Owned by Serbian Railways Structure type At-grade Opened 23 August 1884 Platforms in use 6 | Tracks 13 Parking Yes Owner Serbian Railways | |
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Location Savski trg 2, Belgrade
Serbia Address Savski trg, Beograd, Serbia Similar Belgrade Centre railway st, Republic Square, Hotel Moskva - Belgrade, Ušće Tower, Topčider | ||
The Belgrade Main railway station (Serbian: Железничка станица Београд Главна / Železnička stanica Beograd Glavna) is the main intercity train station in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is the busiest train station in the country and a major railway hub in the region. It was built between 1882 and 1885 after the designs of the architect Dragutin Milutinović, and it has the status of the сultural monument of great importance.
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After opening of the new Belgrade Center station (Prokop) in January 2016, it was announced that the passenger trains will be gradually relocated to the new station during 2016. The Main station is expected to be closed afterwards, freeing up the space for the Belgrade Waterfront.
History
The station is directly connected with the construction of the first Serbian railway line Belgrade–Niš, finished in 1884. The site where the railway station was built was called Ciganska Bara and later on Bara Venecija. The building is constructed after the railway stations of the big European countries and is a monumental edifice. It was built between 1882 and 1885 after the designs of the architect Dragutin Milutinović, and it has the status of the сultural monument of great importance.
The first train from this station departed towards Zemun with courtly honours, on 20 August (1 September) 1884, at 3 pm. The first passengers were King Мilan, Queen Natalija and the Crown Prince Аleksandar Obrenović, on the way to Vienna. More than 200 foreign guests and couple of thousands of citizens attended the opening ceremony of the station. The first composition towards Niš departed three days later, whereas the first regular line to Niš started on 3/15 September at six o`clock. On the same day, the line to Pest was established, and at the beginning only two trains a day departed on these lines. From 1980 till 2009, next to the railway station entrance there used to be a locomotive of the Blue train, which was used by Marshal Tito.
The Cultural Monument
At the time of the construction, the building represented one of the most monumental buildings and the symbols of royal capital of that time. It is one of the first railway stations in Serbia, whose design included a specific architectural program and contents adapted to the European technical achievements. It is designed in the style of academism, as a representative edifice, with the dynamic floor plan. The central classicist projection of the main entrance with the triangular tympanum dominates over the architectural composition. With its specific solutions, the building stands as a proof of the technical and architectural development of Serbia in the last decades of the 19th century.
Train services
The station is served by the following services: