Classic route
Sarajevo–Maglaj line
Sarajevo → Maglaj · Bosnia and Herzegovina
North out of Sarajevo through the Bosna gorge and past Zenica’s steelworks to Maglaj, the surviving stub of the 1947 youth railway to the Sava.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 2676253 — 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 7 m from it
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: ŽFBiH red vožnje — a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the Sarajevo–Maglaj line?
The Sarajevo–Maglaj line runs 148 km from Sarajevo to Maglaj.
How long does the Sarajevo–Maglaj line take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 2 h 33 min for the 148 km. That is an average of 58 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 70 km/h.
Who runs the Sarajevo–Maglaj line?
ŽFBiH.
How old is the Sarajevo–Maglaj line?
The line has been in service since 1947. 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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