Sarajevo main railway station

Sarajevo main railway station (Bosnian: Glavna željeznička stanica u Sarajevu) is a railway station in Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, located in the northwest part of the city, approximately 3 kilometers from the downtown area near Marijin Dvor.

The square in front of the station is named after the victims of the Srebrenica massacre (Bosnian: Trg žrtava genocida u Srebrenici).

[1] Near it, further west of the city were the main railway depot for the whole of Bosnia, where a thousand people were employed at the peak.

The reasons for the construction of the new railway station were several; the track to Sarajevo was rebuilt to a standard gauge of 1435 mm, longer trains were expected and would be not possible to service them.

The Sarajevo–Ploče railway line via Konjic, Mostar and Čapljina is an electrified, single-track main national long-distance transport route, which is developed for 70 km/h (ŽFBH) or 100 km/h (HŽ) and is part of the Pan-European Corridor Vc.

In Sarajevo, long-distance passenger transport is transferred to the also electrified and partly double-track railway line via Zenica to Doboj, which can be traveled at speeds of up to 70 km/h.

[8][9] The ticket price of €31 for the approximately 500 km (310 mile) journey to Bosnia and Herzegovina was less than the cost of driving in December 2009.

Original station built in 1882
Coat of arms of Sarajevo
Coat of arms of Sarajevo