Transport in Serbia

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Serbia, and in particular the valley of Morava is often described as "the crossroad between the East and the West", which is one of primary reasons for its turbulent history. The valley is by far the easiest way of land travel from continental Europe to Greece and Asia Minor.

Rail transport[edit]

Railway bridges in the Belgrade
  • Track length: 4,093 km
  • Line length: 3,809 km
  • Main lines length: 1,768 km
  • Length of other lines I and II category; 2,041 km
  • Electrified line length: 1,279 km [1]

Narrow gauge: Some narrow gauge railways are being reinstated for touristic purposes

Road transport[edit]

Serbian motorway network
  finished
  under construction
  planned
Main article: Roads in Serbia

The following motorways pass through the country:

Water transport[edit]

Water transport is conducted mostly on the Danube and Sava rivers.

The total length of waterways is 587 km (2005).

Ports on the Danube:

Ports on the Sava:

Air transport[edit]

paved
runways
unpaved
runways
total 16 23
over 3,047 m 2 0
2,438 to 3,047 m 4 0
1,524 to 2,437 m 4 2
914 to 1,523 m 2 9
under 914 m 4 12

Five of them are large enough to be listed with IATA Airport Codes:

Pipelines[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

 This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the CIA World Factbook.