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 TRANSPORT |
Serbia covers 48,423 km, with about 18,000 km of primary roads (380 km motorways & 165 km of secondary highways) and 30,000 km of local roads.
The current value of the existing road network is estimated at US$17.5 billion.
Network density is 43.9 km/100 km² 40% of main roads and 60% of local roads are currently bearing less than full capacity. The Road Construction Sector employs about 23,000 workers
Developed OECD countries spend between US$ 15,000 & 45,000 per 1 km of road for maintenance, Serbia US$570 (26 times less)
For urgent renovations US$5 billion is required.
| I. ROAD TRANSPORT |
12,000 Vehicles: of which 2,544 intercity buses, 7,261 trucks and 1,385 trailers. 59% of buses and 37% of trucks do not meet EU technical standards yet.
Traffic volume in 2000 is significantly lower compared to 1990.
 Motorway tolls: |
Highway toll is paid on the following highway sections: Subotica - Feketic - Novi Sad - Belgrade; Sid - Belgrade; and from Belgrade down south to Nis and Pecenjevce.
For passenger vehicles, the toll is as follows:
· Subotica - Novi Sad DEM 10.00
· Novi Sad - Belgrade DEM 10.00
· Sid - Belgrade DEM 10.00
· Belgrade - Nis DEM 25.00
· Nis - Pecenjevce DEM 5.00
| Fuel: |
The following types of fuel are available at gas stations in Serbia: premium (95 octane), normal (86 octane), unleaded (95 octane) and diesel fuel.
| Road help and information: |
AMSS (Automobile and Motorists Association of Serbia) has workshops and tow-away services along all main roads. AMSS information centers are in:
· Belgrade +381 (0)11 / 34 41 515
· Nis +381 (0)18 / 701 698
· Novi Sad +381 (0)21 / 611 666
· Pristina +381 (0)38 / 43 554
For help on the road, dial 987.
| Bus transport |
Regular and seasonal international bus lines link Yugoslavia to neighbouring countries.
Belgrade bus station, tel. +381 11 636 299
Rent-a- car (in Belgrade):
· PUTNIK, +381 (0)11 / 641 543, Belgrade airport 011 / 600 634
· AVIS, +381 (0)11 / 431 687, Belgrade airport 011 / 605 590
· INEX, +381 (0)11 / 620 980, Belgrade airport 011/605-555/2732
· UNIS, +381 (0)11 / 634 766, Belgrade airport 011/605-555/2754
· PANALEX, +381 (0)11 / 137 703
| · YU TIM, +381 (0)11 / 692 339
· VIP RENT-A-CAR, +381 (0)11 / 369 08 90
· PROGRES, +381 (0)11 / 628 027
| II. RAILWAY |
| Railway track |
Total Railway track length is 3,808 km, of which 3,533 km single-track and 275 km double-track.
see table
Railway Transport Enterprise carries out maintenance of 968 bridges - with a total length of 41 km. 968 bridges - with a total length of 41 km.
| Power supply |
· 1,196 km (31%) of electric tracks
· Traction Substations and Overhead Contact Wires are more than 30 years old.
· 50% of railway stations are equipped with signaling-safety devices manufactured by Siemens over 30 years ago
· Telecommunication equipment is at a very rudimentary level. 1.7 billion to complete the current highway construction programs.
| Railway transport |
Numerous international railway lines link Yugoslavia with all parts of Europe.
Belgrade railway station, tel. +381 11 / 636 493, 645 822
| III. RIVER TRANSPORT |
Danube 588 km of the International River Danube, the category awarded as per Danube Commission rules, represents the most secure and safest navigable route throughout the year.
Tisa 164 km of inter-state navigable passage on the river Tisa, with the network of the domestic channel Danube - Tisa - Danube totaling 600 km, with the potential to become an International Navigable route of satisfactory level for use by all Danube basin countries.
Sava 207 km of the river Sava with a good potential to gain the status of International Navigable route, and of sufficient level category to develop mutual interests of the countries through which the river transits (Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia & Herzegovina (The Republic of Srpska) and Serbia)
Velika Morava River Morava of significant length with long term planning underway to link the Danube to the Aegean Sea at Thessalonica. Significant advantages and a relatively well developed network of internal navigable routes as well as pier and port capacities and facilities in the Republic of Serbia constitute a good infrastructure base for further development. These plans are compatible with the defined policies of the EU concerning the transfer of part of transport sector to
river and integral transport.
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| IV. AIR TRANSPORT |
There were two main airports in Serbia; Belgrade & Nis: Airport in Nis was heavily damaged during the war but project of reconstruction have started; Belgrade Airport - Favorable location and modernization plan has been prepared.
Companies flying to Serbia:
The following airports are open to international traffic:
Belgrade airport, tel. +381 11 / 605 555, 603 262
Nis airport, tel. +381 18 / 48 887, 40 766, 48 186
Pristina airport, tel. +381 38 / 28 442 |
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© World INvestment NEws, 2002.
This is the electronic edition of the special country report on Serbia published in Forbes Global . June 10th , 2002 Issue.
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