Belgrade – Novi Sad – Subotica High-Speed Railway
Reconstruction of the Belgrade–Subotica–Kelebija line for 200 km/h operation, the Serbian half of the Belgrade–Budapest corridor. Belgrade Centre–Novi Sad opened in March 2022 and the remainder to Subotica in October 2025. The Belgrade Centre–Stara Pazova leg runs on Serbian mainline 101 and the rest on mainline 105. The Chinese-financed legs were contracted in US dollars; the Novi Sad–Subotica commercial contract (USD 1,162.81 million) is recorded at its July 2018 signing year. No contract value is recorded for Stara Pazova–Novi Sad, which was contracted with RZD International in several annexes; the lot carries the EUR 614 million total investment stated by Infrastruktura železnice Srbije in August 2019, after all its contracts were signed. Mapped geometry for the northern lot stops at Subotica station rather than the Kelebija border.
- Total length
- 183 km
- Open today
- 183 km
- Sections
- 3
- Cost on record
- €1.7B
- 2 of 3 sections carry a comparable figure
Restated into EUR at 2025 prices.
Sections
| Sections | Status | Length | Timeline | Cost | Funding | Contractors | Contract terms |
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| Belgrade Centre – Stara Pazova | Opened | 35 km |
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| 36 mo execution · 36 mo total · Contract value $350.1M |
| Stara Pazova – Novi Sad Contracted with RZD International in annexes: Annex 3.1 (tunnel of about 1.2 km and viaduct of about 3 km) signed 15 July 2016, works from September 2017; Annex 3.2 (double track) signed 21 November 2017, works from 16 March 2018; a contract covering electrical and signalling equipment signed January 2019. | Opened | 40 km |
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| Novi Sad – Subotica – Kelebija border The 33-month works term was set in the September 2019 Investment Plan, counted from the contractor's introduction to works, then expected at the end of 2019. Works began in July 2022. The Export–Import Bank of China loan, signed on 25 April 2019, is USD 988.39 million (85% of the contract). Cross-border freight began on 27 February 2026, when a Rail Cargo Hungaria train of 20 tank wagons crossed the Serbian–Hungarian border and reached Subotica. | Opened | 108 km |
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| 33 mo execution · Contract value $1.2B |
Contractor roles are as recorded in the award. Only builders count toward the delivery rankings.
Funding
- Loan183 km3 sections
- Export–Import Bank of China.
- Government of the Russian Federation.
- National budget183 km3 sections
A section that lists two sources counts its full length under each: the data records which sources paid, not what share each one carried.
Related projects
- HighwaysA2 Miloš Veliki Motorway (Belgrade – Požega)Same contractor: China Communications Construction Company Ltd.
- RailwaysSubotica – Horgoš – Hungarian Border RailwaySame contractor: RZD International
- RailwaysBelgrade Metro Line 1, Phase 1Same country and category
- RailwaysCorridor X Railway Modernisation (Belgrade – Niš)Same country and category
- RailwaysNiš – Dimitrovgrad Railway ModernisationSame country and category
- RailwaysNiš – Brestovac Railway ReconstructionSame country and category
Sources
- Infrastruktura železnice Srbije: Freight traffic established on the Belgrade – Budapest high-speed railwayread Oct 2, 2026
- Infrastruktura železnice Srbije: President Vučić visits works on the Čortanovci viaduct, Stara Pazova – Novi Sad sectionread Oct 1, 2026
- Ministry of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure: Hungarian–Serbian railway: reconstruction and modernisation, Belgrade–Novi Sadread Sep 25, 2026
- Ministry of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure: Investment Plan, September 2019
- Railway PRO: Officials inaugurate Belgrade–Novi Sad line
- Wikipedia: Budapest–Belgrade railway
- OpenStreetMap: relation 9299833, Магистрална пруга 105
- OpenStreetMap: relation 7826011, Магистрална пруга 101
- OpenStreetMap contributors: route geometry (ODbL)