First request for “green permit” for construction of subway station filed – “Skadarlija” on three underground levels with one mezzanine

The company Belgrade Metro and Train has filed to the Ministry of Environmental Protection the request for deciding on the necessity of the preparation of the Environmental Impact Assessment Study for the project: Phase-Based Construction of the “Skadarlija” Subway Station, Line 1, Phase 1.

The route of the subway line 1, phase 1, in the section where the Skadarlija Station is located, is planned to go underground in a deep cut made by a TBM (tunnel boring machine), whereas the station itself will be built in an open cut.

The subway station building features the ground floor and three underground levels and is designed as a shallow station with one mezzanine. The three underground levels comprise the level of the big hall, the platform level and the sub-platform level.

– Considering the upper line of the tracks compared to the existing ground level, the Skadarlija Station is designed as a shallow station with one mezzanine – the documentation says.

According to the documentation, two public entrances to the station at the ground level are planned and they will be located in the western part of the station. One entrance is planned directly above the station building, and the other in the western part of Cara Dusana Street.

The passengers will reach the big hall from both entrances, where they will go through a series of control gates and access the stairs, the escalators or the elevators, which will service all platforms.

The main rooms for the operating and passenger services will be located on the level of the big hall next to the entrance. The technical rooms will be located on the level of the big hall and the platforms.

Near the Skadarlija Open Market, the General Regulation Plan of Rail Systems in Belgrade envisages the construction of a subway station, and the documents that the Belgrade authorities published in mid-2023 show that a full reconstruction of the open market and the construction of an underground garage are planned as well.

The subway line 1 is planned on the Zeleznik-Makis-Zarkovo-Bele vode-Trgovacka Street-Pozeska Street-Park "Banovo brdo"-Ada Ciganlija-Belgrade Fair-Mostar-Sava Square-Republic Square-Skadarlija-Danube-Pancevo Bridge-Karaburma Rail Station-Ada Huja-Karaburma-Mirijevski Blvd-7th Belgrade Gymnasium-Mirijevo route and, as such, is defined by the General Regulation Plan of Rail Systems in Belgrade.

The technical documentation envisages the construction of the subway line 1 in two phases. The first phase entails a route from the subway depot in Makis to the Karaburma pit, and the second from the Karaburma pit to Mirijevo.

The preliminary design was prepared by the French company Egis Rail.

I. Z.

JKP Beogradski metro i voz Beograd

Ministarstvo zaštite životne sredine Republike Srbije

Egis d.o.o. Beograd-Stari Grad

Belgrade Metro and Train

Ministry of Environmental Protection

Egis Rail

request for deciding on the necessity of the preparation of the Environmental Impact Assessment Study for the project Phase Based Construction of the Skadarlija Subway Station Line 1 Phase 1