Novi Sad-Belgrade Train 100 Dinars Dearer: 656, Soko 808
Fares to Belgrade are now calculated from the new stop on Rumenacki Put, so a regular train costs 656 dinars and the Soko 808. Srbijavoz did not notify passengers.
A ticket for a regular train from Novi Sad to Belgrade now costs 656 dinars (about 5.6 euros), and for the Soko train 808 dinars (about 6.9 euros). In both cases that is 100 dinars more than before, the Novi Sad portal 021.rs reports. The increase arrived together with the new stop on Rumenacki Put, and according to the portal, Srbijavoz did not notify passengers about the new prices.
Why is the same route 100 dinars dearer?
The departure point has changed. Trains to Belgrade now leave from the stop in Novi Sad rather than from Petrovaradin, so the trip is one station longer, as 021.rs puts it. The ticket is charged for that extra station.
The source does not give the old prices. By our arithmetic, a regular ticket would previously have cost 556 dinars and the Soko 708, which would mean increases of roughly 18% and 14%. That is our own calculation from the stated difference, not a figure published by Srbijavoz or the portal.
What about monthly and annual tickets?
The hardest hit are people who travel from Novi Sad to Belgrade regularly for work or other obligations and hold monthly or annual tickets. It is not known whether season tickets will be honored at the old price or whether a surcharge will follow.
The 021.rs article contains no official statement from the company. Srbijavoz’s call center told passengers to ask about season tickets on Monday, October 12, when the new timetable formally takes effect. Until then, how much season ticket holders will pay remains open.
What is the Bravo civic movement demanding?
In a statement carried by 021.rs, the civic movement Bravo says the opening of the stop on Rumenacki Put brought Novi Sad residents “missed deadlines, delayed trains and a shameless fare increase.” It describes the stop this way:
“a construction site without ticket windows, without timetable boards, trains running up to 25 minutes late and a few Toi-Toi portable toilets”
The movement makes four demands:
- that buying a ticket from Petrovaradin through the app be enabled urgently
- that fares to Belgrade be returned to their earlier level
- that the stop be finished before passengers start using it
- that departures from Petrovaradin not be discontinued
The original article contains no response from Srbijavoz to these demands.
Where do the prices come from?
Both prices, 656 and 808 dinars, come from reporting by 021.rs, and N1 carried its story the same day, October 9. Neither text includes an official Srbijavoz position on the amounts or the reason for the increase.
