Topčider railway station
Topčider Railway Station Железничка станица Тоpčider / Železnička stanica Topčider | ||||||
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General information | ||||||
Location | Topčider, Belgrade Serbia | |||||
Coordinates | 44°46′37″N 20°26′09″E / 44.777°N 20.4359°E | |||||
Owned by | Serbian Railways | |||||
Construction | ||||||
Structure type | At-grade | |||||
History | ||||||
Opened | 7 May 1884 | |||||
Closed | 1 October 2021 | |||||
Electrified | Yes | |||||
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Topčider railway station (Serbian: Железничка станица Топчидер, Železnička stanica Topčider) is a historical railway station in Belgrade, capital of Serbia. It is located in the large Topčider park, south of the city center. Having been defunct for more than 30 years, it underwent a partial renovation in 2018 in order to support relocation of long distance motorail services on the Belgrade–Bar railway, following the closing of the Belgrade Main railway station.[1] The station was again closed for passengers on 1 October 2021.
History
The station building was built in 1884, at the location where Prince
2018 revitalization
In the early 2016, a gradual moving of trains from the
However, problems arose immediately. Prokop is still unfinished and has no station building or proper access roads and public transportation connections with the rest of the city. Additionally, it has no facilities for loading and unloading cars from the car shuttle trains nor was ever planned to have one. Still, in January 2018 it was announced that the Belgrade Main station will be completely closed to traffic, which finally happened on 1 July 2018, even though none of the projects needed for the complete removal of railway traffic were finished. Prokop is incomplete, the projected main
Two intermittent lines of public transportation were added, tram No. 3L and bus No. 38A, but the complaints from the passengers that the station is simply inadequate continued. Still, in July 2018 more trains were transferred to the station: international trains to Thessaloniki and Sofia and the tourist line "Romantika", to Sremski Karlovci.[2]
By June 2021, the station remained hard to reach, and passengers remained confused.[8] Instead of Prokop or Topčider, the New Belgrade railway station took over the de facto role of the main station, despite being as inadequately equipped. It turned out to be the busiest one, with better connections with other parts of the city and being much more accessible.[9] The Topčider station was closed for passengers again on 1 October 2021 and all lines were rerouted to Prokop, leaving the city without a facility to load cars as the Zemun freight station still wasn't finished.[10]
See also
References
- ^ Večernje Novosti.
- ^ a b c Dejan Aleksić (23 July 2018). ""Romantika" uskoro kreće iz Topčidera" ["Romantika" soon starts from Topčder]. Politika (in Serbian). p. 14.
- ^ Jovana Todorov (8 October 2017). "ODAVDE SU NA PUT KRETALI KRALJEVI I TITO Železnička stanica Topčider za 133 godine ugostila je mnoge domaće i strane vladare". Blic.
- ^ "Topčider Railway station". Serbia Film Commission.
- ^ РТС: "Прокоп од данас главна железничка станица", rts.rs; accessed 23 April 2018.
- ^ Dejan Aleksić (16 January 2018). "Posle 134 godine bez vozova u Savskom amfiteatru" [No more trains in Sava amphitheater after 134 years]. Politika (in Serbian). pp. 1, 16.
- ^ Dejan Aleksić (16 June 2018). "Zaboravljeni koloseci od danas glavni za vozove ka Baru" [Forgotten tracks from today are the main ones for trains to Bar]. Politika (in Serbian). p. 13.
- ^ Dejan Aleksić (27 June 2021). "Nedovršeni železnički čvor i zbunjeni putnici" [Unfinished railway junction]. Politika (in Serbian).
- ^ Dejan Aleksić (29 January 2019). "Stanica Novi Beograd preuzela ulogu glavne" [Station Novi Beograd took over the role of the main station]. Politika (in Serbian). p. 13.
- ^ Dejan Aleksić (29 September 2021). Од петка престаје да ради станица Топчидер [Topčider station closes on Friday]. Politika (in Serbian). p. 16.
External links
- Media related to Topčider railway station at Wikimedia Commons