![]() The Blue train at the opening of the final section of the Belgrade–Bar railway with two JŽ D66/761s, its crew in the foreground, 28 May 1976. | |
Overview | |
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Service type | Passenger train |
First service |
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Current operator(s) | Serbian Railways |
Former operator(s) | |
Route | |
Line(s) used | Sarajevo–Ploče line |
Technical | |
Rolling stock | JŽ class 11 JŽ D66/761s JŽ 666 |
Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) |
Operating speed | 140 km/h (85 mph) |
Tito's Blue Train (Serbian: Плави воз, romanized: Plavi voz; Croatian: Plavi vlak; Slovene: Modri vlak; Macedonian: Синиот воз, romanized: Siniot voz) is the popular name[1] of the luxurious former state train of Yugoslav Marshal Josip Broz Tito, president of the former Yugoslavia.[2] More than 60 statesmen and world leaders traveled on the blue train during its service. Some of the surviving rolling stock is now operated as a tourist attraction on the 476-kilometre (296 mi) Belgrade–Bar railway, between Belgrade, capital of Serbia, and Bar, a coastal town in Montenegro.[3][1]