Of all the types of public transport, I only warmly relate to trains. A visit to the nostalgic railway "Sarganska osmica" ("Shargan Eight") was simply a must-see on a trip to Serbia.
This narrow-gauge (only 75 cm) road was built in 1925 and connected Mokra Gora with the capital Belgrade. But already in 1974, the message was terminated due to banal unprofitability. And only in 1999, the road began to be gradually restored, but not as a transport facility, but as an entertainment for tourists. At the moment, a segment of about 13 kilometers between Mokra Gora and Sargan Vitasi stations is open daily for visiting, and on weekends there is a train to Visegrad (neighboring Bosnia and Herzegovina). A ticket to Shargan Vitasi costs 600 dinars (300 rubles), and for 2.
For 5 hours, the train will pass through the most beautiful rocks, twenty-two tunnels (about a third of the way goes underground) and five stations with stunning mountain views, where the driver makes stops to take pictures. The eight road was named precisely for the sinuosity of the route, since even on the map it can be seen that its line passes over itself several times, drawing the number "8".
The train schedule can be found here - http://www. serbia-rit. ru/images/chto-posmotret/raspisanie-ceni-sarganskaya-8-2014.jpg.
Highly recommend to visit.
This narrow-gauge (only 75 cm) road was built in 1925 and connected Mokra Gora with the capital Belgrade. But already in 1974, the message was terminated due to banal unprofitability. And only in 1999, the road began to be gradually restored, but not as a transport facility, but as an entertainment for tourists. At the moment, a segment of about 13 kilometers between Mokra Gora and Sargan Vitasi stations is open daily for visiting, and on weekends there is a train to Visegrad (neighboring Bosnia and Herzegovina). A ticket to Shargan Vitasi costs 600 dinars (300 rubles), and for 2.
For 5 hours, the train will pass through the most beautiful rocks, twenty-two tunnels (about a third of the way goes underground) and five stations with stunning mountain views, where the driver makes stops to take pictures. The eight road was named precisely for the sinuosity of the route, since even on the map it can be seen that its line passes over itself several times, drawing the number "8".
The train schedule can be found here - http://www. serbia-rit. ru/images/chto-posmotret/raspisanie-ceni-sarganskaya-8-2014.jpg.
Highly recommend to visit.
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