Hi everyone !
I’ve noticed that some travelers ask for similar questions, but it was a few months ago, so maybe the answer has changed.
My boyfriend and I would like to go from slovenia to serbia and then from serbia to greece.
But impossible to find train which does those route.
I think I need to go from Slovenia to Zagreb, ans then from Zagreb to Serbia (Beograd), but I can’t find anything…
I hope you can help,
Thank you :)
Best answer by rvdborgt
There are currently no trains from Croatia to Serbia and no international trains to Greece. Nobody knows when that will change, although I'm afraid it will take a few years for any train to return for the route from Belgrade to Thessaloniki, because of the engineering works going on. As to Zagreb - Belgrade: I don't know why it still doesn't run.
Nevertheless, you could ask Slovenian, Serbian, North-Macedonian and and Greek railways about the plans. If you get any replies, do post them here.
There are currently no trains from Croatia to Serbia and no international trains to Greece. Nobody knows when that will change, although I'm afraid it will take a few years for any train to return for the route from Belgrade to Thessaloniki, because of the engineering works going on. As to Zagreb - Belgrade: I don't know why it still doesn't run.
Nevertheless, you could ask Slovenian, Serbian, North-Macedonian and and Greek railways about the plans. If you get any replies, do post them here.
The Zagreb-Beograd line was once the major axis of Yugoslav Railways=JZ. IN Hrvatska=Croatia the line still functions till what is now the last town before border; Vinkovci. But Serbije Railways have stopped-partly due to covid nearly all longer distance trains, only the short banlieux line around Beograd functions. The line toward HUngary is under heavy reconstruction by the Chinese.
I highly doubt you will get any response from these railways, like rian=above the regular people giving answers mostly rely on own experience and news in specialist forums. Also check seat61.com-it describes in /en/ all overland routings from UK to all EUR countries.
The only feasible way to travel over there by now is by bus. A site like balkanviator and several others have more details-but not too long advance-it can change at very short notice!
Small comfort: quite often a normal busticket over there is even cheaper as 1 travelday from InterRail.
Thank you for your answer,
And, don’t you know if it’s possible to reach Greece by another way ?
I’ll contact them, thank you
For the part Zagreb - Belgrade, you can do the following route:
Take a train from Zagreb to Vinkovci (for example at 7:50 - 12:27)
From Vinkovci, take a local train to the small Bordertown, Tovarnik (13:52 - 14:22)
Cross the Border by foot or taxi
Finally take a local train from Šid (Serbian Border City) to Zemun near Belgrade (19:12 - 21:06)
It is also possible that in the next months the direct train Ljubljana - Zagreb - Vinkovci - Belgrade retourns (https://rs.n1info.com/biznis/na-prolece-ponovo-vozom-od-beograda-do-zagreba-i-ljubljane/). But nobody knows an exactly date :/
For the route serbia - greece, i can't suggest the train (except you want to cross the border twice by foot / taxi)
In the balkans, there are many good bus lines, use a bus for this route
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