BG Voz

BG Voz
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Overview
Native name	Serbian Cyrillic: БГ Воз
Area served	Belgrade
Transit type	Regional Rail Rapid Transit
Line number	4
Number of stations	33[1]
Headquarters	Belgrade
Website	https://beovoz.rs/
Operation
Began operation	2010; 14 years ago (2010)
Operator(s)	GSP Belgrade
Technical
System length	57 km (35 mi)

BG Voz (Serbian Cyrillic: БГ Воз; stylized as BG:VOZ) is an urban rail system that serves the city of Belgrade, Serbia. It is operated by the public transit corporation GSP Belgrade and is a part of the integrated BusPlus system.[2]

Lines in service

Line 1

v t e BG Voz Line 1
km 0 Batajnica viaduct Kamendin 8 Zemun Polje Altina viaduct over Outer Expressway 13 Zemun Bežanija tunnel (1922 m) 17 Tošin Bunar 20 Novi Beograd to Beograd glavna New Railroad Bridge over River Sava Senjak (proposed) Senjak tunnel (188 m) 26 Beograd centar Dedinje tunnel Line 2 viaduct over 26 Karađorđev park 26 Vukov spomenik 26 Pančevački most Pančevo Bridge over Danube viaduct over intchg. 28 Krnjača–most 29 Krnjača Outer Expressway viaduct 33 Sebeš 36 Ovča
Note: Distances are given in tariff kilometers, as per 2017 Srbija voz timetable

BG Voz began service between New Belgrade and Pančevo Bridge stations on September 1, 2010. Starting from April 15, 2011, the line has been extended westward to Batajnica. Further extension across the Danube, towards Krnjača and Ovča in 2016, was financed from the RZD International credit. The total travel time between the first and the last stop is 50 minutes. At peak times, trains run every 15 minutes.[3] That line currently contains 13 stations (corresponding to Srbija voz Line 55[4] and Belgrade public transport Line 100[5]):

• Batajnica
• Zemun Polje
• Zemun
• Tošin Bunar
• New Belgrade
• Belgrade center
• Karađorđev Park
• Vukov Spomenik
• Pančevo Bridge
• Krnjača–most
• Krnjača
• Sebeš
• Ovča

[6][7] [8]

Line 2

v t e BG Voz Line 2
km Line 1 0 Beograd centar Dedinje tunnel Line 1 Topčiderka River to Topčider Košutnjak (abandoned) 10 Rakovica to Belgrade freight bypass 12 Kneževac 13 Kijevo to Jajinci viaduct to Belgrade freight bypass 16 Resnik
Note: Distances are given in tariff kilometers, according to 2017 Srbija voz timetable

The second line, between Belgrade Center and Resnik, began revenue operations on April 13, 2018. Service frequency is one train every half hour.[9] The line was extended towards Ovča in order to partially compensate for the reductions in service on the first line. However, due to the nature of Belgrade railway junction, it temporarily bypasses the Belgrade Center station.[10] The line currently has the following stations

• Resnik
• Kijevo
• Kneževac
• Rakovica
• Karađorđev Park
• Vukov Spomenik
• Pančevo Bridge
• Krnjača–most
• Krnjača
• Sebeš
• Ovča

Line 3

Line 3 was introduced on September 1, 2019. On working days, it operates three times per day in both directions.[11] In September 1, 2019 Currently, it has 12 stations In 2020 Currently, it has 19 stations:

• Ovča
• Sebeš
• Krnjača
• Krnjača most
• Pančevo Bridge
• Vukov Spomenik
• Karađorđev Park
• Belgrade center
• Rakovica
• Kneževac
• Kijevo
• Resnik
• Ripanj
• Klenje
• Ripanj tunel
• Ralja
• Sopot kosmajski
• Vlaško polje
• Mladenovac

Line 4

Line 4 began operation on December 15, 2019. It connects Belgrade southwest municipal towns of Lazarevac and Barajevo with Resnik, city centre and Danube's left bank. It has two sub-routes: Lazarevac-Resnik and Lazarevac-Ovča.[12] It operates six times per day.[13] The longer sub-route has 15 stations in total:

• Lazarevac
• Vreoci
• Stepojevac
• Leskovac Kolubarski
• Barajevo Centar
• Bela Reka
• Resnik
• Kijevo
• Kneževac
• Rakovica
• Belgrade center
• Karađorđev Park
• Vukov Spomenik
• Pančevo Bridge
• Krnjača–most
• Krnjača
• Sebeš
• Ovča

Accidents

On May 17, 2024, 13 people were injured when train 7112 operating between Lazarevac and Ovča hit the freight train standing at the Pančevački most railway station waiting for departure clearance. The accident happened at 6:26 p.m. in Vračar tunnel, between railway stations Vukov spomenik and Pančevački most, approximately 400 meters from the entrance next to the Pančevački most railway station.[14]

References

1. "Serbian railway timetable, Beovoz, BG:VOZ".
2. "Bg Voz". Archived from the original on September 5, 2013. Retrieved August 24, 2013.
3. "ŽELEZNICE SRBIJE - BG voz - novi gradski prevoz". Archived from the original on July 17, 2013. Retrieved August 24, 2013.
4. Srbija voz schedule for 2017 Archived February 24, 2017, at the Wayback Machine, pp 92–95 (in Serbian) (accessed February 24, 2017)
5. BG prevoz line 100^[permanent dead link‍]
6. "Pruga temelj prevoza u gradu".
7. "Beograd: Vozom do Resnika i Ovče".
8. "Синиша Мали: Мастер план саобраћајне инфраструктуре основа за развој Београда".
9. БГ возови између Ресника и Београд Центра редовни
10. "Od 13.04.2018. počinje sa radom druga linija BG:voz-a na relaciji "Resnik – Žel.St. /Beograd centar/"". Archived from the original on April 16, 2018. Retrieved April 16, 2018.
11. Večernje Novosti: "BG vozom od 1. septembra do Mladenovca"
12. BGmetro: "BG voz servisne informacije"
13. Busevi: Red vožnje, linija 4 BG voza
14. "РТС :: Хроника :: Судар теретног и путничког воза у тунелу Вуков споменик-Панчевац, четири особе превезене у Ургентни центар; узрок несреће људски фактор". www.rts.rs. Retrieved May 18, 2024.

External links

• City of Belgrade Secretariat for Transport