Budapest–Belgrade railway
Railway line in Hungary and Serbia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Budapest–Belgrade railway connects the capital cities of Hungary and Serbia – the Budapest Keleti railway station with the new Belgrade Centre railway station.
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Budapest–Belgrade railway | |
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Overview | |
Status | Under construction |
Locale | Serbia–Hungary |
Termini | |
Stations | 7 |
Service | |
Type | High-speed rail |
Operator(s) | Serbian Railways (current) |
History | |
Opened | 19 March 2022 (2022-03-19) (Belgrade–Novi Sad) |
Technical | |
Line length | 350 km (220 mi) |
Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge |
Operating speed | 200 km/h (125 mph) |
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As a $2.89 billion, 350 km (220 mi) high-speed rail line project, the Budapest–Belgrade railway is also a part, and first stage, of the planned Budapest–Belgrade–Skopje–Athens railway international connection in Central and Southeast Europe, a Chinese-CEE hallmark project of Beijing's Belt and Road initiative, connecting the China-run Piraeus port in Greece with the heart of Europe.[1]