Belgrade's stations
This page explains Belgrade's stations and their facilities for train travellers. All trains now use Belgrade Centar station, see station location & city map. You can check times of trains in Serbia using the journey planner at w3.srbvoz.rs/redvoznje.
Belgrade's original main station - closed 30
June 2018
Belgrade Centar station -
new station used by all trains, new main hall opened October 2023
Novi Beograd station - on the
line to Zagreb
Belgrade's original station closed in 2018
Belgrade's classic Balkan station, built in 1884 and used by the Orient Express closed permanently on 30 June 2018. It was well located, just a 10 minute walk to the Knez Mihailova, the main pedestrianised street running through Belgrade's old town, although it was uphill. Unlike most main stations in Europe, there was no overall roof - the concourse was open-air, although canopies covered the actual platforms. See Wikipedia entry. See map of Belgrade showing station.
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Belgrade's old main station, eastern facade.
Belgrade Centar, see station plan
Belgrade Centar is the city's new main station, a modern building several kilometres to the south of the original station, see city & station location map. It's often known as Prokop after the area in which it's located.
From June 2018 to October 2023, the station had only a few facilities, largely located underground alongside the platforms. However, a new station building has been built on top of the platforms which finally opened in October 2023. Belgrade Centar now looks more like a capital city's main station should.
You can read more about the Belgrade Centar station project at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgrade_Centre_railway_station.
Platforms & tracks
The station has 10 tracks (kolosek in Serbian, we British would call these platforms), numbered track 1 to track 10, although track 1 is a through line without a platform. Just to confuse you, the actual platforms (peron in Serbian) are also numbered, but using roman numerals with different numbers from the tracks, so platform IV is next to track 10, and on the other side of the station, platform II serves tracks 2 & 3. It makes more sense if you look at the station plan! A subway links all platforms.
Ticket office & facilities
There are toilets, an ATM and a ticket office in the new main hall, opening hours not known, but credit cards are accepted.
There is a separate international ticket counter.
Tip: There are very limited shops at Belgrade Centar, so stock up for the journey in town when leaving from Belgrade. Ideally, have some Serbian dinars with you when arriving by train for the bus or taxi to the city centre.
To/from Beograd Centar by taxi:
A taxi between Belgrade Centar & the Hotel Moskva on the edge of the old town takes 11 minutes and costs around 600 dinars (€5), see www.worldtaximeter.com/belgrade.
The Beograd Pink taxi app for iPhone & Android has been suggested as a good taxi app for Belgrade though I haven't used it myself, feedback appreciated.
To/from Beograd Centar by bus:
Bus 36 runs a circular route linking Beograd Centar and the old station nearer the old town. The fare is 50 dinars (€0.50) and runs every 20 minutes (alternately clockwise or anticlockwise around the route). However, since May 2023, you cannot buy a bus ticket on the bus.
To buy a bus ticket on your phone, download the Beograd Plus app for iPhone or Android. Open the app, click on the three dots bottom right, then click on Srpski and a page will pop up which allows you to select English. Click My account, then Login, then Sign up and register for an account.
Now load some value into your account. Click Payment and enter the number of dinars you want to load, as little as 50 dinars if you just want 1 ticket, or you can load more. Pay with credit card, non-Serbian cards work fine. Use '123456' as your postcode as it won't accept UK-style ones.
To buy a ticket, click Buy ticket then Vremenske i Dnevne. The ticket you want for one journey is a 90 minuta - ZONA A. Click E-Nalog to buy with your stored value, or Platna kartica to buy it with a credit card. Your 90 minutes starts immediately you buy the ticket, so only buy when you want to use it. Feedback appreciated.
Alternatively, at Belgrade Centar you can buy a Beograd Plus Day Pass for around 120 dinars (€2) from the Moj kiosk newsagents in the main hall. This gives unlimited travel on Belgrade city buses & trams all day. Zone A covers Belgrade Centar, the old city and Novi Beograd, you're unlikely to need zone B.
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Belgrade Centar station. That's Prokop street on the left, on the south side of the station. You enter the station from Prokop Street. Photo courtesy of DiscoverByRail.com.
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Belgrade Centar, new station building and main entrance on Prokop Street. Photo courtesy of DiscoverByRail.com.
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The station's main hall, opened in late 2023. Photo courtesy of DiscoverByRail.com.
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Ticket office. Photo courtesy of DiscoverByRail.com.
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Belgrade Centar platforms, with tracks 3 & 4 in the foreground. Courtesy of Iain Henshaw.
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The passageway linking the platforms. Courtesy of Jasmin Ring.
Belgrade Topcider
From June 2018 until October 2021, trains to/from Montenegro and the summer-only direct train to/from Sofia used Belgrade Topcider station, located on the edge of Topcider Park, see city & station location map. However, the Montenegro trains switched to using Belgrade Centar in October 2021 and the Sofia train is suspended. Topcider station is currently not in use.
Novi Beograd: A useful alternative
Novi Beograd (New Belgrade) is to the west of old Belgrade, just the other side of the river on the line coming in from Zagreb. Eastbound trains from Zagreb to Belgrade stop at Novi Beograd 7 minutes before arriving at Beograd Centar, and westbound trains from Belgrade to Zagreb stop at Novi Beograd 7 minutes after leaving Beograd Centar. Novi Beograd station is further from the city centre than Beograd Centar (4 km versus 3 km), but arguably has better transport links so you may prefer to get off here. If you have any feedback, please let me know!
It might best to only use Novi Beograd when when arriving from Zagreb, because of its decent tram links. Then take a taxi from your hotel to Beograd Centar when leaving for Zagreb, as Novi Beograd hasn't got many facilities and isn't the best place to wait for a train. Novi Beograd has a small kiosk selling train tickets, but it's not known if this can sell international ones. Note that there steps between street level and platforms, no lifts or escalators.
How to get there by taxi:
You can use a taxi to get to and from Novi Beograd for around 1100 dinars (€9), journey around 18 minutes, check prices using www.worldtaximeter.com/belgrade. The Beograd Pink taxi app for iPhone & Android has been suggested as a good taxi app for Belgrade though I haven't used it myself, feedback appreciated.
How to get there by tram:
Trams 7 & 9 run every 5-10 minutes from Novi Beograd station to the tram stop at the site of the old defunct Belgrade station (Glavna Zeleznicka Stanica), from where it's 10 minutes walk up the hill to the Hotel Moskva and old Belgrade's main pedestrianised shopping street. The tram ride is 7 stops and should take around 15 minutes. Ignore tram 13, this goes to the southwest of the city. The tram fare is 50 dinars (about €0.50). However, since May 2023 tram tickets cannot be bought on the tram.
To buy a tram ticket on your phone, download the Beograd Plus app for iPhone or Android. Open the app, click on the three dots bottom right, then click on Srpski and a page will pop up which allows you to select English. Click My account, then Login, then Sign up and register for an account.
Now load some value into your account. Click Payment and enter the number of dinars you want to load, as little as 50 dinars if you just want 1 ticket, or you can load more. Pay with credit card, non-Serbian cards work fine. Use '123456' as your postcode as it won't accept UK-style ones.
To buy a ticket, click Buy ticket then Vremenske i Dnevne. The ticket you want for one journey is a 90 minuta - ZONA A. Click E-Nalog to buy with your stored value, or Platna kartica to buy it with a credit card. Your 90 minutes starts immediately you buy the ticket, so only buy when you want to use it. Feedback appreciated.
Alternatively, you can buy a Beograd Plus Day Pass for around 120 dinars (€2) from any Moj kiosk newsagents around the city. This gives unlimited travel on Belgrade city buses & trams all day. Zone A covers the old city, Belgrade Centar and Novi Beograd, you're unlikely to need zone B.
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The somewhat desolate and seemingly unstaffed platforms at Novi Beograd. The tracks sit on a viaduct above street level. Photos courtesy of Peter Binnersley... |
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Street level below the tracks. There are stairs between street & platforms, but no escalators or lifts. |
Trams 7 & 9 link Novi Beograd station with the site of the original Belgrade station in downtown Belgrade... |
Hotel in Belgrade: Hotel Moskva
For a hotel in Belgrade, check out the historic Hotel Moskva. Opened in 1906, anyone who is anyone who has visited Belgrade has stayed here, from British author Graham Green to Ethiopian emperor Haile Salassie. It was used as Gestapo Headquarters in 1941-44. It was ideally located right in the centre of Belgrade at the end of the pedestrianised main street that leads to Belgrade fortress. Immaculate rooms, friendly staff and a good cooked breakfast. Book the Hotel Moskva.
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Visiting Belgrade See city map
Belgrade is not your typical tourist hotspot, but it's a lovely city to visit with lots to interest the visitor. Here's just a taster...
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Victor Plaza in Belgrade fortress, with a great view of the confluence of the Danube & Sava rivers. |
Belgrade's parliament building... |
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Knez Mihailova is Belgrade's main pedestrianised shopping street, leading from the Moskva Hotel to the fortress. |
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In 2013, the Serbian Ministry of Defence still hadn't been repaired after NATO bombing in the 1990s conflict. |
Marshall Tito's mausoleum is a little way south of central Belgrade. Tito was Serbia's head of state between 1945 & 1980. There's also a museum with many of the gifts which Tito received during his lifetime.
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