Serbia has the BEST train in the Balkans - here’s why!

Rail travel in the Balkans has a bad reputation, so I'm going to be riding on the best train in the region, and showing you just what makes this high-speed service in Serbia so special! :)
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Journey Details:
Origin: Novi Sad
Destination: Beograd Centar (Prokop)
Company: Srbija Voz (SV)
Train: SV 410 'Stadler KISS'
Accommodation: First Class Seat (1st)
Distance: 76 kilometres / 47 miles
Price: 380.00 rsd (£2.80 / €3.20 / $3.40)
Time: 36 minutes, arrived on-time
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[@nicolaskersten3305]

A line from Budapest via Novi Sad, Belgrade, Niš to Sofia operated by COKO would be really interesting and should be double-tracked

[@UnnormaI]

That could also open the opportunity to introduce a new Euronight line.

[@Mastakilla91]

The line extension to Nis is already financed by the EU. It will be built. Also a somewhat slower link to Skopje in Macedonia and probably Sofia in Bulgaria aswell.

[@MLAGGIONE]

it will be. this stretch of line shown on video is first stage of high speed rail being currently built between Beograd and Budapest. But greater plan is to connect Budapest with Athens all HSR standard with lowest speed being 120 km/h in hilly mountains of serbia and macedonia, most sections 160 km/h, and the stretches being 200-250 km/h.

[@osasunaitor]

@@MLAGGIONE that would be fantastic and a great improvement from today's infrastructure. It would make trains competitive again in this region

[@darkone_2013]

Ljubljana -Zagreb - Beograd would be better and makes more sense. Greetings from Sisak.

[@alb7568]

Greetings from Romania to our brothers❤

[@kat.5927]

I was in Serbia in August 2022 and took this train from Belgrade to Novi Sad and back. Wow all I can say is WOW. Impressive. Serbia has come so far and still fights hard to recover from everything that happened in its past. I was so pleasantly surprised and I can't say enough nice things about the people who are so welcoming and have lots of good food! Keep it up Serbia, from Denmark with love ♥

[@Anitsirh]

@@AlkyMr I don't remember Croatia ever being bombed by NATO, so I really don't understand why you are trying to steal the spotlight by playing the sole victim in the chaotic Balkan history. Grow up, we really shouldn't compete in who suffered more, we need to look ahead and create a better future for our children. We already know that Croatia is more progressive, you should give a chance to the people who had nothing to do with the war to have a good life, and not live being haunted by the mistakes made in the history on every damn corner.

[@kat.5927]

@@AlkyMr Why are you watching this video if you think that Serbia is taking a step back everyday? I don't get it. If I don't like someone I just don't want to know about them at all. Yet it seems that albanians and croatians are commenting on every video I've seen of Serbia, which shows that you're still interested in how that country is doing. I don't know in detail what happened between all the Yougoslav countries in the 90s, but I was alluding to the 1999 bombing of Belgrade and think that it's amazing that they've rebuilt so much of the city after it was bombed. That's all.

[@dtrajkovic7429]

@@AlkyMr He has to mix politics , where he shouldn’t..Ispricaj mu malo povejest iz WW 2 .

[@GigglingStoners]

@@kat.5927 There's always a couple of people like him, best to ignore them.

[@czcommanderpes9167]

@@AlkyMr Ivane, tell her who was responsible for concentration camps in westbalkan for serbian, jewish and roma people in WW2. Croatia has nazi crosses sprayed on walls in every second corner, until today and you talking about serbia takes every day a step back😂 Croatia celebrate a ethnic cleansing action "oluja" as a national day, so better shut up, you little fascist.

[@ARTMAN84]

BRAVO SERBIA.Greets from Bulgaria.Aamaizing.This is how one balkan country can do it so well and be example for any other!

[@user-lj5lz9ig9h]

Sta ti brate pricas,sta i kome cestitas? Vozio sam kamion pre korone 2 god za Tursku, kroz tvoju drzavu prosao sam 70 puta. Nigde takve ljude nisam sreo,samo trazite po 3-5 euro. Carinici,policija,znači bruka ste i ne verujem da ste slovenske krvi,crni ste brate.

[@goranvuletic8873]

That's why we now pay 1.7 eur for a liter of diesel, while you pay 1.35 in Bulgaria. LPG in Serbia is 0.83 eur, while in Bulgaria it's 0.55 eur. In Bulgaria you pay 7 eur for seven days on your highways. In Serbia you pay every km again and again, and it's never cheap.

[@user-lj5lz9ig9h]

@@goranvuletic8873 pola te ne razumem ali nemoj vise da mi dolazis u drzavu,niko tebe ovde nije zvao i nisi dobrodosao. Ti me bombardovao i sad oces benzina za dzabe,e pa ne moze. Nisi ti rus pa da te ovde docekujemo sa pogacom i solju. Ti si mi dusmanin,shvati to.

[@BM-in2kb]

Oni placaju jeftinije ali se kod njih i negradi kao da je vreme stalo usli u EU malo su osetili bolji zivot jer su dobili pare iz kase i posle toga stalo, pa ovo sve sto se gradi po Srbiji nije palo s Neba hvala bogu da se kase pune od poreza

[@BringBackCyrillicBG]

@@BM-in2kb Вие евро съюз няма да видише, просто преме сръбско изгнило. Всички ви мразят ха ха ах

[@Sknwlker]

As a local from Belgrade, it's good to see foreign people making nice videos about our country. Keep the content good my guy !

[@agj6022]

It's not "a foreign" guy, it's just alj eka bast ard's propaganda

[@MarkRedd87]

Just beautiful! Regards to Serbia!

[@oliverat8393]

❤🥰

[@ovidiu8940]

Respect Serbia, they are an example for Romania

[@webworkman]

As a matter a fact there are BUNCH of things we should learn from Romania!

[@FilipSrbin]

Quite the opposite. Things like these may make it seem like Serbia is a well-off country on the surface, however we have very paralyzing problems underneath that rarely swim out to the top. In fact, the very construction of this railway was delayed by years due to corrupt politicians not using the investors' funds for the project, but for their own personal needs. That is why we won't be seeing the completion of this project for a long time.

[@ovidiu8940]

At least you have a highway from north to south and a highspeed line, at this chapter Serbia is doing better than Romania.

[@milosstojanovic4623]

@@ovidiu8940 true, they also reconstructed it and building more highways. The problem is exactly what Filip said. We have a lot of transition through our country, especially when people are on work vacation, plus they increased already three times tolls, so with that amount of money we should have already have at least some progress in upgrading railways south. And they are speaking about that 20 years at least. And dont let me start with parking spaces in my town 🤦

[@dioritbajrami8283]

Everything is an example for Romania xD

[@Radek494]

Srbija strong! Greetings from Poland

[@SuperalbsTravels]

😁😁😁

[@rc261940]

Bravo My polish Friend for very kind words of SERBIA . Best regards for Polish people . From Serbian Canadian .

[@GGtabuchino]

😁

[@serbianwarrior385]

🇷🇸❤️🇵🇱

[@pelelazarevic8595]

​@@serbianwarrior385👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@raleighsheffield841]

I did a round trip from Belgrade in October 2022. Thoroughly impressed and both trains were nearly full in second class. If I recall, rt was less than $6. It seems the public is loving these trains. Now if they can just connect to Subotica and Nis within the next three years!

[@carick235]

200 km/h section to Subotica is under construction last 2 years and will open in 2025 probably. Hungary is also working on their part, i think it will finish in 2024, it will be for 160 km/h. So by 2025 we will have Budapest-Belgrade with 160-200 km/h. Belgrade-Niš upgrade will most likely start next year, since they are finishing documentation and EU already approved money for that project.

[@SuperalbsTravels]

I'm looking forward to seeing more sections of it opening. :)

[@NemanyaIam]

@raleighsheffield841 Line between Novi Sad and Subotica is in construction. It would be then prolonged to Budapest by 2025.

[@miklosfabian4722]

@@carick235 Didn't China stop financing the new construction of the Budapest-Novi Sad railway?

[@markokrsmanovic1080]

Roughly, this trip would cost about 3x more in a car, and that's just the fuel, not counting tolls or city driving, really. Trains in Serbia were always a popular way of transport, but it has sharply declined in recent years due to them becoming more unreliable than a rusted 1970's car - often, they just wouldn't come, so public gave up on them. If the railway was in better shape (there are sections of railway in the south that have a 5kmh speed limit, you can overtake it just strolling by), and if service was reliable, there'd be no shortage of passengers. Looking forward to connection with Nis, as it's a bit of a longer stretch and people do it fairly frequently in a car, I'm sure most would be happy to do it faster and at half the cost.

[@Sithlordxxxx]

Thanks for putting Serbia in a positive spotlight.

[@sospokemika1197]

God, I miss Serbia. Especially the people.

[@EnderTrainExpress28]

Huh? I'm from Serbia and the people are not the kindest there. (Sadly)

[@sospokemika1197]

@@EnderTrainExpress28 I don't know what to tell you, my dude. I had a great time fishing with my buds, gained like 17 pounds-It was great.

[@EnderTrainExpress28]

@@sospokemika1197 oh nice! Have a nice trip there then

[@kizosmarsa609]

@@EnderTrainExpress28 well compared to western europe people are very friendly....

[@aleksandardinic6465]

U kom smislu?@@EnderTrainExpress28

[@bobilaforce8252]

Ово је почетак. Надајмо се даљим мрежама!❤️❤️❤️🇷🇸

[@martinbozhidarov7473]

I am from Bulgaria and I am really jealous of the progress our neighbours are doing. Keep it in this way Serbia. I hope our stupid politicians in Bulgaria start improving our railways as well.

[@BotulinSpikedMarzipan]

You Can always just.... Take back what was yours ;)

[@ThinkerPlay3005]

Same in Romania 🇷🇴🦾

[@voodooglass9814]

Believe me, that it's not because of your "stupid" politicians but because of the mafia in Serbia. The state of Serbia has incurred debt for such projects, including similar ones, amounting to approximately 55% GDP. Serbia is constantly taking on debt for roads, bridges, highways, railways, and so on. However, all of this debt must be repaid; nothing is free. Unfortunately, future generations will have to repay the debts incurred by the current government. We can be proud of the train (the only one in the country that reaches these speeds), but it doesn't diminish the fact that we are the fastest and most heavily indebted country in the region relative to our population.

[@rastkoDev]

It is just a mask...yes this one train is good, but too many cargo trains get turned over (even the ones transporting toxic chems). Railroad is so bad throughout the whole country that you can pick up the railroad spikes with your hand, if even there are any. This is just about railroad, I don't know how's life in BUL but here it is tough with dictator in charge. Don't trust what people say about Serbia, it is not good to live here, especially if you are not member of The Party.

[@AK-cp6br]

No, you need to sanction Russia at any cost, even if makes you poorer. Thank you from America.

[@michaelhall8586]

I really need to learn more about Serbia

[@cinoeye]

at you service:)

[@ACKE1389]

I really hope you will visit our beautiful Serbia! You're always welcome in our country. I truly wish you a lovely rest of the day, stay healthy and greetings from Novi Sad, Serbia

[@riventheexile7387]

Serbians also need to learn more about themselves xd whole nation is pretty delusional when it comes to their past etc.

[@cinoeye]

@@riventheexile7387 stop you bs here. Can you tell me your ethnicity…that would quickly explain your motives to post moronic post.

[@julius43461]

@@riventheexile7387 Which nation isn't delusional about its past? It's what makes nations tick, and it is fundamental to any nation's survival. To convince it's populace that their nation is uniquely good and in some way above all others.

[@plonss]

We travelled with this service from Novi Sad to Belgrade last year. It was a really agreeable surprise. We could hardly finish our beers (served in the train) before we arrived in Belgrade. I can't wait for the extension of the line to Hungary and Bulgaria.

[@SuperalbsTravels]

It's over before you know it! Expansion of this will be great.

[@milanjovanovic6259]

I cant wait to finish extension to Nis

[@goodfella5302]

It’s a beautiful train!Good job Serbia!

[@Nagilum3]

@@DrTiggy666 What a stupid response.

[@Komentariram]

I have been to Serbia last summer, really impressive how County is developing. Never seen so many construction sites and infrastructure projects at once anywhere. Keep it up neighbours! 👍

[@jahacapokalipse484]

Thanks a lot, dear friend! I wish you will visit Serbia again! Greetings from Novi Sad, Serbia.

[@Rhk973]

Serbia does not exist

[@colloidalsilverwater15ppm88]

Yeah, and money comes from debt.

[@aleksastanisic3732]

Hahaha, is the country developing? Lol, look at our hospitals, education, politics, and economy, then talk about development.

[@Komentariram]

@@aleksastanisic3732 I was actually going to Niš, i i could not believe how good Clinic looks there. And that is like 3th biggest city in Serbia? It looks more modern and new and bigger than one in Zagreb. I think you guys i complening bit too much. Of course Serbia is not best Country in the world, i never said that 😅 I just said that it is building a lot, that is what i saw

[@maidros85]

I took the train to Novi Sad after watching your vid, and I have to admit, they really didn't screw up on this one. Comfort, speed, service... All there. Now, as everyone is pining, if only that track from NS to Budapest were to complete asap, I won't have to trouble myself with buses or van transports between Belgrade and Budapest anymore.

[@enchyxxx]

As someone from Croatia, I gotta say I'm jealous. Over here we can only dream about such a service.

[@SuperalbsTravels]

Hopefully one day! :)

[@nurshatkalimullin5190]

I have used this train just 2 weeks ago. And it was one of the best comfortable trips in my life 🙂

[@ACKE1389]

I'm glad to hear that! Remember that you're always welcome in our beautiful Serbia, my dear friend! Wish you all the best, stay healthy and greetings from Novi Sad, Serbia! ❤

[@neznamkakvoimedastavim2489]

Can you tell me how much it costs please?

[@nurshatkalimullin5190]

@@neznamkakvoimedastavim2489 around 500-700 RSD

[@neznamkakvoimedastavim2489]

@@nurshatkalimullin5190 Thanks!

[@traillhikernorth261]

Taste and Quality of food and basic food products and produce in Serbia is outstanding! never ben on this train though

[@stevanrozic4638]

I was born in Novi-Sad in 1963 I live in Québec , Canada Must go back and visit , before getting to old. Great video. Thanks

[@alexandrubuhu738]

Thanks for the video, great job Serbia! I don't even dream about such service in Romania any time soon. Can't wait to visit Novi Sad! (excited about the metal and punk scene there, wonderful, talented people!)

[@serbianwarrior385]

Thank u for your kind words Romanian brother.Romania is a great example for us Serbians how can country rise up from ashes to being economic leader in the region.U and all Romanians are more then welcome in Serbia especially in our most beautiful town of Novi Sad.All the best from Serbia.

[@ChairmanObama]

At least Romania's internet is fast 😇

[@LordDucarius]

I took the SOKO this march and visited novi sad for a day. Very pleasant trip, and both rides were punctual.

[@Gabrielm624]

As a Croatian I have to say this is very impressive and we would be mad not to build a line ourselves from Zagreb through Slavonia and then across the border to connect on this line too, it would be great for both our economies. Bravo Serbia.

[@tomgu2285]

That would be great

[@srdjanbalaban551]

Vlada Srbije je prvo ponudila Hrvatskoj povezivanje brzom prugom,koja je odbijena uz obrazlozenje da su njihove ambicije okrenute prema zapadu,nikako prema istoku,madjari su to iskoristili na pravi nacin.

[@neten3328]

Рад что у братьев Сербов есть хороший транспорт и я уверен что он станет такой везде, в том числе в Косово)

[@serbianwarrior385]

Спасибо брат!Поздрав из Србије.

[@intel386DX]

Ни сам знао за таj нови воз. Свака част!

[@milosdrca4484]

Спасибо брат тебе.Даће Бог.

[@EnderTrainExpress28]

We are not brothers

[@user-on8hs5ic1b]

Навигация на станции похожа на РЖД-шную.

[@Aleksssssssss]

I'm glad you took a train in my country! You're always welcome to come back to Srbija❣

[@Invest4Cash-Flow]

I love ❤️ Serbia 🇷🇸

[@SuperalbsTravels]

Nice, I enjoyed my trip there too! :)

[@tumane3187]

Hvala živ i zdrav nam bio živela Srbija

[@Rhk973]

Serbia does not exist

[@sickybricky1117]

I am from Serbia and I am really grateful of your really great review towards my country's СОКО train.

[@SuperalbsTravels]

Glad you enjoyed it! :)

[@ZIVELASRBIJA3]

I uploaded a new Serbian video🇷🇸🚨‼️

[@cookielover4377]

I hope this year I can visit Serbia and meet this super friendly und kind people! Greetings from Germany 💜💜💜

[@reculture]

Willkommen! Grüße aus Belgrad !

[@petarvujic4881]

Die Deutche Brüder und Schwestern sind in Serbien herzlich willkommen! Falls es euch bei uns gefällt und ihr bleiben wollt(was gut möglich ist), dann bleibt ihr bei uns, denn D ist vorübergehend verloren gegangen!

[@besnikillyrian8520]

😂😂😂😂

[@cookielover4377]

@@petarvujic4881 ich bin tatsächlich schon längst in Gedanken auszuwandern, unsere Politik macht uns wahnsinnig hier 😣😣😣 ich liebe Belgrad und Serbien 🙏🏼❤️

[@cookielover4377]

@@besnikillyrian8520 indeed it’s really funny because nobody would visit your country or better said your third country ✌🏼😆

[@Imb3_cile]

I am from Serbia and I am happy to hear u say nice things Hope more ppl come to our country, its really nice

[@saturnalia2567]

I am Serb, and our country is a dump.

[@Imb3_cile]

@@saturnalia2567 ye ik just giving myself some fake hope

[@libertyc8688]

Very nice video. Thank u for showing this, i am happy for my old country, they have come a long way and without the help from EU which Croatia and Slovenia get. I m proud of you my Serbian people.

[@peakyblinder7821]

I see that you dont undestand how Europien union works?? Nothing is free, we do not get free money.

[@GG-zk3de]

For Belgrade-Niš railway Serbia gets EU support

[@partizan8501]

Excellent video with a high quality of production. Volim te Srbija!

[@SuperalbsTravels]

Thank you so much!

[@RainDelay]

Best train in the region, best video about it! Awesome job, thank you!

[@SuperalbsTravels]

Thank you very much!

[@APHH-Content]

Budapest - Belgrade will be interesting!

[@SuperalbsTravels]

Sure will!

[@APHH-Content]

serbia…most beautiful people and culture on planet earth!

[@SuperalbsTravels]

I really liked visiting. :)

[@verbal_DK]

what a "beautiful" people - kzbin.info/www/bejne/hojPaYiwpcyHe7M

[@BigT5]

Sure it is.

[@gordoncordon9779]

​@@SuperalbsTravels Come again. But please not in Belgrade, run from that place

[@ACKE1389]

@@gordoncordon9779 Ajde prekini više da se blamiraš i da svojim autizmom teraš ljude. Unormali se i odrasti već jednom!

[@cristianungureanu8245]

Wonderful 💪💪💪I am Cristian from Romania.

[@bandza66]

Hopefully we'll be connected soon vith the trains like this one

[@djordjepopovic5010]

Can’t wait for the completion of the line to Budapest

[@bojanglesthewizard8875]

This is good information as im traveling to serbia in August

[@rds467]

Сербия👍👍👍Привет из России

[@SuperalbsTravels]

Здравствуйте! 😁

[@user-pi8ee4cz2c]

Bravo Serbia

[@oneoneoneman]

Very tidy, modern and should be effective. Go Serbia go 😊

[@goodfella5302]

Serbia is just beautiful especially the people!

[@rey6450]

People are retarded

[@pameti.dragoblago]

thank you ♥

[@valevisa8429]

Not for me.I lived in Serbia and people were very mean.

[@vesnablazanovic4228]

Volim Srbiju , SVAKO DOBRO ZA SRBIJU I SRBSKI NAROD !!

[@funkyhetzer6624]

Ahhh finally a review on the SOKO! Big thumbs up from Novi Sad! Hopefully other nations in the balkans will be able to achieve high speed rail!

[@gkicosev]

Pretty sure that's not going to happen in this century :D :D :D

[@SuperalbsTravels]

Agree, hope to see more soon!

[@jefimijekrstic1855]

Ako smo ista dobili od ove vlasti to su putevi.

[@SectorfiveYT]

@@jefimijekrstic1855 Samo to i rade xD, al ajde bolje ista nego nista.

[@serb9814]

​@@SectorfiveYT rade i stadione

[@YASTravelsEatsWell]

Nice short high speed trip! Certainly a step forward for Serbian Railways!

[@Deqoid_123]

Greetings from Novi Sad! Glad you visited SOKO, It's so good to see popular you tubers review the train!

[@SuperalbsTravels]

Hi! It was definitely a good trip. Hope you enjoyed. :)

[@antemrkic1702]

Moram priznati jako lijepo uređeno.

[@oijgg3p]

Dobro nam dosao susedu. :)

[@privremene2770]

I don't know about Soko, but your comments, video and explanations are so nice, interesting, useful and professional. 10 out of 10.

[@ognjenstevanovic9858]

I am very glad that you enjoyed your trip. It would be nice to see more of your videos. 🇷🇸

[@SuperalbsTravels]

Thank you! I will make more videos in this region soon. :)

[@tarantula0071]

@@SuperalbsTravels if you need a guide in novi sad, ring me up 😂

[@ikacbmw669]

@@SuperalbsTravels i am glad you like SOKO and railway, since most of people here are stupid and don't understand and appreciate what we have

[@SuperalbsTravels]

@@tarantula0071 Haha, thank you! :)

[@jasperzoranrichards9411]

i am really impressed. Good job , all the best

[@Tukemuth]

Beautiful! The video is amazing, too. Now, if they could only make this a standard all across Serbia...

[@SuperalbsTravels]

Thank you, and I agree with that!

[@information_from_warriorOMEGA]

Hoce ali juce 😂😂😂

[@jahacapokalipse484]

@@information_from_warriorOMEGA Haha, samo se ti šali nakazo, već se gradi pruga prema Subotici i Nišu :)

[@information_from_warriorOMEGA]

@@jahacapokalipse484 Pruga izmedju Beograda i Nisa postoji jos za vreme Kralja Aleksandra Patrovica Prvog,kao i sto postoji danas.Izgleda da si propali abortus roditelja,nije te skroz ginekolog sastrugao iz majcine rascvetane smrdljive picke...Hajde sad po sendvic i laj av av av....

[@sasapetroski981]

Finally Serbia have new and fast trains

[@LuxisAlukard]

I still didn't travel on this train, but everything you said about... well, everything - is true! Your video is great, good job! And comment section is full of unusually positive comments on Serbs and Serbia! Nice!

[@xrayfish2020]

Mad props to you for pronouncing some of these tricky Serbian titulars - thank you and how many languages do you personally speak?

[@SuperalbsTravels]

Thanks! I only speak English. :)

[@bane2886]

Sounds like google translate bot

[@konza02]

As someone whose native language is Serbian, I wouldn't have understood what he tried pronouncing 80% of the time if it wasn't for the subtitles. He at least attempted it though, unlike many others

[@thepetar429]

@@konza02 the nature reserve was a lil funky but other than that it was fine

[@sergejplemic9202]

​@@thepetar429 Koweelsky-Petroweredynsky Ruyt🥴

[@fjdhfyhk]

Underrated country ❤

[@coderjacko8142]

You're not bad with pronouncing these serbian words, it was actually pretty decent :)

[@SuperalbsTravels]

Thank you! 😅

[@FilipSrbin]

​@@SuperalbsTravels Your accentation is a bit off. For example, in "Koviljsko-petrovaradinski rit", you stressed "din" in "petrovaradinski", where you should have stressed "va", but those are common mistakes.

[@nevesti]

One can't trust his eyes. Approaching the Novi Sad Station one feels like in front of a university and inside like on an airport.

[@cte4dota]

Hope they expand this rail in entire length across Serbia that was the plan. 200km is enough and nice speed no need for faster since Serbia is not that big, great video keep it up!

[@SuperalbsTravels]

Thank you! :)

[@bnn9549]

As far as I know, it will be extended to Nis (South Serbia) in 2028

[@maximus-6788]

Train goes 200kmh 50 km

[@milosstojanovic4623]

@@bnn9549 Doubt, they are saying that in last 20 years. At this point its just pure lie, they are centralizing country to just Belgrade and Novi Sad.

[@Rhk973]

Serbia does not exist

[@emoshiro]

i am half serbian and jesus... i'm in love with it

[@jollandyip7037]

I rode on the Lao-China railway from Yunnan, China to Vientiane, Lao in March this year. I am looking forward to visiting both Serbia and Hungary in 2025 upon the completion of the Budapest-Belgrade railway. It will be fun to sightseeing both countries riding on this fast train.

[@SuperalbsTravels]

Agreed! :)

[@martius021]

When Belgrade Budapest line starts, there will be no border controls, instead of that you will come a bit earlier to railway station to walk through security and passport check. Like at airports.

[@SuperalbsTravels]

Hmm, I wonder if that will happen. Doesn't seem easy, with a few hurdles to sort out...

[@martius021]

@@SuperalbsTravels both sides are already agreed (Serbia and Hungary) for that kind of traveling. With an hour or more long break on border waiting for passport control to be finished, high-speed rail seems pointless. The goal is Belgrade - Budapest 3. 15 hours ride. (total)

[@PAPASTHEGREAT]

Bravo Serbia from a Greek Amazing Railroads and Train stations I live in Germany not similar with you here is dirt and smell the standards.

[@trainsmachineryldegmtrains3509]

Super video! Nice train ride! Good work! Thumbs Up All the best from Dublin Andrew

[@SuperalbsTravels]

Thank you so much! 😁

[@vladstam]

Tried it today for the first time. Great experience!!!

[@KingNothing19975]

Really loved the ride. It was my first ever time rideing the train and it was awesome

[@therivais9803]

When the construction of the new high-speed line to Budapest is finished, the "Soko" will revolutionise rail travel in the Balkans. Serbia is trying hard to fix its ancient railway network, and it clearly shows, but I do agree that Beograd Centar is nowhere near finished, which is a shame - Novi Sad and Novi Beograd stations looks so beautiful IMO. 😍 A note on the "Soko" trains: you said these Stadler trains are similar to those operated by DB and Westbahn. I can confirm that by close inspection, the train's interior and appearance looks *IDENTICAL* to Westbahn!

[@Maximilian1717]

Agreed, they are very similar to Westbahn trains.

[@lukacaric8917]

Because it actually is from a Westbahn order.

[@SuperalbsTravels]

Yes. They were an addition to the Westbahn order, with most things identical!

[@minmogrovingstrongandhealthy]

The train is based on Russian train model which Serbia had-have years prior to this one ... No clue of this Westbahn thing tho, never heard of it, will have to look into that model but something tells me seeing your comments this West-whatever sounds German and it's a typical blatant copy of a Russian train since Russia is known to build great trains then others copy them.

[@SuperalbsTravels]

No, this is a Swiss designed train which has been operating in various countries for many years. Russia ordered a few of them, however their currency collapsed again and they couldn't afford them. Westbahn ordered some identical trains before Srbija Voz, and this is a follow-on order from their fleet. Russia has only built a few trains for Serbia, in the form of some fairly rubbish diesel trains.

[@TCOphox]

Serbia always kinda intrigued me due to it having one language but two writing systems used interchangeably that share similar characters as well. I know Japan's even crazier with three writing systems but at least Serbia chose writing systems that doesn't resemble noodles :P

[@milosstojanovic4623]

Its common in some countries here.

[@dooleh84]

If you learn to speak Serbian, you could learn to read and write in 1 day, every single sound has a letter of it's own, and there are 30 letters total. That is Cyrilic, Latin is almost as easy with only a few sounds requiring the letter J behind an L and an N and D requiring a Z behind it. In Cyrilic, our language has the easiest conversion from sound to writing on the planet.

[@stozinicmiljan3957]

To je najlepse od svega,што можемо да мешамо у истој реченици оба писма,i da i dalje све разумемо,као што сам управо овде то и урадио.

[@stozinicmiljan3957]

Али и даље је Ћирилица званично писмо.

[@FilipSrbin]

​@@dooleh84 Морамо се захвалити Караџићу за то.

[@zastava101b]

Thank you very much for this great review of our Soko. Best regards from Belgrade, Serbia!

[@bloombloom1057]

In 2024 will start operating 18 new electric trains latest generation, announced the director of "Srbijavoz"

[@Valex1612]

Serbia.❤️💙🤍

[@milankaveljkovic9213]

My country❤❤

[@msx98]

As a Serb I feel proud on Soko train. (And pissed off at the same time for the closing off the historical Main Railway station on Savski Venac because of this... Golf hole. ⛳)

[@nikolapesic7986]

You covered this very good :) thanks ❤🇷🇸

[@novvak168]

Fantastic video. I would love to watch a few more from you. Maybe I can add a little more good information. Once completed Belgrade- Budapest will take about 2:45 min with border checks happening at the railways stations, so it won't need to slow down on the border. And currently, with EU support Serbia is planning on linking Belgrade to Niš (Serbia's 3rd largest city) and then to the Macedonian border with High-SpeedRail. If Macedonia builds High-Speed Rail (it's possible with EU infrastructure support) it will link the central European networks to Greece with HSR from Budapest. You could take a sleeper train from Vienna to Greece easily. After the HSR in Serbia, Belgrade to Vienna and Bratislava will take a little more the 5 hours. And if with TEN-T Budapest-Vienna (or Budapest-Prag) gets upgraded to HSR eventually it could cut down travel from the Balkans to Central Europe significantly. Construction on Belgrade station will be done soon (finally), it should look rather nice. And Belgrade will connect the station better in time. Belgrade also started building its metro system last year, Its metro line 3 will connect under the railway station. But that's a long way away, since building it takes a lot of time. Another interesting decision is the ticket price (less than half the price of a 3 times slower bus). It was a bit controversial to set it to low. Since building HSR is expensive, the low ticket price will not repay the cost in any reasonable time. But the country set the low price with the reasoning that giving access to more people will give more benefits both economic and social. I don't always agree with the government, but I think this is a smart move that I hope they keep implementing going forward with new HSR projects. Since I love trains and the planing behind it I looked up the logig behind Serbia's approach. If anyone is interested, there is a very interesting video I recently saw, from some small channel, about why it can be a good thing for trains to lose money, I can link it hear. Serbia is following the advice and I think it's good. Glad you had a good time and I look forward to your other videos. kzbin.info/www/bejne/kHOraKFugNmsg9k

[@zazu9117]

What EU support? They can't build them for themselves. China has speed train network longer than the rest of the world combined. They exceeded last 5 year plan for more km than Germany has in total. They were involved in this section, doing probably the most difficult part of the job.

[@aspia7596]

Lapsus... "I can link it HERE". 😊

[@tarantula0071]

I appreciate your rather good attempts at pronouncing our tricky words! Glad you had a good time.

[@ChrisGBusby]

I did Budapest Keleti to Athens in 1983 - this looks like a MASSIVE improvement! And yes, it got worse in the interim years.

[@aileaiho768]

At the station you say that meals are not provided on the train. Later you actually filmed the menu on 8:16 (sandwiches). Everything else you say is spot on. Greetings from Novi Sad.

[@stefanjelisavac4217]

I am from Serbia Sremska Mitrovica (SM) and I am extremely proud of this Soko train!

[@bane2886]

Ti jedino možeš da budeš ponosan a da se voziš ne možeš pošto voz kroz SM ne prolaz. 🍌🍆👉👌💩🤡

[@voodooglass9814]

You are from Sremska Mitrovica, so you are familiar that train from Belgrade, passing by Sremska Mitrovica, takes 2.5 hours to reach Šid?! And that is approximately 100km. And you are proud!!! 😅😅

[@zlayax79]

No shit..

[@MiljanMiladinovic]

​@@voodooglass9814 No one goes in Šid.....

[@minmogrovingstrongandhealthy]

@@voodooglass9814 He is proud of the train as he said. He never said he is proud of the state of the railways in his area, those are two different things. Try to read and process wtf you are reading next time. He can be proud of what ever, you are still ignorant and stupid and hope you are not proud of that ....

[@573998]

This is a great showing of COKO . Very accurate

[@SuperalbsTravels]

Thank you :)

[@DiamondZombie]

Actually those intermediate stations are served by the Regio Train between Belgrade and Novi Sad going at 160km/h and arriving in 57m. It's hourly, either SOKO goes or Regio goes.

[@SuperalbsTravels]

Cool, thanks!

[@arsic094]

Not exactly, if I understood you correctly. Apart from a few 1 hour gaps, Soko departs every x o'clock and regio departs at x:30.

[@kalusevs]

Soko every hour from I think 7am first to 8pm

[@djape1977]

Old blue soviet trains from 1980s are actually perfectly capable of doing 120kph(80mph). Its the tracks that are the problem

[@unclestuka8543]

Same as UK, on the KingsX to Kings Lynn line, the trains can do 100 mph but long stretches north of Cambridge the train does 40 mph owing to the crap track.

[@_MotoEDITz_]

Good Job Serbia! But i Noticed Its the Same as the Westbahn Train But still Good Job! greetings from Austria ❤️🤍❤️

[@ConfusedAnt]

I am from CH, and it is quite uncanny to see an almost identical but not quite train to the ones I am used to

[@SuperalbsTravels]

I actually saw one of these in Switzerland, at the factory in St Margerethen.

[@darkone_2013]

In Switzerland these are commuter trains and over there they label them as high speed trains haahah

[@djordjepopovic5010]

@@darkone_2013 well they run 200km/h so they are high speed?

[@mobileprinting2876]

@@darkone_2013 ...Serbia is a territorially small country... 200 km/h is quite enough speed for Serbia because the stations are very close... higher speeds would not make sense and the technology for 300 km/h costs twice as much... the Belgrade-Subotica railway will cost 4 billion euros ...and if the train was for 300 km/h, it would cost 8 billion euros

[@darkone_2013]

@@mobileprinting2876 China finances this, not Serbia. Moreover the trains that Serbia did actually buy were so expensive that they could get only 3, if you had bought trains from Croatia from Končar you could have had 10 of them.

[@MONOTHEISMUS]

The trains are manufactured by Stadler Rail from Switzerland. Come to Switzerland and you will see the same trains, train stations and railway lines. 😉

[@SuperalbsTravels]

I know, I saw them at the factory in Switzerland once! 😂

[@GreatCityAttractions]

Nice info!

[@alexbayer2365]

Love Serbia from Russia 🇷🇺. We are brothers

[@coa9080]

Привет от Серба, слава России!

[@severinveganigang8036]

I'm gonna be riding with this service in the Summer

[@SuperalbsTravels]

Have a good trip!

[@ACKE1389]

I really hope you will visit our beautiful Serbia! You're always welcome in our country. I truly wish you a lovely rest of the day, stay healthy and greetings from Novi Sad, Serbia

[@mladenzrnic2669]

Det er det beste toget jeg noen gang har sett, jeg liker virkelig at Serbia gjorde noe sånt. Jeg skulle gjerne hatt det toget en dag.

[@MooRhy]

Det var det siste stedet jeg forventet norske kommentarer.

[@mladenzrnic2669]

@@MooRhy Aha jeg forstår

[@markeeecmarkoni2855]

Srbija ima puno urednije, bolje i ljepše kolodvore tj ova dva nego recimo Hrvatska (Zagrebački je sramota, a splitski je ruglo kao Riječki). Novi Sad woooow predivan kolodvor, zaista impresivno izdanje..... Beograd ima novi a sve novo je i lijepo.... Srbija je Amerika za Hrvatsku po ovome što smo vidjeli Dobro moramo realno reći da su dva grada jako blizu jednom drugom, oduvijek dobro povezani i to im najbolja infrastruktura u zemlji i jedina zasada ali opet impresivan dojam

[@milana4375]

Hvala na komentaru ,ali nismo mi bolji od vas pogotovo ne po čistoći ,tu je Hrvatska uvek bila ispred . Moja mama je pre više od 30 godina imala voz koji je čekala u malom mestu u Vojvodini gde živi i koji je direkt išao kroz Hrvatsku u Gračac ,neverovatno koliko su bile železnice dobre i kako smo bili povezani . Šteta što su te starije generacije sve upropastile tim ratom .

[@alias5152]

Nadam se da ce i kod vas poceti praviti, da ljudi mogu normalno ziveti i uzivati u lepotama naseg regiona... a ne samo rusiti.. na zalost. Ne znam kako je u hrvatskoj ali u srbiji je uzas, na nekim delovima voz se klacka i ide 20 na sat, sve sto postoji je iz 80'-ih sto su nasi stari gradili.

[@valmontv]

@@alias5152 Početi praviti? Pa ne ma gdje ne rade dograđuju i ne prave nove pruge... Zato kad ideš negdje vlakom, često presjedaš na bus, zbog izgradne pa sve traje 100 godina...

[@nikola6867]

Koliko si samo retardirana jbt. Inace naravno da smo bolji od hrvata jadnice. Mada to i nije tako tesko.

[@srdjanbilic813]

ja sam iz Bosne, da Srbija ima sad super uredjenu prugu Bg- Novi Sad.... ali sve osim toga je potpuno PROPALO... cak je za vrijeme sankcija bilo vise vozova. Putovao sam vozom u svim ex yu zemljama..... Srbija ima jedva 20 putnickih vagona u cijeloj zemlji, a imali su 2 velike fabrike za proizvodnju vagona. Beograd Nis 6 sati, voz Beograd Bar ide 11 sati po redu voznjekasni 3 sata svaki put (11+3=14) jadno stanje svuda po balkanu, moram priznati Hrvatskoj da je prosjecno u najboljem stanju.... vozova nema puno ni tamo ali idu skoro brzo kao prije rata.... nadam se da dolaze bolja vremena svima

[@Shiyo1224]

The friendship between China and Serbia lasts forever.❤❤

[@valevisa8429]

That's a good one ! :)

[@arnauddezit4774]

There is no friendship with Chinese investments... one day you pay the check.

[@izil1fe]

You mean friendship between the Serbia's traitorous ultra criminal SNS government AND Chinese government of similar qualities?

[@unifieddynasty]

@@arnauddezit4774 Nonsense. Chinese investments are often made at cost or even free to improve relations between countries. And Chinese loans are near-universally more lenient than western ones, hence why countries prefer them.

[@Attila1968Huk]

China mase IN......lol...lol!

[@j.n.1847]

It would be interesting to travel all way from Munich or Prague, via Budapest and Belgrade to Athens. The trains are much more fun! I'm impressed with the look of this train, and the price is a bargain :) Well done Serbia! Travelling soon from JFK to Tel Aviv, with a 2-night stop in Belgrade. Not sure I'll have enough time to try that train :(

[@martinkasper197]

We also use this Stadler trains in Germany....👍

[@libertyc8688]

Tank you for this video. It was informative and pleasant.

[@SuperalbsTravels]

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!

[@R1ddl3D4d]

Great video buddy - well done! I would love to see even more trains in Serbia and neighbouring countries all connected.

[@predicbranislav1369]

Love from Serbia❤❤❤

[@tonymatic1704]

Praying for the families of the shooting today🙏🙏

[@SuperalbsTravels]

Terrible news... ☹️

[@quicktripper]

Great video! Thank you! 🤍

[@bosnianborn]

Just amazing service. Well done Serbia.

[@AndrewG1989]

Nice to see the steam locomotive outside the station. Bit like the one at Stratford in East London and is named “Robert”. The station itself is very nice and the trains are also very nice.

[@SuperalbsTravels]

Yeah I've seen the one at Stratford before, it was cool! :)

[@barvdw]

it's a very nice tradition in many countries in Central and Eastern Europe, I've seen similar displays in Poland, other Balkan countries and even Greece and Italy.

[@cinoeye]

@@barvdw Greece is Balkan.

[@barvdw]

@@cinoeye true.

[@ACKE1389]

Dear Andrew, I really hope you will visit our beautiful Serbia! You're always welcome in our country. I truly wish you a lovely rest of the day, stay healthy and greetings from Novi Sad, Serbia

[@AlexanderTilakovsky]

I travel frequently to Novi sad with Soko and let me tell you, it is a breeze. It used to take up to an hour and a half before to arrive, now it takes me an up to 45 minutes.

[@danielkurtovic9099]

36 min I travel to Belgrade and back, never above 36min, on time

[@SB22animations]

love how they used a picture from Richmond Station (London)