NEWS FLASH
The construction of a rail link that will connect Belgrade's central railway station and the airport is progressing, with a projected 3.5 million people expected to use the line per year, or 10.000 per day. Work on the 18.3-kilometre railway line are progressing according to schedule, with tracks and sleepers already laid along 4.3 kilometres of the route. Final construction activities on the bridge over the motorway are set to be fully completed within the next month. Between November this year and March next year, nine new electric multiple unit trains, which will be used on the line, are due to be delivered.
Serbia’s Minister for Construction, Transport and Infrastructure, Aleksandra Sofronijević, said, “The construction of this line will allow passengers to reach central Belgrade from Nikola Tesla Airport in just fifteen to twenty minutes, placing Belgrade among the few capitals in this part of Europe with a direct rail link between the airport and the city centre”.
More than 500 people are engaged on the railway construction site each day, including approximately 200 engineers. Construction is scheduled to be completed by the end of the year, after which a testing phase will commence, with the line expected to enter service next spring.
The key question is how will the train station be connected with the terminal. However, I do not think many people from Belgrade will use this because Prokop is really poorly connected with the rest of the city
ReplyDeleteNovi Beograd station is practically main station, it has higher ridership than Prokop. Considering new bus terminal, they just gave up on trying to fix Prokop.
DeleteHow will the tthe terminal building connect to the airport train stop? You can just take a 10 minute walk like most of us do that whenever we travel somwhere . You might have something specisl in your life where the bus and train pick you up at your house, but most of us have to walk from our place with the luggage to the bus and then connect to other bus to the airport. Obviously you never been to one of the airport train stations. For example in CDG, it takes you good 15 minutes walk from any arrivals or departures to get to the train station that is attached to the main terminal.
DeleteAnonymous14:12 you tell them!!
DeleteMaybe the plan is to expand terminal (Concourse A) towards current cargo terminal. In this case, maybe some entrance can be created, to reduce outside time/distance. Also, there is a bus from Tesla parking that can stop next to future train station, that goes every 10 minutes (at the moment, the nearest stop is by cargo terminal, some 200m walk from future train station).
DeleteIt has been discussed and confirmed many times that you can either take a walk or a mini bus that will be shuffling people 500 meters from the train station to the airport terminal. Not an ideal solution, but also not terrible. Lets move on now
Delete^^ Poorly planned project indeed. But yep, its here now and we'll have to lump it like so much else badly done.
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Walking is also not possible cuz there’s literally no sidewalks, or very narrow ones.
DeleteIts also bloody hot much of the year
DeleteYes, on every bigger airport you need to walk to train station but the train station is connected to main building but even more often is part of architectural design. Milano Malpensa, Frankfurt, Munchen, Madrid, Porto and Lisabon etc… the question is not if we need to walk to reach airport but where and how.
DeleteIt was reported here maybe 6 months ago a statement by the airport where they said they are developing plans for access to the station. Why not just wait and see rather than speculate and already complain?
Delete^ They will complain either way. Don't worry. It's a national sport at any point in time in history.
DeleteWalking is not a problem, but where to walk and if the response is sidewalks, question is what to do in august and july or if it is raining...
DeleteBunch of complainers on here nothing ever works for them and everything is not planned well. I always wonder how perfect is their life at home how they all live in amazing settings. In my opinion this is awesome and will be a great way for me and my family when we need to travel.
Delete^^its not complaining for no reason. Its because the government has a terrible record of infrastructure projects. Or do you inhabit some different Serbia? Where things actually work well?
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DeleteHave you really just dared to compare BEG to CDG?
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DeleteYou really don't have to use it, if you find it badly managed. You can still use buses, taxis or private cars. Rest of us are delighted to have it and will use it happily ever after
10,000 riders a day may be a conservative estimate. Especially if the transportation is free.
ReplyDeleteI don't think it will be free. While BG Voz is free, I don't think this line will be part of the urban rail system but will be operated most likely by Srbija Voz, which needs to be paid.
DeleteBG Voz is operated by Srbija Voz, and it's free. I heard they said these 9 trainsets will be used to transfer visitors to the Expo but after the exhibition is done, and there is no need for high frequency to the Expo anymore, they will use them on other BG Voz lines too.
DeleteIt would be madness to make this a free ride. They absolutely have to charge tickets. Otherwise, maintenance would be terrible
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Like everywhere in the world. Why should Serbian (Belgrade) taxpayers finance foreigners ride to the airport.
They finance them using the buses. Then again tax payers from towns where trains and buses are but a dream do that for Belgrade through their taxes.
DeleteGoing from either of the train stations in Frankfurt to Terminal 2 is a nightmare.
Delete@21:07 doesnt make building bad projects elsewhere 'ok' just because others have.
DeleteLarge bookable short and long term parking/garage at Prokop and New Belgrade trains stations would mean a lot and make this whole project usable for people who live here.
ReplyDeleteWell done. A positive step in the right direction.
ReplyDeleteAlthough i would love to see the thought process of those who designed this. Hack-job after hack-job.
DeleteWhat about potential direct line between Novi Sad and airport. As I have seen, they are not building a loop, just a railway directly from Zemun. So, in fact, somebody who is travelling from NS has to come to the Zemum station, change the direction and enter into train fot airport/expo.
ReplyDeleteAll of that should have been taken into account. In a better planned development the airport should have been a focus for transport allowing for future routings such as Niš-Belgrade-Airport-Novi Sad. Even Belgrade-Airport-Budapest. We see in places like Schiphol or Brussels Airport the importance of intra-city connectivity. However this projected has been rushed in order to facilitate the 'Expo' which will be forgotten rapidly after its over whereas proper, well-planned infrastructure would really help the country.
DeletePardon my OCD, but shouldn't tracks be straight? I mean, I know that this is not critical in a low-speed rail, but since you are doing it, shouldn't you do it right? Why have a speed limitation because of kinky tracks, and prevent higher speeds in the future?
ReplyDeleteThe tracks are fine, its a reqlly short distance to the mainline. So on this case i think it is OCD. Its the station location and total lack of long term planning thats the issue many people have.
DeleteThe tracks are fine, its a reqlly short distance to the mainline. So on this case i think it is OCD. Its the station location and total lack of long term planning thats the issue many people have.
DeleteThey promised 120 kph, I believe. I think tracks will be straight, it's just they aren't finished being fixed, but i'm not rail engineer.
DeleteThis is really misleading for someone who is not from Belgrade - Belgrade “Center” train station is nowhere near center of Belgrade, regardless whether you consider Slavija, Trg Repubike or even Beograd na vodi as a center of the city. It is not even connected to future metro lines, so basically, you can take taxi at the airport or at Hajd park/old highway, where the train station is actually placed.
ReplyDeleteIt says "central railway station", which it is.
DeleteWise guy? Article is correct, the substance is the problem.
DeleteThis is central train station of Belgrade, and that's why it's called Centar, not because it's in city centre.
DeleteThe long term problem with the railway is that big area near Dobanovci that was planned for airport development is now cut off...
ReplyDeleteIt's not. Anyway if the airport would develop in that direction they can dig our railway and the roads underground, build the bridge for the planes over it etc.
DeleteAll of which is very expensive and should have been thought of now. Yet more examples of the government's disasterous development of the city.
DeleteProkop will not be a part of future metro system? what kind of geniuses designed all this?
ReplyDelete🫣 the same types that struggle with cobblestones and roundabouts...
DeleteNaravno da će biti, samo je pitanje za koliko decenija
DeleteHow many airports in the exyu will have rail link to the city in 2027? Naught, none, zero, nada. That explains some comments.
ReplyDeleteNo, but several have far nice terminals. If you want to get to that silly level. Criticism of bad engineering projects is not criticism of countries or nations. If you cant accept that some things in Belgrade are rubbish then you have very very thin skin or are blind by patriotism. Either way wake up.
Delete"Criticism" on a zama academy level actually doesn't count as a criticism, but as a fun fact. "Nicer" and "bad engineering" qualifications by some zama anonymous ignorants can't and won't be taken into any serious count, but theirselves.
Delete^^ @21:49 you really are the fool here sir
DeleteJealousy is toxic. BEG is adding new functionality unmatched in the region. Spin it any way you want, additional 10000 daily users add up to extend airport growth.
DeleteNobody is knocking the idea to build a rail link. Everyone supports that. People are highlighting that yet again projects have been poorly managed and could have been executed far better. In your bizzare (probably blindly patriotic) world if you cant see that well good luck to you.
Delete@22:35 the rail link wont provide 10k new users, rather it will mean potentially fewer car users to the airport.
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DeleteAgain, assigning "fool" label by an ignorant doesn't count actually, but surely revealing level of desperation and hopelessness by zama disciples.
Foolishness is criticising something without proving by counter arguments at any point. Calling something "bad" and not proving it is pathetic, but it is funny to read.
@23:18 you have not given any reasoning why this project is being executed well. Which makes you either foolish or ignorant.
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