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Travel tips - Novi Sad to Belgrade


1. Buses - Novi Sad - Belgrade

To get to the bus station from the centre of Novi Sad, or from the main road which dissects the city, Bulevar Oslobođenja, take the number 4 bus

If travelling between Novi Sad and Belgrade by bus, the "Lasta" carrier is worth plumping for because of the leg space and abundant air conditioning. It also travels via the highway between the two cities. It is a little more expensive than the other companies, but not by much.

Many of the carriers pull up at every haystack, stopping in places as bemusing as "Inđija" which, before I had learned the Serbian alphabet, naively led me to believe I was only a hop and a jump away over the Serbian countryside to New Delhi. But no, it is pronounced een-jee-jah.

So the motorway is the way to go - learn the word "autoput" and you'll be fine.


Here's the timetable for buses leaving Novi Sad. The English option may not be functioning (I clicked on it today and was greeted with the Cyrillic script), but you can easily change the date and find Beograd (Belgrade). 

http://www.gspns.rs/red-voznje-medjumesni.php?selected_lang=lat

You can find some of the Serbian terms related to timetables in a Page on the right hand side of this blog under "Travel tips - key timetable vocabulary"

2. Train - Novi Sad - Belgrade

Glamour, speed and comfort - no. (See the pictures from my June 12 post with the stiff-necked oldies, confused-looking wife and neat decor). Doing the job and extremely cheap - yes.

The number 4 bus will again take you virtually to the door of the train station. 

When we went once on the 8:18am service from Novi Sad to Belgrade, the train was a lot more comfortable and "modern" than the one shown in the pictures  (10:48am).

Here is the timetable in English:

http://w3.srbrail.rs/zsredvoznje/?lang=en




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