Gorge on stone viaducts. Corridor X’s slowest link, now rebuilding for 200 km/h.
- Distance
- 230 km
- Fastest time
- ≈ 6 h 20 min
- Average speed
- 36 km/h
- Top speed
- 100 km/h
Stations
- 1 kmBelgrade Center +2
- 7 kmRakovica +1
- 12 kmResnik +1
- 19 kmRipanj
- 33 kmRalja
- 40 kmSopot Kosmajski
Show 46 more stations
- 46 kmVlasko Polje
- 51 kmMladenovac
- 58 kmKovacevac
- 61 kmRabrovac
- 65 kmKusadak
- 69 kmRatare
- 72 kmGlibovac
- 76 kmPalanka
- 83 kmMala Plana
- 88 kmVelika Plana
- 92 kmStaro Selo
- 96 kmNovo Selo
- 98 kmMarkovac
- 104 kmLapovo Varos
- 106 kmLapovo ranzirna
- 107 kmLapovo
- 112 kmBrzan
- 115 kmMilosevo
- 118 kmBagrdan
- 125 kmLaniste
- 129 kmBukovce
- 133 kmJagodina
- 138 kmGilje
- 144 kmCuprija
- 151 kmParacin
- 160 kmSikirica-Ratari
- 163 kmDrenovac
- 168 kmCicevac
- 170 kmLucina
- 172 kmStalac
- 182 kmBraljina
- 186 kmCerovo-Razanj
- 188 kmStaro Trubarevo
- 191 kmDjunis
- 195 kmVitkovac
- 197 kmDonji Ljubes
- 199 kmGornji Ljubes
- 201 kmKorman
- 204 kmTrnjane
- 206 kmAdrovac
- 210 kmAleksinac
- 213 kmNozrina
- 215 kmLuzhane
- 218 kmTesica
- 221 kmGreyach
- 224 kmSupovacki most
- 225 kmMezgraya
- 228 kmVrtishte
- 231 kmTrupale
- 236 kmCrveni Krst +1
- 239 kmNis +1
The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them. A +N after a station: N other routes on this map stop or end there, and the map draws it as a station where lines meet.
How this line was checked
- The 237 km this route shares with OpenStreetMap relation 13666732 is drawn from that relation's own nodes, thinned to within 27 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: 99.2% of this line lies within 250 m of real track, a median 8 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of R 6010
- 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–Niš Line?
The Belgrade–Niš Line runs 230 km from Belgrade to Niš.
How long does the Belgrade–Niš Line take?
The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 6 h 20 min for the 230 km. That is an average of 36 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 100 km/h.
Who runs the Belgrade–Niš Line?
Srbijavoz, with Electric-locomotive-hauled regional coaches.
How old is the Belgrade–Niš Line?
The line has been in service since 1884. 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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