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    Serbian Railways to introduce Stadler Flirt emus into service next month

Serbian Railways to introduce Stadler Flirt emus into service next month

Serbian Railways (ŽS) announced that Stadler Flirt emus will enter service starting with next month. The first 13 units of the 21 four-car Flirt emus  will be used on all the main electrified lines and on suburban and regional services (Belgrade–Šid, Belgrade–Novi Sad–Subotica, Belgrade–Niš, Niš–Preševo, Belgrade–Kraljevo and Belgrade–Užice–Prijepolje Teretna). The remaining eight trains are

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    Serbia: Reconstruction works on Sopot Kosmajski – Kovacevac railway section launched

Serbia: Reconstruction works on Sopot Kosmajski – Kovacevac railway section launched

RZD International has started reconstruction works on 18.5 km long Sopot Kosmajski – Kovacevac railway section, part of Corridor 10. The project is financed under Annex 2 of the Contract on Russian State Loan for the reconstruction and modernization of the six sections of Corridor 10. Works, carried out by Energoprojekt, RZD’s

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    Serbian Railways separation starting with the 1st of July

Serbian Railways separation starting with the 1st of July

Serbian Railways reforming process has been launched and will be carry out over a three-year period. The first step will be taken this year with the separation of the company into four entities which are expected to start operating with the 1st of July, stated Dеjan Trifunović, State Secretary in the

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    RZD International launches modernisation works on Serbia’s Ruma-Golubinci railway section

RZD International launches modernisation works on Serbia’s Ruma-Golubinci railway section

RZD International has started reconstruction and modernisation works on Ruma-Golubinci railway section, part of Corridor 10.  The project is financed under Annex 2 of the Russian loan and is set for completion deadline on September 11, 2015. The total value of works for the norther part of Corridor 10, including

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    Serbian Railways soon to be separated into three companies 

Serbian Railways soon to be separated into three companies 

Serbian Railways will soon be separated into three companies: railway infrastructure manager, railway freight operator and passenger operator, said Zorana Mihajlovic, Serbian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure. The entities will initially carry out operations as part of a holding company and after a transition period will operate independently.

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    Serbian Railways, China Railway Corporation and MAV sign memorandum on Belgrade-Budapest railway feasibility study

Serbian Railways, China Railway Corporation and MAV sign memorandum on Belgrade-Budapest railway feasibility study

Serbian Railways, China Railway Corporation and Hungarian Railways (MAV) have signed a memorandum of understanding on the feasibility study for the modernisation of Belgrade – Budapest railway line. The document is in accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation signed by the three countries and refers to the  a project plan of the feasibility

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    Serbia: Works on adding a second track to Belgrade-Pancevo railway line begin

Serbia: Works on adding a second track to Belgrade-Pancevo railway line begin

Work has started on adding a second track to the railway line between Belgrade and Pancevo. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure Zorana Mihajlovic announced that the modernisation of the 15 km long railway will be completed ahead of time, in July or August 2016. Mihajlovic, who together with President

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    Funding approved for latest supplementary agreement between RZD International and Serbian Railways

Funding approved for latest supplementary agreement between RZD International and Serbian Railways

The finance ministries of Russia and Serbia have approved funding for the  Supplementary Agreement No. 2.1 signed by RZD International and Serbian Railways on the 16th of October. The agreement refers to the reconstruction of three areas of Trans-European Corridor X with a total length of 65 km: Sopot Kosmajski-Kovačevac

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Belgrade – Bucharest international train back in service from December

Serbian Railways and CFR Calatori, the Romanian national railway passenger operator, have agreed to relaunch Belgrade – Bucharest international train, due to high interest in the service expressed by passengers.  The train will be included in the new schedule as of December 14, 2014. Belgrade – Bucharest international train serviced ceased three years ago.

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    Serbian Railways to invest EUR 1.2 bn in the next three years

Serbian Railways to invest EUR 1.2 bn in the next three years

In the next three years, Serbian Railways will invest EUR 1.2 billion euros in infrastructure development and acquisition of new rolling stock,  informed Zoran Andjelkovic Chairman of the Directors Board of Serbian Railways during the “Railway investment Southeast Europe” conference, taking place in Belgrade. Andjelkovic also informed about the contracts signed for rehabilitation of Belgrade-Pancevo

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