The Budapest–Belgrade railway connects the capital cities of Budapest, Hungary and Belgrade, Serbia, linking the Budapest Keleti railway station with Belgrade Centre railway station. Valued at $2.89 b
Historical advertisement, showing the Orient Express in 1888
The Novi Sad–Subotica section is serviced by Serbian Railways as the Soko service using Stadler KISS trainsets.
On 1 November 2024, the concrete canopy of the main railway station in Novi Sad, Serbia, collapsed onto the busy pavement below, killing 16 people and severely injuring one more. The station building
Budapest–Belgrade railway
…Hungarian border) was started on 7 April 2022 and it was due to be completed by the end of November 2024, but the opening was delayed following the train station canopy collapse in Novi Sad and ensuing countrywide protests. On 8 October 2025 the "Soko" high-speed line between Belgrade (via Novi Sad) and Subotica opened and runs…
Canopy of the main railway station in Novi Sad, Serbia, after the collapse
August 2024: The canopy is the slab-like structure overhanging the entrance, suspended from the cantilevered roof via a series of V-configured tension elements, and joined to the building's pillars by a series of horizontal concrete struts.
1963 or 1964: The canopy's reinforced concrete beams to which the tension elements were anchored, visible during the construction, along with the pillars.
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