Serbia to Buy New Hybrid Trains from Switzerland – Electrification from Stalac to Kraljevo

We will work further on the electrification of certain sections in Serbia, but we have also discussed considering the options of getting new hybrid trains from Switzerland with electrical and battery-based drive for those sections in Serbia which are not electrified, stated the minister of construction, transport and infrastructure of Serbia, Tomislav Momirovic, following his meeting with the head of the Swiss Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications, Simonetta Sommaruga.

Minister Momirovic pointed out that investments in the development of railways in Serbia continued through the procurement of new fast trains from Switzerland and the introduction of new lines and expansion of the electrified railway network.

– First, we will commence the works on the electrification of the railway from Nis to Dimitrovgrad (Bulgaria), and we have also set aside funds for the electrification of the railway “Morava Corridor” from Stalac to Kraljevo. This way, the entire southern Serbia will be able to use the Bar railway with considerable money and time savings – Momirovic said.

During his working visit to Switzerland, Momirovic, together with the directors of the companies Srbijavoz, Serbian Railways Infrastructure and Srbija Kargo, visited the company Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) and held a meeting with Linus Looser, the director for passenger transport and the company’s board member, about how to reorganize railway transport in Serbia and make it more efficient.

Ministarstvo građevinarstva, saobraćaja i infrastrukture Republike Srbije

Srbijavoz a.d. Beograd

Infrastruktura Železnice Srbije Beograd

Srbija Kargo a.d. Beograd

Ministry of Construction of Serbia

Srbijavoz

Serbian Railways Infrastructure

Srbija kargo

Swiss Federal Railways

Tomislav Momirović

rail transport

Linus Looser

Simonetta Sommaruga

purchase of trains

procurement of hybrid trains

rail electrification

railway development

Morava Corridor

Niš Dimitrovgrad railway

Bar railway