Infrastructure of Serbian Railways has begun the trial running on the entire modernised and double-tracked Belgrade – Novi Sad line.
Due to the nature and type of dynamic testing that will follow in the coming days, the train run at a maximum speed of 200 km/h several times a day on the railway line.
The commercial operation on the 75 km long line is expected to be launched in March. At the beginning of this year, a measuring train of DB Systemtechnik arrived in Serbia to carry out the tests on the line. The test runs were scheduled to be completed this week.
The construction works were performed by China Railway International and China Communications Construction Company.
Belgrade – Novi Sad line is part of the railway line linking Serbian capital to Hungary connecting three of the five largest cities in Serbia including Subotica. This section also makes up almost half of the length of the Pan-European Corridor Xb and is a part of the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) in the territory of Serbia.
The Serbian rail infrastructure manager is currently modernising the 34.5 km Belgrade – Stara Pazova section which is 55% completed and the Novi Sad – Subotica line expected to be completed in 2024.
The works on the two sections are performed by a joint venture comprising China Railway International and China Communications Construction Company under a USD 1.6 billion contract.
A USD 426.37 million contract was signed with a joint venture of China Railway International and China Communications Construction Company for the modernisation of Belgrade – Stara Pazova railway line. The contract concerns the reconstruction and modernisation of the existing track of a single-track railway and construction of a second track designed for mixed traffic and speeds of up to 200 km/h.
For the 108 km Novi Sad – Subotica modernisation project, the USD 1.16 billion contract singed with RZD International, and covers the upgrade of the existing line and the construction of the second track.
All these projects are part of the Belgrade – Budapest rail corridor for which Hungary has launched the construction works in November 2021. In Serbia, the corridor will be 184 km-long and the value of the works are estimated at USD 2 billion. The project is expected to be completed in 2025.
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