Belgrade Metro
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Locale | Belgrade |
| Transit type | Rapid transit |
| Operation | |
| Began operation | unknown |
The Belgrade Metro is a planned rapid transit system in Belgrade, the capital city of Serbia. Construction of the full metro system has been delayed repeatedly, mostly due to lack of funding.
Belgrade has a population of over 2 million people, making it largest city by population without subway in Europe. Traffic congestion is common and poor infrastructure has put additional strain on the city, while the existing public transport system is incapable of shuttling passengers from one outlying end of the city to another efficiently. At the same time, the suburban railway system Beovoz cannot meet its expected role, due to inadequate infrastructure, and obsolete rolling stock. The construction of a metro is meant to alleviate these problems in the near future.
City planners have been contemplating the possibility of introducing a metro into Belgrade’s transit system since the 1950s. Several ideas have been discussed since the 1950s "General Urban Plan" discussions as to how to build the metro. The first plan came in 1958, when architect Nikola Dobrović suggested a line that runs along Kalemegdan, Terazije, Slavija, and Čubura.
First specialized traffic surveys for the purpose of the future subway were conducted in 1965, only three years after the first such surveys were conducted in Chicago. In 1968, a comprehensive plan came about, led by Savo Janjić. The plan envisioned three lines, totaling a length of 33 km (21 mi), with 35 stations.
In 1972, during the tenure of mayor Branko Pešić, the decision was made to build the new Belgrade railway junction, which would include tunnels under Vračar and Dedinje. Upon completion of the railway junction, construction of a subway system was planned in accordance with plans made by the team led by Branislav Jovin, Belgrade’s chief urban planner.
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