“Construction of the metro will begin in December 2021; 43 stations on the first two lines”

He also said that the financial construction was closed. The Belgrade metro project, Vesi added, has a value of 4.4 billion euros, the first line 1.8 billion euros and the second 2.2 billion euros.

Last week, Finance Minister Sinia Mali and I had a meeting with the ambassadors of France and China, and with them were representatives of Alstom and Power Aine. There an agreement was reached that will be verified by the Government of China and the Government of France, as well as by the Government of Serbia. Alstom will work on electromechanics, trains, wagons, etc., complete power supply, that is, the equipment of the metro itself, while the construction work will be carried out by a Chinese company. The ratio will be 30 to 70. About 70 percent of the value of the work will belong to the Chinese. “France has secured funding for the part that their company is doing. I have never seen anyone give more favorable conditions than the French for Alstom to do the work. The Chinese government will provide funding along with its Power Ain for the other part of the work.” . Vesi explained, Beoinfo reports.

According to him, the construction of a depot in Makiko polje will begin in December next year, which marks the beginning of the construction of the metro, and it will be exactly 50 years from the promised metro in Belgrade.

“To start building the metro, it is necessary to adopt a general regulation plan for rail systems, which will be adopted this fall. That plan explains how we will develop all the railway systems in Belgrade, both the metro, the Bulgarian train and the trams. First we will define the first two metro lines, then the third. The French company Eis is currently working on the design of the first two metro lines, which means that we will have a feasibility study with a project for a building license and conceptual solutions for the third metro line. Weight.

As you said, the first line starts at Maki and goes over the railway, Banovo brdo, goes down at Eerana, continues along Radnika Street, then Savska and reaches Savski trg, where it intersects with the second line, then goes to Trg republike, Luka Beograd, Adi Huji, Karaburma and Mirijevo. The second line starts at Zemun train station and also ends in Mirijevo.

Vesi said that new Bg train lines will be built and that it is planned to expand the line to Surin and Obrenovac.

“This means that we will connect part of the Zemun train station with the national stadium, Nikola Tesla airport and the center of Surin, and then with Obrenovac. We will connect Surin and Obrenovac, and last year we connected Barajevo and Lazarevac, as well as Mladenovac. Bg voice and ii We are talking about extending that line again, so we will have a Bulgarian train that will be compatible with the metro, and we are also working on the expansion of the tram network. This will be the development plan of Belgrade. Finally, Belgrade will have its own in the next five years. Systems and we are becoming a real metropolis, “Vesi said.

Over the past three and a half years we have had about 4,000 more cars a month, Vesi said, adding that this is why the metro is important.

“We are already a city big enough that we cannot function without the subway. When we have new trams, then trams that will have an advantage and when we reorganize our lines, we will not have a situation where eight percent of people travel. by tram. Our trams are completely unused. This city will have regular traffic in five to six years, “Vesi said.

Vesi also stated that an agreement was reached with the chief urban planner, Marko Stoji, that for each metro station, and there will be 43 on the first two lines, an architecture competition will be announced and local architects will be in charge of designing. that station.