Editing Transport in Serbia (section)

==Rail transport==
[[File:Railway_map_of_Serbia_and_Kosovo.png|thumb|right|200px|Railway network in Serbia]]
[[File:Železničko stajalište Altina Soko.jpg|left|thumb|High-speed train ''Soko'' [[Stadler KISS|ŽS 410]]]]

In March 2015, the [[Government of Serbia]] announced its plan to establish three additional new railway companies, splitting the '''''[[Serbian Railways]]''''' in separate businesses. Those companies are: '''[[Srbija Voz]]''' operating [[passenger transport]], '''[[Srbija Kargo]]''' operating [[cargo transport]] and '''[[Serbian Railways Infrastructure]]''' operating as [[Infrastructure Management service|infrastructure management]] company.<ref name="novihcetiri2015">{{cite news|title=Železnice će imati četiri preduzeća od 1. jula|url=https://www.blic.rs/vesti/ekonomija/zeleznice-ce-imati-cetiri-preduzeca-od-1-jula/r9pgjez|access-date=12 January 2018|work=blic.rs|agency=Tanjug|publisher=Blic|date=17 March 2015|language=sr}}</ref>

Rail remains a popular mode for freight transportation with 12.3 million tons carried in 2018. Passenger services are less utilized, carrying just over 16 million passengers in 2018 plus the 5 million riderships in the Belgrade urban rail system.<ref name="publikacije.stat.gov.rs"/><ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.novosti.rs/vesti/beograd.74.html:615222-BG-voz-Rampe-za-putnike-ipak-od-1-avgusta |title = BG voz: Rampe za putnike ipak od 1. Avgusta}}</ref>

The railway system in Serbia consists of 3,739&nbsp;km of rails, of which 295&nbsp;km is double track (7.9% of the network). 33.6% of the network (1,279&nbsp;km) is electrified.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://zeleznicesrbije.com/active/en/home/glavna_navigacija/o_preduzecu/opste_informacije.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130525063300/http://zeleznicesrbije.com/active/en/home/glavna_navigacija/o_preduzecu/opste_informacije.html|url-status=dead|title=SERBIAN RAILWAYS – General information|archivedate=25 May 2013}}</ref> Railroads are categorized as either main lines, regional lines, local lines or sidings. Serbia has rail links with all of its neighbouring countries.