Belgrade Main Railway Station

Belgrade Main Railway Station

Железничка станица Београд Главна
Station building
General information
LocationSavski trg 2, Belgrade
 Serbia
Coordinates44°48′31″N 20°27′20″E / 44.80861°N 20.45556°E / 44.80861; 20.45556
Owned bySerbian Railways
Platforms6 bay platforms
Tracks13
Connections100 m: Belgrade Bus Station
Bus interchange 36, 46, 51, 78, 83, 91, 92, 511, 551, 552, 553, 601, A1, E1
Tram interchange 2, 3, 7, 9, 12, 13
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
ParkingYes
History
Opened23 August 1884; 140 years ago (1884-08-23)
Closed30 June 2018; 6 years ago (2018-06-30)
Electrified31 May 1970; 54 years ago (1970-05-31)
Location
Belgrade Main Railway Station is located in Belgrade
Belgrade Main Railway Station
Belgrade Main Railway Station
Location within Belgrade

The Belgrade Main Railway Station (Serbian: Железничка станица Београд Главна, romanizedŽeleznička stanica Beograd Glavna) is a former train station in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It was built between 1882 and 1885 according to the designs of the architect Dragutin Milutinović, and it has the status of a сultural monument of great importance.[1] Until the opening of the new Belgrade Center station (Prokop) in 2016, it was the city's main station, and the busiest in the country. In order to free up the space for the Belgrade Waterfront project, the station was closed on 1 July 2018, and repurposed to become a museum.[2]

Passenger trains were gradually relocated to the new Prokop station during 2016 and 2017.[3] Most national railway traffic was moved to the new station in December 2017, thus leaving only international trains and two trains to Novi Sad at the old station.[4] The Main station operated until 30 June 2018, when the last train, international train 340 to Budapest, left the station at 21:40.[5] International trains were relocated to Prokop and trains to Bar relocated to the Topčider railway station.[6]

  1. ^ "Železnička stanica". Zavod za zaštitu spomenika kulture grada Beograda.
  2. ^ Al Jazeera: Zgrada željezničke stanice u Beogradu postaje muzej
  3. ^ "Vucic opens Prokop railway station after 40 years". Tanjug. 26 January 2016.
  4. ^ "Prokop od danas glavna železnička stanica". Radio Television of Serbia. 10 December 2017.
  5. ^ Dejan Aleksić (1 July 2018). "Otišao poslednji voz" [The last train has left]. Politika (in Serbian). p. 16.
  6. ^ Volf, Goran (22 May 2018). "Radovi na prugama obimniji nego prethodnih 25 godina". Politika.