Niš–Zaječar railway

The Timok valley line, finished in 1922 by Russian emigre labour through nineteen tunnels in the Svrljig gorge, and still the only rail link between Niš and the eastern border country.

Stations

1. 0 kmZajecar
2. 4 kmTimok
3. 9 kmGrljan
4. 16 kmVratarnica
5. 25 kmMali Izvor
6. 27 kmSelacka Reka
7. Show 12 more stations

   1. 30 kmMinicevo
   2. 37 kmDonje Zunice
   3. 40 kmGornje Zunice
   4. 43 kmKnjazevac
   5. 49 kmRgoste
   6. 51 kmPodvis
   7. 60 kmSvrljiski Miljkovac
   8. 62 kmPalilula
   9. 66 kmNisevac
   10. 72 kmSvrljig
   11. 79 kmHadzicevo
   12. 81 kmGramada
8. 84 kmJasenovik
9. 99 kmMatejevac
10. 104 kmPantelej
11. 109 kmCrveni Krst +1
12. 111 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

• Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 15487767 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
• Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 4 m from it
• Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of R 2741

Questions and answers

How long is the Niš–Zaječar railway?

The Niš–Zaječar railway runs 111 km from Zaječar to Niš.

How long does the Niš–Zaječar railway take?

The fastest scheduled journey is 2 h 48 min for the 111 km. That is an average of 40 km/h end to end.

Who runs the Niš–Zaječar railway?

Srbija Voz.

How old is the Niš–Zaječar railway?

The line has been in service since 1922. 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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