The Belgrade–Šid railway ( sr-Latn, Pruga Beograd-Šid) officially designated the Railway line 1 is a long railway line in
Serbia
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that connects the city of
Belgrade
Belgrade is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Serbia, largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers and at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin, Pannonian Plain and the Balkan Peninsula. T ...
with the Croatian railway network and the city of
Zagreb
Zagreb ( ) is the capital (political), capital and List of cities and towns in Croatia#List of cities and towns, largest city of Croatia. It is in the Northern Croatia, north of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the ...
. Its route follows the
Sava
The Sava, is a river in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, a right-bank and the longest tributary of the Danube. From its source in Slovenia it flows through Croatia and along its border with Bosnia and Herzegovina, and finally reac ...
river valley.
It is an integral part of the
Pan-European Corridor X, running from
Salzburg
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and
Ljubljana
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towards
Skopje
Skopje ( , ; ; , sq-definite, Shkupi) is the capital and largest city of North Macedonia. It lies in the northern part of the country, in the Skopje Basin, Skopje Valley along the Vardar River, and is the political, economic, and cultura ...
and
Thessaloniki
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. It is electrified and mostly double-tracked.
History
It was the route of the
Orient Express
The ''Orient Express'' was a long-distance passenger luxury train service created in 1883 by the Belgian company ''Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits'' (CIWL) that operated until 2009. The train traveled the length of continental Europe, w ...
service from 1919 to 1977.
As part of the
Zagreb–Belgrade railway
The Zagreb–Belgrade railway () was the Yugoslav Railways′ long railway line connecting the cities of Zagreb and Belgrade in SR Croatia and SR Serbia, at the time of the SFR Yugoslavia.
It was the route of the Orient Express service from ...
, electrification was finished in 1970.
Gallery
Image:BeogradStanica.jpg, Belgrade main station
Image:Novi zeleznicki most beograd.JPG, New Railway bridge in Belgrade
Image:ZELEZNICKA STANICA NOVI BEOGRAD.png, Novi Beograd station
See also
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Pan-European Corridor X
References
External links
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Belgrade-Sid railway
Railway lines in Serbia
International railway lines
Cross-border railway lines in Croatia
Cross-border railway lines in Serbia
Croatia–Serbia border