Belgrade´s main railway station was moved 01/07/2018. I got a lot of questions from people abroad (but also Serbs are confused) about the current situation…
“Belgrad, ici Belgrad”
“Belgrad, ici (=here) Belgrad”, you hear in the James Bond movie “From Russia with love”, when the most famous British spy 007 arrived with the…
The last train from/to Belgrade….
On a memorial plate in the main railway station of Belgrade you can read: “This building was opened 23rd August 1884 when Belgrade had 35480…
Thessaloniki Railway station: Now and than
Last Wednesday (05 July 2017) I was at the railway station of Thessaloniki in Greece. On the 9th October 2004 I was here the last…
Missing the train to Western-Europe
The day starts more or less with the Eurocity train “Avala” to Vienna, which leaves Belgrade at 07h36, while some earlier local trains have already…
Old steam locomotives sided
The area around the (current) main railway station is in development for the controversial Belgrade Waterfront project. The current station will disappear and new buildings…
Ode to the Railway museum!
For a question which I got via my network I had to do a little research of the signalling system in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia…
Travelling in Serbia
Traveling in Serbia is not as in my home country: there are not every 15 minutes fast trains which are almost on time (but I…
“U Srbiji je sve moguće” (3): Железнице Србије / Železnice Srbije
Yes this is third part of my unwritten stories about my latest holidays in Serbia, under the title “U Srbiji je sve moguće” (=in Serbia…