Montenegro - General Information

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Country Name

Montenegro (Crna Gora)

National railway system

National Railway Operator

Železnice Crne Gore (ŽCG) / Жељезница Црне Горе

Infrastructure Authority

Željeznička Infrastruktura Crne Gore

Language

Montenegrin/Serbian

Currency

Euro, through the country is not in the Euro zone.

UIC code

Numeric 62, alpha MNE.

Timetable

Journey Planner

The Montenegrin railways website www.zcg-prevoz.me (only in Montenegrin) does not appear to provide a journey planner.

Downloadable Timetable

Summary timetable information is provided at www.zcg-prevoz.me/prevoz_putnika/red_voznje.html. This page contains a link to the full PDF Timetable Red vožnje, which is in Montenegrin throughout.

Printed Timetable

The PDF timetable Red vožnje mentioned under Downloadable Timetable above may be available in printed form.

Engineering Information

None.

Maps

Printed Maps

  • European Railway Atlas: Scandinavia and Eastern Europe by M.G. Ball (1993) (ISBN 0-7110-2072-4)
  • European Railway Atlas by M.G. Ball (2008 onwards)

Web-based Maps

Gauge

Standard

Electrification

25 kV 50 Hz

Rule of the road

Right

Other Railways

None.

Tourist Lines

None.

Metro

None

Trams

None

Recent and future changes

All of the current rail network in Montenegro is of comparatively recent construction, largely due to the mountainous terrain; the route between Beograd and Bar only fully opened in 1976, replacing a 760mm gauge route to the Adriatic coast via Sarajevo.

The branch from Podgorica to Nikšić (table 51), which had not operated for several years, was reopened on to passenger traffic on 2 October 2012, having been electrified.

The cross-border route from Podgorica to Albania did not open until 1986 and the treaty concerning its construction limited it to freight use only. See Border Crossings: Albania - Montenegro for more information.

Special Notes

In June 2006 Montenegro became independent of the former combined "Serbia and Montenegro", which on 4 February 2003 had replaced the former name "Federal Republic of Yugoslavia".

The Mala Rijeka viaduct, between Kolašin and Podgorica on the Beograd - Bar line, is beleived to be the highest viaduct in the world, being 198m from rail level to river level.

See also