Serbia - Lines with Obscure or Sparse passenger services
@@@@ NOTE: copied from old site with minimal editing @@@@
Introduction
This list is based on the timetable dated from 14 December 2003 to 11 December 2004, unless otherwise stated. Standard abbreviations are explained in General Information.
Obscure services
[44] (52A3 not shown) CS04/1
Long distance diesel-hauled trains towards Pančevo propel out of Beograd station then use this route to the west and north of the city and the former Pančevo line terminus at Beograd Dunav to reach the Pančevo line bridge over the Dunav (Danube) river. Similar arrangements are followed in the opposite direction.
| 361 | 15:45 Beograd - Bucureşti Nord | ||
| 360 | Bucureşti Nord - 09:26 Pančevo glanvna st. - Beograd |
Note: reports have been received that these trains have sometimes been electrically-hauled, in which case they reverse at Novi Beograd station then use the tunnel routes via Beograd Centar to reach the Pančevo line bridge over the Dunav (Danube) river. Further information would be welcomed.
Požega avoiding line: Rasna – Boračko
[50, 73] (52A3 not shown) CS04/4
This is a south to east curve avoiding Požega station. This curve was used between 15 April and 5 June 2004 by trains 9610 and 9611 during engineering works on the main line south west of Beograd.
Niš ranžirna area
Niš ranžirna is a goods yard to the west of Niš, and is connected to both the Niš - Beograd and Niš - Skopje lines via triangular junctions.
Trupale – Niš ranžirna – Niš
[70] (52B3 not correctly shown) CS04/5A
This is the north to south connection from the main line from Beograd direct to the goods yard at Niš, then the north to east curve into Niš station. The following trains have neither a time nor a routing line in the timetable at Crveni Krst, so seem likely to run via this route. Train 1896 ran via this route on the morning of 15 May 2004.
| H | 896 | Bar/Požega - 06:56 Grejač - Niš | |
| E | 1896 | Bar - 07:38 Grejač - Niš |
Niš – Niš ranžirna – Crveni Krst
[91] (52B3 not correctly shown) CS04/5B
The trains in table 91 that have timings at Niš ranžirna run from Niš via the east to north curve off the Skopje line, call at the goods yard station at Niš ranžirna, then run via the south to east curve to Crveni Krst then onwards to Niš. Though these trains are clearly intended for members of staff, no objection has been raised to other passengers using them.
Other sparse services
The following lines have few trains (relative to service levels generally in this country) - fewer than four trains each way on at least three days a week - or do not run each weekday:
| 12 | Šabac - Loznica |
| 21 | Novi Sad - Odžaci |
| 31 | Novi Sad - Orlovat Stajalište |
| 33 | Senta - Banatsko Miloševo |
| 34 | Horgoš - Kanjiža |
| 40 | Pančevo glavna st. - Debeljača |
| 40 | Zrenjanin - Banatsko Miloševo |
| 45 | Mala Krsna - Majdanpek [one daily train pair Požarevac - Majdanpek] |
| 60 | Raška - Lešak - Zvečan (Kosovo) |
| 80 | Niš - Dimitrovgrad |
| 85 | Prokuplje - Kuršumlija |
| A/G | Subotica - Kelebia (Hungary) |
| H | Horgoš - Szeged (Hungary) |
| I | Kikinda - Jimbolia (Romania) |
| J | Vršac - Stamora Moravita (Romania) |
| K | Dimitrovgrad - Dragoman (Bulgaria) |
Deletions since last edition
| CS04/2 | Resnik – Beograd Ranžirna – Rakovica: no services for several years |
| CS04/3 | Jagodina – Fabrika Kablova: branch closed |
