The Podgorica Railway Station ( cnr, Жељезничка станица Подгорица, Željeznička stanica Podgorica) is a

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located in

Podgorica Podgorica (Cyrillic: Подгорица, ; lit. 'under the hill') is the capital and largest city of Montenegro. The city was formerly known as Titograd (Cyrillic: Титоград, ) between 1946 and 1992—in the period that Montenegro form ...

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. The first railway station in Podgorica was built in 1927 near the ''clock tower'' in the ''Stara Varoš'' (''Old Town'') part of the city, some away from the current station. The current station was built after

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, and it was upgraded gradually to its current shape and capacity up until the 1970s. It is the only train station located in Podgorica, and serves as a hub for Railways of Montenegro. The

Belgrade–Bar railway The Belgrade–Bar railway ( sr, Пруга Београд–Бар, Pruga Beograd–Bar) is a railway connecting the Serbian capital of Belgrade with the town of Bar, a major seaport in Montenegro. Overview The Belgrade–Bar railway is a stan ...

converges with the line to Nikšić and line to Shkodër at the station. The station is a through station, located on a trunk line that bisects Podgorica in a north–south direction. The station building was not planned as a permanent passenger station, but rather as an administration and control centre for the Montenegrin railway system. The passenger terminal was meant to be built as a separate building. However, due to the lack of funds, the current building is still serving as a provisional passenger terminal. Thus, the waiting room, restaurant, ticket booths and retail facilities are of inadequate capacity, and the quality of service is subpar when compared to the main stations of cities of similar size. There are three tracks for passenger service, served by one

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adjacent to the terminal building, and one

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, with a pedestrian crossing between the two. The area further from the station terminal building is occupied by the largest

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in Montenegro, where there are numerous service, repair, freight and other facilities used by the various Montenegrin railway companies. The large area surrounding the station, coupled with the headquarters and operational services situated in the station building, make up the heart of the Montenegrin railway system.

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{{Podgorica Transport in Podgorica Railway stations in Montenegro Railway stations opened in 1927