(Serbia And Montenegro )BELGRADE

Belgrade
Since years '50s Belgrade considered the opportunity to set up a metro system, but an hard debate about the system tipology (metro or LRT) and the latter civil war (beginning of years '90s) caused heavy delays. After year 2000 a decision was taken in favour of a LRT system based on 3 main lines, even if the construction of the main line (L1-Central Line) has been posponed from 2006 to 2008 also beacause of a fierce opposition which still supports a conventional metro system hipotesy.
Line 1 will connect Tvornicka Staion (west) to Ustanicka Station (east), passing through Novi Beograd, crossing Sava River (on viaduct) before going underground from Varos Kapija to Vukov Sponenik (this central underground section serves Central Square, Nokola Pasic Square and the Faculty of Law). From Vukov Sponenik to Ustanicka Station the track proceedes ground level again. Two future potential interchange points with the other planned LRT lines (L2, L3, joining each other at Pozeska Station) are located at Pravni Fakultet and Proleterske Solidarnosti stops.
NOTE: project has been suspended in favour of a metro system (to be planned).
Beoland-Laki Metro (official site)

Country	Serbia and Montenegro
Line	BELAM (Belgrade Light Metro)-L1 (Central Line)
Inhabitants	City 1.120.000, District 1.575.000
Date opening	2014
Future development:	L2-Savska Line (Pravni Facultet-Pozeska Ulica); L3-Sava Line (Proleterske Solidarnosti-Pozeska Ulica)
Length (km)	12.2
Track sections	in segregated track (4.2 km underground)
Stops	20, average distance m 640 (12 underground, 8 ground level)
Platforms	central and lateral
Platform doors	--
general characteristics	length 80 m, width 3.5 m (lateral), 5-7 m (central)
n. of vehicles	46
n. of cars per vehicle	--
Type	steel wheels
Vehicle dimensions (m)	length 35; width 2.65
Vehicle capacity (pax)	each car: 300 (70 seated)
Frequency	--
Current/Voltage	--
Guide/gauge	standard gauge rails (1435 mm)
Speed Km/h	Comm. 26, Max --
Accel./Decel. (m/sec2)	--
System capacity	--
Ridership	70.000 pax/day
Total cost	35 M Euro/km
Staff	--
System builder	--
Model	--
NOTE	--