en.Wedoany.com Reported - Serbia's newly built Unified Dispatch Center for railway traffic management near Makiš, at the Belgrade-Ranžirna station, is 83% complete, with a project investment of 127 million euros. The center will utilize automation and artificial intelligence technology to achieve centralized railway control, aiming to reduce the risk of human error.
Positioned as the main coordination hub for Serbia's railway traffic, the center will gradually integrate the national railway network as lines are modernized and new digital systems are connected. Currently, the center is operated by 23 people and manages approximately 540 kilometers of railway lines. Serbian authorities plan to bring the Belgrade-Subotica line under the center's control system within the next six to seven months. The long-term goal is to extend the dispatch system to cover 3,357 kilometers of railway lines, making the new center the core dispatch hub for the entire country and placing it at the highest level among all existing and future dispatch sub-centers nationwide. All future railway projects will need to be compatible with this central system.
Serbian officials stated that the new center is of great significance for improving railway safety, reliability, and punctuality. The system is designed to centralize traffic control for more efficient network monitoring and to reduce reliance on manual intervention. In addition to traffic management, the center will monitor the railway network via security cameras to prevent theft of cables and components. To date, approximately 500 kilometers of fiber optic cables have been installed to connect the railway network to the new dispatch system.
The project is being implemented by Institut NIAS, a subsidiary of Russian Railways. Attendees at the center's presentation included Serbian officials, representatives of RJD International, and the Russian Ambassador to Serbia, Aleksandr Boțan-Harcenko. RJD International has been involved in several railway infrastructure modernization projects in Serbia in recent years. Russian representatives stated that the company's operations have become integrated into the modernization process of Serbia's infrastructure, and Serbia remains one of its priority directions for the foreseeable future.
During the dispatch center presentation, the condition of some Serbian railway lines was also discussed. Among them, the 210-kilometer Valjevo-Vrbnica line section is in poor condition, particularly the segment from Kosjerić to the Montenegrin border. Serbian officials indicated that a comprehensive modernization of this line could require an investment of over 2 billion euros and take approximately five to six years to complete.
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