Riding Serbia's China-Built High Speed Rail (Belgrade-Novi Sad)

[@RevolutionaryRoads1984]

Thanks for watching everyone! If you enjoyed this video, make sure to check out my other two episodes from Serbia. In the first, I take an Air Serbia flight from Berlin to Belgrade, and later check-in at the iconic Hotel Jugoslavija. In the second, I visit Tito's grave and his private train, the famous plavi voz.

[@PejicVladimir]

Last December the trip took only 28 minutes, but recently they had some issues on Belgrade stations with people somehow stealing cables and destroying their equipment, so until that`s fixed they did announce that there will be some delays in June. Couple of years ago I was commuting from NS to BG, we had only that regular train, but back then it`s maximum speed was 45km/h, and not 160km/h like it`s now. The speed wasnt the biggest issue then, old power installations would quite often short out and we would be stranded for hours in the middle of the trip. So this now is like we jumped 200 years from what we had just 5-6 years ago.

[@jobrock1079]

Where's security and why aren't any of those vandals caught and identified?

[@RePlay994]

The woman was not booting you from first class, she was asking you to sit down since standing is not permitted while the train is moving. The drinks and snacks are also served in both first and second class. Cheers from Belgrade Serbia!

[@novak5071]

Correct! I wanted to write this.

[@RevolutionaryRoads1984]

Ah, so me being booted from first class happened about two or three minutes before the clip where the woman you see tells me to sit down (she also spoke very good English), because I had made my way into the area by a door to film out of the window. So I promise it did actually happen :) haha

[@MachkasterOnTheRoof]

​@RevolutionaryRoads1984 which you very conveniently didn't film.

[@RevolutionaryRoads1984]

@@MachkasterOnTheRoof It's not convenient at all...obviously it would have made for better content. But I don't film every second of a journey.

[@ja97959]

Really no standing while the train is moving? Why not? This must be the first time I have ever heard of such a rule.

[@airdrophunter2745]

omg..this looks great!

[@thejoker2214]

well this Train is actualy a Swiss made one , China train will come on duty next Year or at end of 2024 until Serbian Railway finishing renouving the rail until Subotica ! and up at end of 2025 we`ll take a ride with "COKO ( SOKO)" to Budapest !

[@SKV-q5l]

At the beginning, I felt very strange that this train is not like the high-speed trains from China, and I wondered why the high-speed trains from China could be that slow. Chinese high-speed trains can reach 350 kilometers per hour, which is really impressive, but this train can only go 200 kilometers per hour, which is too slow. Thank you for telling us that this is not a Chinese train. Chinese high-speed trains will arrive soon, and then friends from Serbia and Hungary will be able to experience what a real high-speed train is like. I'm really looking forward to it!

[@velikiradojica]

Here's one little addition: the most impresive and demanding part of the line: Čortanovci tunnel and viaduct, was constructed by Russia. I think they built more than half of the line to Novi Sad.

[@beautifullife2150]

Serbia is being modernized so rapidly! BRAVO!

[@akiliandesign]

Roma people stole parts from rail contact network which causes train running late unfortunately, in 99% trains on time

[@avigdonable]

Roma and Muslims, right?

[@SrpskoSarajevo]

@@avigdonable Most often yeah but a good part is also christian.

[@zahrans]

@@SrpskoSarajevo That last word really put a dampner to the narrative he was trying to construct.

[@IwillEndureToTheEnd]

Of course it's "cigani". Who else disrespects infrastructure in this way. What happened with them? Were they put in jail?

[@Thomas1980]

Excellent Video Bro! Thumbs Up!

[@gazibengazi]

Wild scrap metal collectors have stolen 50 meters of control cables in Belgrade. We all know who I’m talking about. As a result, every train is now running 7 minutes late. Repairs are underway.

[@TIR_ANA]

Who (Just curious)... fantastic trains btw

[@gazibengazi]

@@TIR_ANA Well-known groups that repeat offenses. Unfortunately, the penalties are small and only cover the material value of what was stolen, which in this case is a few hundred euros. The real damage is immeasurable.

[@paja7]

@@gazibengazi Why are the penalties small?

[@jobrock1079]

@@gazibengazi Are they Gypsies/Roma?

[@IwillEndureToTheEnd]

Has Serbia started with this politically correct crap.. you can't offend anyone especially minorities... Answer is gypsies... in Serbian "cigani" - pronounced "tsigani"

[@kallelaur1762]

6:00 somebody who ordered those trains knew what good foldable tables are supposed to look like. I'm impressed. We don't have such technology here in Estonia.

[@andi-9100]

You see a 🇨🇭 STADLER train only. No 🇨🇳 ones (not yet exist 😅). ELRON has a lot of STADLER trains since years !!

[@xslvrxslwt]

The person that ordered those trains was an absolute idio..not because the trains are bad but because those trains were not even meant to be sold to Serbia but Austria's Westbahn..but when they realized that the railway they built needs to have, you know, trains on them - they begged stadler to give Austria their trains later and Austria agreed because of covid they don't need them asap.

[@jelenapetrovic5876]

Very nice.Still did not have a chance to take a ride with this train.Greetings from Serbia.

[@rayandanyaanime]

So nice to see something positive coming from our country for a change :) The name of the train is SOKO which means 'falcon'

[@NicolasDudic-ph4kd]

Thank you so much very Nice vidéo ! Vive la Serbie 🇷🇸 🇷🇸 🇷🇸

[@AlexMkd1984]

💩💩💩💩💩💩

[@AcaCZV]

China didn't build it, Serbia payed for it and build it, Serbia hired Chinese companies for construction, but there were a lot of local contractors too. A lot of misinformation is spread about this project.

[@dotla80]

Zaboravio si da je Ruska kompanija radila najvažniji objekat na trasi,tunel i vijadukt kod Čortanovaca.

[@LazarTas]

Paid from Chinese credit line 😂

[@blok63]

@@dotla80 I finansirano je iz ruskog kredita koji je podigla predhodna vlast pre 2012.

[@dotla80]

@@blok63 Tako je tada je i rađen drugi kolosek i most na Tamišu od tog kredita .

[@amarillorose7810]

In fact, most of the Belgrade-Novi Sad railway was built by Russian railways company, but Chinese and Serbian railways companies also worked on it. The Novi Sad - Subotica section is mostly made by a Chinese company, plus a Serbian one. It is financed partly by Chinese and partly by Russian credit.

[@NoBSTravelChannel]

We never got to do this when we went last year but we'll be back to give it a go, good to see a new rail service! Nice video too mate!

[@corenko]

By this video, I was thinking that you're a big youtuber with thousands of subscribers, good stuff mate

[@RevolutionaryRoads1984]

That's the goal! Hopefully soon :)

[@KuvDabGib]

That steam engine is model MAV 375, build by MAV in Hungary during 1920's, Yugoslavian railroads company got like hundreds of them.

[@RevolutionaryRoads1984]

Thanks for solving this mystery for me!

[@dirtgarageman]

Great video.

[@RevolutionaryRoads1984]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@petarvlajic1731]

Fun fact - railroad Belgrade-Novi Sad is not Chinese built but Russian built,Chinese are building railroad from Novi Sad to Subotica ( practicaly Serbia-Hungary border ).It will be operational by the end of this year or till midlle of 2025.

[@mihajloboric7889]

Rusi su najteži deo posla obavili.

[@skapricorn]

​@@mihajloboric7889jesu. Izbrisali sa rute 4 jako potrebnih stanice, napravili usred nigde jednu, dovukli čelične elemente za građevinske konstrukcije iz Rusije umesto da nabavili iste na lokalu, ukinuli pristup karlovčanima ka Dunavu... Baš najteži posao...

[@mihajloboric7889]

@@skapricorn Karlovčanima nije ukinut pristup Dunavu. Svako može ako mu se ne ide na nadvožnjak da ostavi auto u centru Karlovaca i da prođe kroz pothodnik do priobalja. Ukinute su tri, ne četiri stanice, a od te tri jedna uopšte nije na nivoj trasi pruge. To što nema adekvatnog prevoza nije odgovornost Rusa. Čak su i u 50% posla koji je pripadao RŽD-u bile uključene naše firme. Koje metalne elemente su dovezli iz Rusije? Eventualno građevinsku opremu, svi veliki objekti su građeni od betona, ne od metalnih konstrukcija.

[@srex117]

BG Centar-Stara Pazova je uradila Kina, Sara Pazova-Novi Sad Rusija, Novi Sad-Subotica Kina. Cisto da znas

[@skapricorn]

@@mihajloboric7889Iznosiš partijske laži za polupismenih penzionera. Beogradski SNS-debili naručili, ruski RŽD-razbojnici projektovali, pa opet BG-SNS-lopovi potvrdili projekat. Ukinute: Beška, Čortanovci, Čortanovci-Dunav, Karlovački Vinogradi. Umesto njih napravljena ne-Beška u njivama između Beške i Čortanovca. Šta znači "čak 50%"? Zašto ne naprimer 80%? Metalne konstrukcije su u jezgru betona na podignutom delu i u tunelu oko Čortanovaca, urađeno na Uralu u Čeljabinsku, naručilac RŽD, barem tako se pisalo na obeležju. Video sam lično šleperi beloruskih tablica s ovim delovima na silasku s autoputa na petlje "Beška" tokom gradnje pruge. Što se tiče Karlovaca... zar centar namenjen za parkiranje? Jel ima dovoljno mesta na parkingu? Jel parkiranje besplatno? Jel podvožnjak je bolji za lica s posebnim potrebama od regulisanog pešačkog prelaza?.. i t.d. Ćao!

[@MrNikita]

China is collaborating on another destination to Subotica (and later to Budapest), but through Novi Sad. Here on video are swiss made stadlers and the track was built by Serbia and partially by Russian Railways

[@brkatimachor]

My dude, you are an absolute цар. Ignore the haters and just keep doing what you're doing!

[@dusanissimus]

Fun fact: even when we still had visas to China, the fee for them was $3.

[@RevolutionaryRoads1984]

@@dusanissimus Wow!

[@Kayohes505]

Reading lamp face = classic

[@Ludak021]

it's 5eur (more like 7) for 100km (~50 miles) trip.

[@MrMat43211]

i just wish the ticketing system was better when ordering more than one person because you end up with seat that are not next to each other . e.g if you ordered 2 tickers you would get seat 40 and seat 41 but in the train 40 and 41 are not window and aisle they are window and window. also for these double decker trains when it is summer the airconditioning is inadequate

[@IwillEndureToTheEnd]

Isn't that just a programing issue? If a mother buys a ticket for herself and her child, will they end up separate in the train? Can you not choose the seat numbers that are available?

[@MrMat43211]

@@IwillEndureToTheEnd yes It could be easily solved with a bit of programming or relabeling the seat numbers, And yes that can happen the child might be given a seat number that is Infront of you or behind you on the opposite side of you No unfortunately I you can't choose your seat at the station or on the srbijavoz app. What most people end up doing is sit wherever or swap seats with people For the double decker fast train there is a decently sized couch on the top layer that anyone can sit on and on the In between floors there are seat that fold out that anyone can sit on

[@IwillEndureToTheEnd]

@@MrMat43211 Hmm, when I think about it I'm not sure you can choose your seat here in Sweden either unless you pay a fee for it. But good, you seem to solve the problem easy by swapping seats.

[@milicaalfirevic3504]

No, she said you can seat on seat next to you or go on other side to seat but you can't stand till train moves!!

[@RevolutionaryRoads1984]

Yes, I know. :) This was after I had been moved from first class, but I understand the way it's edited might be confusing.

[@luridthingsCO]

Only thing I don't understand, why is station in Novi Sad under reconstruction again because it was reconstructed two years ago

[@RevolutionaryRoads1984]

I had this same question. I remember seeing videos of it from about a year back looking very fresh. I was somewhat disappointed about not being able to properly check out the departure hall.

[@ognjensijak989]

Corruption of course

[@dzonikg]

Because they get double money off course

[@IwillEndureToTheEnd]

I'll tell you one thing. As long as Serbia does not bow down to globalists and let Serbia get invaded my millions of africans and muslims I will accept that kind of corruption every day /from sweden

[@therealnoble9799]

Better than any train in america

[@stickynorth]

Can't beat that price for that speed... 199 km/h is fast enough for most journeys to be really a breeze on rail at that speed...

[@hypatiatv1]

Ok. This rail is just part of long high speed rail across whole Serbia, even outside of Serbia. Money is mostly from Serbia + small parts from Russia, Kuwait and EU funds. Rail was builded by chinese companies together with some austrian and serbian companies. From Budapest(Hungary) to the capital of southern Serbia, city of Niš(famous as Naissus in time of Roman and Byzantine empire). Part from Belgrade up to the hungarian border was finished and will be opnede for couple months. Part from Belgrade to Novi Sad alredy works, service SOKO cowers it. Hungarian part will be finished for 6+ months, i am not sure when exactly. This train is part of high speed trains fleet of Railways of Serbia, 8 trains. In future 10 trains. 3 STADLER KISS double_decker swiss trains(bought year of 2021.) + 5 high speed chinese CRRC trains(bought this year) + 2 STADLER KISS trains will arrive later. Name of high speed service is SOKO, it means HAWK on serbian. Also, Serbian Railways has: 35 STADLER FLIRT 2 trains, 160km per hour, swiss trains(bought 2017. i think or 2015. ???). 18 STADLER FLIRT 4 trains, 160km per hour(compared ot the 2 trains, main diference is diferent seats compoition, added USB plugs for all seats and added digital display-s for informations for passangers and as small train cinema(bought this year). 25 METRO VAGON DMU trains, russian trains, 120-160km per hour, non electric diesel trains(2015.).

[@IwillEndureToTheEnd]

I didn't know soko is hawk. The word vi-soko... has it something to do with a hawk?

[@hypatiatv1]

@@IwillEndureToTheEnd Yap VISOKO it means HIGH, like "house is high in the mountains". Sorry i do not know exactly when to use THE and A in english. THE goes before names or somethng.

[@hypatiatv1]

But actually SOKO and VISOKO are not connected directly. The closest connection is HAWK FLIES HIGH which means SOKO LETI VISOKO. Actually more correct transation for SOKO is FALCON. It is one kind of HAWK i think. I do not know exactly. At the all, SOKO it is some fast bird. HAWK or FALCON.

[@IwillEndureToTheEnd]

@@hypatiatv1 When you have vowels (samoglasnici ? ) it's an, otherwise it's a. Vowels: a e o u i An orange. An Indian. An elephant. A car. A human. A train.

[@hypatiatv1]

@@IwillEndureToTheEnd Dankeshn.

[@SteinhummelYT]

China invests massively in Serbia. It is like China tries to get foot in the Balkan region, investing in countries like Serbia and Greece

[@AcaCZV]

Invested nothing, Serbia payed for it.

[@sinisatrifunovic4232]

​@@AcaCZVInfrastruktura je urađena i radi se na kineski kredit ali su investicije u postojenja i fabrike, investicija za sebe.

[@dusancville]

First railway in Kingdom of Serbia, second half of XIX century, came as a part of Berlin Baghdad project. So big guys want to pass through, they invest, we participate and that's how it goes. Now China is interested in trade. Unfortunately US was interested only in cutting off Serbia's heartland of Kosovo and Metohija in order to establish it's biggest military base there. US did that to its only ally in ww1 and ww2 here in the Balkan. Pitty, shameless US foreign policy will strike it back somewhere, Ukraine or God knows where.

[@bgdabg6769]

Everyone that is interested is welcomed to invest here. Call it a footholds, politics, conquer... if you are able to compete, you're welcome. Simple as that. There are investments from all sides. Chinese, Russian, EU, Turkey, Arab... This investment is Serbian and companies that are payed to do some work are from various countries and continents. Trains also... I hope you see it is inappropriate to look this as a political thing

[@IwillEndureToTheEnd]

​@@sinisatrifunovic4232 What is the total cost for the project and what interest rate did the Chinese offer?

[@SKV-q5l]

At the beginning, I felt very strange that this train is not like the high-speed trains from China, and I wondered why the high-speed trains from China could be that slow. Chinese high-speed trains can reach 350 kilometers per hour, which is really impressive, but this train can only go 200 kilometers per hour, which is too slow. Then I know that this is not a Chinese train. Chinese high-speed trains will arrive soon, and then friends from Serbia and Hungary will be able to experience what a real high-speed train is like. I'm really looking forward to it!

[@drihtamnetu]

Actually railroad between Novi Sad and Belgrade was built by Russian company "РЖД" (Rzd international). Chinese are building Novi Sad - Subotica.

[@Epic_FrameEdits]

The trains are from switzerland

[@SKV-q5l]

Look very nice but very slow, should get the Chinese train, 350km per hour!!

[@Epic_FrameEdits]

@@SKV-q5l the lines are not made for 350Km/h only 200 to 230km/h

[@SKV-q5l]

@@Epic_FrameEdits China should be allowed to build everything, from the railroads to the trains, as the trains can run at 350 km per hour.

[@Epic_FrameEdits]

@@SKV-q5l Serbia is not supported for that fast trains,the max is 200 to 230 max

[@SKV-q5l]

@@Epic_FrameEdits Simple, just let the Chinese replace every railroad with the Chinese railroad so that all trains can run at 350 km per hour.

[@alexpet5434]

China gives best credit lines to finance the project, with conditions that chinese company's with Chinese workers technology will do the job. And they are doing it very well and fast! Of course Serbia is paying for everything!

[@IwillEndureToTheEnd]

So EU has nothing to do with this?

[@alexpet5434]

Belgrade to Subotica. No. Belgrade to Niš, EU has push out Chinese with Grant of 600 million euro. EIB credit line 1.1 billion euro, plus EBRD credit line 550 million. Project cost 2.75 billion.

[@IwillEndureToTheEnd]

@@alexpet5434 So you are saying that EU competes with China on who will give Serbia credit, despite Serbia being outside the EU? Wow! My interpretation of that is that EU wants to show goodwill in order for Serbia to take a closer step to EU and join. Or am I wrong?

[@alexpet5434]

EU doesn't give credit lines for Highways,Roads. Only for railway. Deal was if they didn't give 600 million no return grant support , as Serbia is candidate to join Eu. Job would be given again to China. EU offer was now way better, they provided huge grant plus credit lines .European companys will do the job. Politics behind.

[@IwillEndureToTheEnd]

@@alexpet5434 What is the general sentiment in the Serbian government/people towards EU? EU acts like an authoritarian superpower. They want to fine Hungary for not taking in migrants and EU does nothing to secure the southern European border. I really don't like the EU. They seem to grab more and more power.

[@firelight-vitality]

Meanwhile, in neighboring EU country Bulgaria, the trains look like from a 1950s Bollywood movie.

[@St_just]

Bourgoise tendecies😂😂nice one... If we , in Serbia, were waiting for a EU know how enterprize to build 200 km/h rail line, I think my grandsons will ride it...maybe.. As you were driven with Soko, Chinese completed the entire high speed rail road to Hungary/ Serbian border conecting 4th city of Subotica with NS and BG...by the Xmass it will start, about a dozens Stadlers and chinese trains are allready arrived...

[@RevolutionaryRoads1984]

Haha, it was a reference to two previous trips/videos where I booked first-class sleeper cabins, first between Chisinau and Bucharest, and then Bucharest and Budapest. I find the whole project quite inspiring - glad to see this in operation for the benefit of commuters in Serbia.

[@rogerschuerch7768]

I‘m glad that Serbia finally invests in his railway. The only thing i never will understand is all around the project of the new Beograd Centar station, which i find a huge disaster and not conducive to increase the passengers using the railway. With 1,7 million inhabitants the passenger amount of Beograd Centar is 3‘000 per day…

[@Bionickpunk]

Because the station is at the side of the city with bad public transport connections due to the highway splitting it from the old city and located at an awkward location at the foothills. On top of all that the biggest mistake was separating the railway and bus stations apart, which wasn't the case with the old station.

[@IwillEndureToTheEnd]

​@@BionickpunkThey separated the bus station from the train station? That sounds like madness. Bus stations are always integrated into the train stations

[@DamirUlovec]

You missed so much of Novi Sad's life and people, come back later. :)

[@jet9211]

well, am not sure if we can call a 200km/h train a 'high speed' nowadays.. now there's 300-350km/h bullet trains, thats fast i would respectfully call this serbian train an 'express'

[@RevolutionaryRoads1984]

It seems that 200 km an hour is the minimum speed needed for a train to be considered high speed. Nonetheless, your point is well taken. If you have ever been onboard one of those 300-350 km/h trains, I'm sure the Soko Express wouldn't seem so fast at all. :)

[@bgdabg6769]

in region where trains go 30km/h this is not a "high speed" it is more like science fiction

[@bgdabg6769]

For example, it is almost 5 times faster than average (44km/h) in neighbouring EU country Croatia. I take them as probably better example than others

[@stevandobric4735]

@@RevolutionaryRoads1984 Standardna brzine u EU je 160 km/h tako da ovo spada u brze pruge .

[@paradoxofgodexisting]

@@bgdabg6769 True, i took Belgrade - Niš couple of times and its a gruelling experience, it takes around 6 hours, 5h 30 min if you are lucky and there are maaaany sections where it goes 30 kmh ffor a long time. Its cheaper than taking a bus, but its not worth it, always take a bus to Niš.

[@nemanjajovanov]

The railroad tracks between Belgrade and Novi Sad are 75km long and the track renovation took almost a decade. It cost around 850 million euros and now that it’s ‘modernized’ the train can reach a speed of 200km/h for a total of five minutes. Calling this speed rail or talking about it like it’s a technological achievement is just laughable. Oh yeah, almost forgot: the Novi Sad station is closed in the video because it’s being completely renovated for the second time in two years and it took 65 million euros to basically just refurbish it and put new tracks.

[@ibekirov]

it's a Stadler KISS train, not chinese

[@RevolutionaryRoads1984]

I mention this in the video. The point is that the line was upgraded through China's Belt and Road Initiative.

[@adventuredust4928]

Japan & western is the past...china & asia is the future

[@blok63]

Train is this video is Stedlre KISS train, not the Chinese one. Most of the rail BG-NS was financed and built by Russia. From NS to border with Hungary the rail was build and finances by China.

[@lenshi3132]

Русија је градила само деоницу од Старе Пазове до Новог Сада, док је деоницу од Београда до Старе Пазове градила кинеска компанија.

[@guilesivann1949]

Ne budalite. Sedamdesetih godina je sa prvog levog koloseka ujutru polazio voz za Zajecar, a deo se odvajao za Kraljevo (V. Banja). Na uzglavlju su bile ustirkane cipke, a stjuardese su delile bombone. Isti voz se uvece vracao iz Zajecara za Beograd (poslovni voz). Bila je to ozbiljna zemlja.

[@tatiyanazzz]

The Russian Railways built Belgrade-Novi Sad part of the road. Together with the Serbians, of course.

[@Bionickpunk]

Marxist mural in NS station? Nah bruh, its modernist art piece that symbolizes Vojvodina plains. Marxist/communist realism has long stopped being a art movement in Yugoslavia when the NS train station was built in mid 60s, in large part due to Tito-Stalin split in the late 40s.

[@IwillEndureToTheEnd]

AN art movement ;)

[@sreckododig2404]

Nađite načina da se ovi vozovi ponekad operu spolja. To se radi svuda u svetu samo ne u Srbiji.

[@dejavub1923]

Prljvi su kod mene i u Svedskoj.

[@milenailic1437]

Hi! ❤

[@FreedomFighters89]

So basically, it says the the journey is 36minutes but its 56minutes?

[@boskod94]

Belgrade - Novi Sad 36 min by IC train (Soko brand) 56 min by Regio train 47 min by RegioExpress train

[@zahrans]

I think most (if not all) of the rail infrastructure were financed and built mainly by Russia. The Chinese are mainly involved in the section from Novi Sad to Subotica.

[@frostflower5555]

Wow, amazing.🎷 I just hope this didn't affect wildlife. I am dumb to think it didn't or will not. 😞

[@IwillEndureToTheEnd]

What wildlife? There are only birds in Serbia.

[@yeso1-r7k]

jos kad crnac cuje da si prizrenac.. nash, nece zena smeti gace da skine pred tobom kolika ce joj bulja biti.

[@videoizazov]

Sad that railway officials in this case conducters don't speak English (some of them) but are able to work on Soko...

[@RevolutionaryRoads1984]

Everyone I met on this journey happened to speak great English.

[@vickoslavkovic2593]

Maliciozni žutać rešen.😂😂😂

[@videoizazov]

@@RevolutionaryRoads1984 She was answering you in Serbian on this video. Pointing and saying in Serbian. Maybe she later realised and gave you answer in English. But we don't see that. Nisam član ni jedne partije nikad bio botino.

[@RevolutionaryRoads1984]

@@videoizazov Yes, I understand. I felt it was a bit intrusive of me to keep filming her after she gestured for me to move elsewhere. :)

[@SasaNovak-e2o]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@edmundtory6931]

Its only 200 km (belgrade- Subotice)... this is nothing

[@RevolutionaryRoads1984]

It just barely fits the classification of being high-speed. ;)

[@hypatiatv1]

No, this is just part of long rail across whole Serbia. Rail will be finished for 2 years. Part Belgrade-hungarian border was finished alredy. Part hungarian border-Budapest will be finished for 6+ months. Part Belgrade-Niš(capital of southern Serbia) will be finished for 2 years. Under constrution at the moment.

[@hypatiatv1]

Serbia is a small country, we do not need 350km per hour trains, 200km per hour is more then enough. Average speed before new rails is something like 50km per hours.

[@thejoker2214]

@@RevolutionaryRoads1984 this is just a beginn in next step this railway will be shifted up to 250Km/h and this is enough it will meen that you`ll need about 50minutes from Beograd to Subotica and not moore than 2:30 h to Budapest you can imagen how long it can take to Vienna , i think , not moore than 4,30h!

[@vesnanuspahic7510]

@@hypatiatv1👍🏻

[@oweerogee1263]

seems they still have problems in the managing systems, in china high-speed trains won't be late even for a single minute.

[@boskod94]

Delay was due to technical problems. Unknown Idiots broke something important in Novi Beograd station, so trains have to reduce speed from 100km/h to 10km/h between Novi Beograd station and Tošin bunar station. Btw, now it's ok. They I've solved the problem

[@IwillEndureToTheEnd]

Was it gypsies who stole the 50 meters of cable? You said unknown but perhaps it's not so unknown? 😅

[@drottercat]

Dude, you compare this train that runs 150 km/h to Japan's and China's bullet trains? Vučić must be paying you to sing his praises.

[@RevolutionaryRoads1984]

If only he did! Seriously though, the point is that now Serbia has something that can be considered high speed, even if of course it pales in comparison to the speeds of some of those other trains.

[@IwillEndureToTheEnd]

For Serbia this is a huge improvement. This is not the game who's got the biggest swinging d&i%ck

[@skapricorn]

👎. 200km/h isn't "fast".

[@danicao.6778]

Very soon there is a high speed railway from Hungary border to Belgrade and in the near future it will come to Niš (Nais) born city of emperors Constantine!!! Yes, yes of course emperor's Constantine is Serbian dude yes, yes🤔🤫😒😎🤌You come with Stadler flirt 3 OMG!!!🥺🤪😂

[@thejoker2214]

I think thay will arrive with FLIRT 4

[@carick235]

In december 2024 they will open section of this HSR from Novi Sad to Hungarian border, and also new Fuxing chinese trains for 200 km/h were bought and will run on that section. After that one is completed, next year they will start upgrading for 200 km/h all the way south to Niš. That section to Niš will be mostly funded by EU funds, EU already allocated 600 million euros + some loans from EU banks. As for cureent train, you have 3 levels, IC-intersiti that go directly Belgrade-NS in 36 minutes (run by Stadler Kiss - nicknamed "Soko" aka "Falcon")and 2 regional that stop on basically all stations so they go from 46 to 59 minutes (run by Stadler Flirt trains).

[@zexxx2600]

3rd world country... We hate that western expression in Serbia, I mean how many worlds there are really... Every country lives its own world, who we are to judge and impose our world to anyone? Who owns this planet? So called ''West''? No. China builds and develops, not interfere in politics of our country in any way, even contributes in important organisations like UNSC and others... That being said, entertaining and informative video. :) China treats Serbia as equal partner in business. Not demanding, and taking, like some others wannabe owners of the planet... I live ina county named the sam for over 1700 years. that can not be said for most of EU member states that teaches me to be ''european''. Like, wtf is wrong with those people I am Europe before most of them even existed as organized tribes LOL...

[@jake_op]

Of course you hate that expression, because you know it is true. The west doesn't own anything. It just has inventions, knowlegde, society, technology and status, which have btw taken centuries to develop, to offer. China and Russia are just illegal users of all that. Both countries are rigorous to sell propaganda, so does your government (SNS). They make you believe that prosperity is everywhere, and that they are the best, while meanwhile not showing you economic and social decay they are creating which is far worse from imaginable. And far worse that's actually visible innthe west. In the west all the problems are obvious and are publicly exposed. Because of that, you think the west is deteriorating while Russia and China are thriving. Of course they are not interfering with anything. Their mission is not making your society better for every Serb, which is going to benefit everyone in the longer term, but to take full advantage of your land and people, which has been sold to them for practically nothing and for only their own benefits. Their generous low interest rate loan is just for the high speed line from macedonian border to Hungarian border, because they will be massively benefiting and will be able to quickly transport the cargo from their port in Piraeus into Europe. What about the other conventional rails, what about cities outside NS and Belgrade. More than 60% of people live there. Who is going to develop that infrastructure? I can show you in what condition the tracks are in the rest of the country, be my guest and watch that if you dare: kzbin.info/www/bejne/i3-WmH-khLtnfdksi=PhuFj4cghdRc9GYn Who is going to invest in agriculture? Who is going to invest in industry? Well I know for the fact that western companies are giving more jobs to serb people than any chinese or russian firm could ever give by now. They haven't built a single massive factory in Serbia yet. The problem is that for the EU, you have to first make your society functioning like a stable trustworthy country, no propaganda, low corruption, working and stable financial system, working law system, workers rights, agriculture development, building standards and you have to pay to the common funds. If you're underdeveloped you will receive more than you pay, but you'll have to comply to the rules. (And you get that money, no loans) But not just for a pompose 100 km of railway track, but for the every aspect of your society. Schools, infrastructure, companies, municipalities. Take your neighbor Romania for example. They entered EU in 2007, yes it took almost 20 years, but now they are one of the fastest developing countries in Europe, their SOCIETY has taken a huge step ahead. The only model of development that has worked by now is western, because its much harder and there are drastic changes to be done to improve, which can't be done overnight, but take years. That's sustainable other overnight crap you tend to believe into unfortunately isn't. Fast food shit they're selling to you is only going to make most of Serbian people poorer while the top 1% will have even more. Places where sharks benefit from will thrive the others will deteriorate even more. Salaries will mostly remain unworthy of a decent life. Therefore, only the countries who have complied to the western model have by now became developed nations, which can benefit every person from their society, those complying to the Russian or Chinese only became their poorer marionettes with the deluded decay of their society staying inside and others moving to the west. History speaks for itself. The last question. If everything is so great in Serbia and it's not the 3rd world country. Why are the educated and worldly people moving out? And not particularly moving out to China or Russia, but to the west. Because Russia and China offer what??? and actually developed west doesnt? Why do they all move to EU, Switzerland, Norway, USA, Canada, Australia, UAE? I mean no offense to you and congratulations on the great project. But I kindly suggest you look oudside the frames and see that larger picture.

[@amarillorose7810]

Those definitions are so strange, because the original definition of these terms did not refer to the economy and development parameters, first world countries referred to countries that belonged to the US bloc, second world countries to countries in the USSR bloc, and third world countries to countries that were unaligned (which Yugoslavia was). But today those terms have somehow been transformed into parameters for the economy and development, so first world are super rich and developed countries, second world are those countries in the middle that are not super rich and super developed but not poor and underdeveloped either (Serbia belongs to this group) and third world are super poor and super underdeveloped countries. If he called China third world that is wrong on many levels since that country is world biggest economy.

[@oweerogee1263]

this train line is not secure if go to greece through north macedonia coz the two nations don't have a good relationship with each other, so the future is uncertain, the ideal route should be go to the seaside through montnegro instead, the latter has a stably tight relationship with serbia.

[@petrilio]

EU won't pay for a connection to a non-EU country, instead will fund the railway Belgrade - Nis - Sofia - Thessaloniki.

[@IwillEndureToTheEnd]

Why on Earth is Montenegro a separate country? Isn't it the same language, the same people?

[@mmajst0r]

​@@IwillEndureToTheEnd Not just Montenegro. Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia, Montenegro - all speak the same language. Macedonian and Slovenian have some differences. Politics of great powers, they want weak Balkan peninsula so those are all separate countries from the 1992.

[@IwillEndureToTheEnd]

​@@mmajst0r Can you elaborate on why you think that great powers (USA?) want a weak Balkan peninsula? Would a strong Balkan peninsula have disturbed the European Union? What I have read is that former Yugoslavia was dependent on US funding before 1992 and that the US deliberately withdrew the funding to destabilize Yugoslavia. But I don't understand what was the benefit for them to destabilize it.

[@IwillEndureToTheEnd]

@@mmajst0r Is there a connection between the undoing of the Soviet Union and the undoing of Yugoslavia which was about simultaneously? Were the US afraid that the Balkans were somehow standing in the way of US hegemony in EU?