Overview | |
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Locale | Belgrade, Serbia |
Transit type | commuter rail |
Number of lines | 6 |
Number of stations | 41 |
Operation | |
Began operation | 1992 |
Operator(s) | Serbian Railways |
Technical | |
System length | 70 km |
Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) |
Beovoz (Serbian Cyrillic: Беовоз) is a commuter rail that provides mass-transit service within the Belgrade metropolitan area. The main usage of today's system is to connect the suburbs with downtown Belgrade. Beovoz is operated by Serbian Railways.
Belgrade suburban railway system connects the suburbs and nearby cities to the west, north and south of the city.
The Beovoz public transit system first began operation in 1992.
Beovoz handled 6,182,000 passengers in 2006. In 2007 it was projected that the system would handle 7,078,000 passengers.
There are four lines in the Belgrade underground railway network:
Most stations are above ground. Vukov Spomenik and Karađorđev Park—the two underground stations of the Beovoz system—are located in downtown Belgrade.