In March 2015, the Government of Serbia announced its plan to establish three new railway companies by splitting the state-owned company Serbian Railways into separate businesses – Srbijavoz (passenger services), Srbija Kargo (freight transport) and Serbian Railways Infrastructure (infrastructure management). Srbijavoz was founded on 10 August 2015, as the national passenger railway company of Serbia, after being split from the Serbian Railways, in the process of reconstruction and better optimization of business.
In February 2019, Srbijavoz temporarily suspended service on the Belgrade–Novi Sad railway, the country's busiest passenger route, in February 2022, due to the line's reconstruction. This line has now been completely reconstructed and modernized and the high-speed train service named "SOKO" connects the two most populated Serbian cities in 36 minutes, with trains reaching speeds of up to 200 km/h. The route is 75 km long and it is being extended to cover the segment of railway line between Novi Sad and Subotica (near the border with Hungary), to enable speeds of up to 200 km/h as part of the modernization of the Belgrade-Budapest railway line.
Reconstruction and modernization is also planned for the railway line between Belgrade and Niš to enable trains to reach the speeds of up to 200 km/h, between Niš and Preševo (border with North Macedonia) for the speed of 160 km/h and between Niš and Dimitrovgrad for the speed of 120 km/h (border with Bulgaria).
Passenger transport
Srbijavoz inherited the passenger transport operations from the Serbian Railways after its founding. Since 2015, it has offered many train services across the country and in the region which include international routes to neighbouring countries and domestic routes (fast, regional and local lines).
The Serbian railway system consists of 3,739 km of rails of which 295 km is double track (7.9% of the network). Some 1,279 km of track (33.6% of the network) is electrified. Serbia has rail links with all neighbouring countries.
Railroads are categorized as "main lines", "regional lines", "local lines" or "manipulative lines". Below is a list of main lines in Serbia:
Two tracks are between Velika Plana and Stalać as well as between Đunis and Niš. Modernization and reconstruction is planned to start in 2025 up to high-speed rail of maximum 200 km/h between Belgrade and Niš.
High-speed (200 km/h) rail is opened between Belgrade and Novi Sad since 19 March 2022. Double tracking and upgrade to high-speed of 200 km/h is currently in progress from Novi Sad to Subotica (border with Hungary).
Srbijavoz InterCity line, fast train SokoŽS 410, Altina station.
Srbija Voz operates an Inter-City train service called "SOKO" (meaning "falcon" in Serbian) from Belgrade to Novi Sad with KISS 200 EMU that reaches speeds of up to 200 km/h and covers the route in 36 minutes. This rail connection is the busiest one in Serbia.
Regio trains also used to operate on the route from Kraljevo to North Mitrovica in North Kosovo, which was a domestic route from Serbia's point of view, but an international route from Kosovo’s point of view.
BG Voz is an urban rail system that serves the city of Belgrade. Class 412 electric multiple units, built by RVR, serve the system that is integrated in the city public transport ticketing.
International railway network
Srbijavoz International Train exterior
Srbijavoz operated EuroCity trains on the following routes:
