Published: June 21, 2026 at 02:10 PM
Updated: June 21, 2026 at 02:10 PM
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Vucic demands more punctual trains after visiting the new rail dispatch center
On June 21, Aleksandar Vucic visited the new Unified Dispatch Center in Belgrade and demanded that trains in Serbia become more punctual than German and Swiss trains, with Transport Minister Aleksandra Sofronijevic replacing directors if delays become routine. According to N1 and Danas, the center's 23 staff now monitor and control 540 km of railway, the Belgrade-Subotica line should enter the system in six to seven months, and an urgent working group is promised for the 210 km Valjevo-Vrbnica section and the line from Kosjeric to the Montenegrin border.
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Vucic says Serbian Railways must be more punctual than German and Swiss railways
(Vučić tvrdi da Železnica Srbije mora da bude tačnija od nemačke i švajcarske, od ministarke traži da smenjuje direktore)
N1 reports that during the visit to the new Unified Dispatch Center, Vucic said directors should be replaced when trains leave initial stations 30-40 minutes late, addressing Transport Minister Aleksandra Sofronijevic. He said the center performs two key functions, monitoring and control, with 23 employees monitoring and managing 540 km of railway, while the Belgrade-Subotica line will be added in six to seven months. He named Belgrade-Nis and Valjevo-Vrbnica as key lines, said nobody had touched the 210 km Valjevo-Vrbnica section since 1976, and expressed hope that the first 19 km Stalac-Djunis section on the Belgrade-Nis line will be completed in March 2027; Russian Railways in Serbia director Mansurbek Sultanov said the project is 83 percent complete.
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Vucic: Railway from Kosjeric to the Montenegrin border is in very poor condition
(Vučić: Od Kosjerića do granice sa Crnom Gorom veoma loše stanje pruge)
Danas emphasizes the condition of the tracks: Vucic said the 210 km Valjevo-Vrbnica section is important for western Serbia and, in his words, has not been touched since 1976, so accelerated repairs are planned to avoid endangering safety. He added that the new dispatch-center system covers about 540 km of railway and that Belgrade-Subotica will be added in about six months. Vucic also said monitoring will be turned into control as tracks are modernized, and that directors could be replaced every month if trains continue leaving Prokop 45 minutes late.
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