To the National Stadium at a speed of 120 km per hour

And while the average speed of trains on Serbian railways is about 60 kilometers per hour, Belgrade could get its own high-speed railway.

At least that is what follows from the Plan for the general regulation of rail systems in Belgrade with elements of detailed development of the railway from Zemunsko polje to the Sava River - Stage 1 - section Zemunsko polje - National Stadium, published by the Secretariat for Urban Planning and Construction. This plan will be available for public review until November 1.

Admittedly, this Belgrade railway will not be as fast as the one to Novi Sad, on which the "Soko" train reaches a speed of up to 200 kilometers per hour.

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Namely, according to the published plan for the construction of the railway from Zemunski polje to the future National Stadium, it will be intended for passenger traffic, and the trains will reach a speed of up to 120 kilometers per hour.

According to the plan published on the City's website, the "two-track" railway, in addition to the Zemunsko polje railway station, will also have stops Singidunum, Aerodrom, Surčin and the National Stadium railway station.

The route of this railway line will go from the official place "Zemunsko polje" through the "Nikola Tesla Belgrade" Airport, further to the Surčin settlement - Surčinska Street, that is, to the National Stadium. The plan states that later the puga could pass through the area of ​​the municipality of Surčin towards Obrenovac.

It is explained that the section Zemunsko polje - National Stadium will enable better passenger mobility from and to Nikola Tesla Belgrade Airport, passenger mobility from and to the National Stadium and the area planned for the International Specialized Exhibition EXPO announced for 2027, as well as the connection of residents of this part of the city with the city center.

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After it was announced that Belgrade would host the EXPO and after it turned out that it would not be the big EXPO but the International Specialized Exhibition EXPO, Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić and Prime Minister Ana Brnabić announced big plans, "difficult" in total 12 billion euros.

At a time when the public did not yet know that 2023 would be an election year, the Prime Minister and the President of the State presented hundreds of magnificent projects which, as it was said, will "completely change the appearance of Serbia", and everything is related to the "EXPO 2027" project.

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