All Serbia articles – Page 4
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NewsBeograd depot upgrade loan signed
SERBIA: The European Bank for Reconstruction & Development is providing national passenger operator JSC Srbija Voz with loans totalling €47m to finance the upgrading and expansion of Zemun depot on the outskirts of Beograd. The site is to become the operator’s main maintenance facility, and the only one equipped to ...
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NewsSerbian freight operator Despotija certified
SERBIA: New entrant Despotija has obtained the necessary certifications to operate freight trains on the national railway network. Despotija’s parent company operates the Kovilovača quarry in Despotovac on the non-electrified single-track Markovac – Resavica line. It has two former Zeleznice Srbije class 461 electric locomotives which have been refurbished by ...
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NewsChinese locomotive arrives in Serbia
SERBIA: The first of two CRRC Zhuzhou locomotives ordered by state electricity generator Elektroprivreda Srbije in April 2016 has arrived in Obrenovac, after being shipped from China to the Romanian port of Constanța then by continuing by river to Sremska Mitrovica. The 7 MW six-axle CRRC Zhuzhou locomotive with a ...
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NewsRZD International completes Beograd – Pančevo upgrade
SERBIA: Russian Railways’ RZD International business has completed a three-year modernisation and double-tracking of the 15 km electrified Beograd – Pančevo line, which carries significant suburban traffic as well as international trains to Romania. Krnjača, Ovča, Sebeš and Pančevo Glavna stations have been modernised, a signalling centre built at ...
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NewsSerbian infrastructure contractor privatised
SERBIA: The government has sold a 90·6% stake in rail infrastructure construction and maintenance company ZGOP to Kazakh transport infrastructure contractor Zhol Zhondeushi for €3·6m. The contract was signed on February 8. ZGOP is based in Novi Sad and has 290 employees. Austrian, Russian, Chinese, French and Turkish companies ...
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NewsChinese locomotives for Serbia rolled out
SERBIA: Two electric locomotives which the state electricity generator ordered last year have been rolled out at CRRC Zhuzhou’s plant in China. The contract was awarded following an international tender and was the first rolling stock order won by CRRC in Serbia. The 7 MW locomotives have a maximum speed ...
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NewsTwo-line metro in Beograd master plan
SERBIA: The city of Beograd published a transport master plan on November 17, which includes proposals for a two-line metro network. The presentation was attended by Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić, Mayor Siniša Mali and French Ambassador Christine Moro, as well as representatives from Alstom and Egis. One line would ...
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NewsChina backs Serbian railway modernisation
SERBIA: China Railway International, China Communications Construction Co and Serbia’s Minister of Construction, Transport & Infrastructure Zorana Mihajlović signed a US$319m agreement on November 5 for the modernisation of the 34·5 km Beograd – Stara Pazova section of the Beograd – Budapest route. Under the terms of the agreement, ...
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NewsBombardier joint venture starts work on Serbian signalling upgrading
SERBIA: Bombardier Transportation has begun work on its first signalling project in Serbia, covering the 77·6 km Resnik – Valjevo section of the route from Beograd to Bar in Montenegro, of which 287 km is in Serbia. The infrastructure work will support an increase in the maximum speed on the ...
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NewsIndependent freight operator launches in Serbia
SERBIA: Kombinovani Prevoz has become the first independent railway operator to launch freight services since the Serbian railway market was liberalised in January. The first KP train ran from Kragujevac to Lapovo Ranžirna and back during the morning of June 12. Beograd-based KP was founded 20 years ago and ...
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NewsCRRC Zhuzhou wins Serbian locomotive order
SERBIA: Chinese manufacturer CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive has won an international tender to supply two electric locomotives for use on the dedicated rail network which the state electricity generator uses to haul lignite from the Kolubara open cast mines to its Nikola Tesla power stations. The TSI-compliant 25 kV 50 Hz ...
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NewsSerbian link modernised
SERBIA: The Mala Krsna – Velika Plana section of Pan-European Corridor X reopened to freight traffic on April 1, following a modernisation project which Russian Railways subsidiary RZD International began in October. The 29 km link between lines running east and southeast of Beograd provides an alternative to the Velika ...
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NewsBeograd Centar station inaugurated
SERBIA: Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić inaugurated the first phase of Beograd’s future main station on January 26. Eight of the 10 tracks and five of the six platforms at Beograd Centar (also known as Prokop) station are now being used by two daily return services to Novi Sad and 105 ...
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NewsSerbian railway restructuring approved
SERBIA: State railway company Železnice Srbije is scheduled to be restructured with effect from July 15, after government approval was granted on July 2 for the implementation of plans which were finalised in May. The restructuring will create four businesses: ŽS Holding, ŽS Infrastructure which will be responsible for managing ...
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NewsSerbian Railways and RZD sign route upgrade and DMU deals
SERBIA: Contracts for additional diesel multiple-units and the upgrading of three sections of Trans-European Corridor X were signed by Serbian Railways and the RZD International subsidiary of Russian Railways on October 16, during a visit by Russian President Vladimir Putin to Serbia’s President Tomislav Nikolić. A US$100m ...
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NewsStadler awarded Beograd suburban train contract
SERBIA: A contract for Stadler Rail to supply 21 Flirt electric multiple-units for use on Beograd suburban services was signed by national railway ŽS on March 4. The €100m order is being funded by the European Bank for Reconstruction & Development. The first of the EMUs is scheduled for delivery ...
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NewsKuwait lends €25m for Beograd station project
SERBIA: The Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development has agreed a €25m loan to fund the railway systems element of Beograd's long-planned new main station at Prokop. The 3% loan has a repayment period of 18 years and grace period of four years. The lender has also expressed interest in ...
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NewsRZD supports Serbian Railways modernisation
SERBIA: An agreement for Russian Railways to assist Serbian Railways with the construction of a 68 km electrified line between Valjevo and Loznica and assist with the modernisation of more than 300 km of existing route was signed by RZD President Vladimir Yakunin and ZS Director General Milovan Markovic on ...
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NewsEBRD loan supports Serbian concrete sleeper plant
SERBIA: The European Bank for Reconstruction & Development is providing a loan to support the development of a concrete sleeper plant at Svilajnac, 100 km south of Beograd. EBRD said the €2·8m loan to the Serbian Track Experts joint venture of Austrian firms Porr Bau and Maba Track Solutions is ...
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NewsBeograd metro planning agreement signed
SERBIA: Plans for a metro in Beograd are to be developed following the signing of a memorandum of understanding by Mayor Dragan Djilas and representatives from Alstom Transport and the Serbian and French governments on November 18. Alstom and the city council have agreed to define a framework for co-operation ...