Take a winter ride through the wilderness of Montenegro, by train. The railway line section between Bar and Bijelo Polje is a part of Belgrade - Bar railway line. This railway line goes through scenery nature parts, from planes, over high mountains to Adriatic Sea coast. This part of Balkan Peninsula abounds in rocky mountains and gorges, cliffs and canyons. Punching railway line through such terrain required the excavation of numerous tunnels and making of many bridges. Only a part of the line through Montenegro has 102 railway tunnels and 96 railway bridges. In addition, the railway line overcomes an altitude difference of over 1000 meters.
The most interesting objects and parts of the route shown in this video are:
00:01:40 The lowest railway station, Bar (altitude 10m)
00:15:15 The longest railway tunnel "Sozina" (L = 6171m)
00:25:10 Skadar Lake valley
00:48:30 The largest station in Montenegro - Podgorica
00:56:16 Entering the Moraca river canyon
00:57:20 The beginning of great climb into the mountains region
01:06:10 Climbing to Bioce train station and entering the Mala Rijeka canyon
01:10:40 The highest railway bridge in Europe "Mala Rijeka" (L = 500m, h = 200m)
01:15:10 Back to the Moraca river canyon
01:28:20 Lutovo train station (station is at bridges and tunnels 500m above Moraca river canyon)
01:36:50 Entering Krusevacki potok canyon
01:37:40 Tunnel "Trebesica" (L = 5172m) with bridge inside the tunnel
01:53:08 Kos train station (station is at bridges and tunnels)
01:54:30 Tunnel "Ostrovica" (L = 3827m)
01:57:40 Bridge over Tara river (L = 270m)
02:00:14 Tunnel "Sljivovica" (L = 2194m)
02:03:08 The highest railway station at Belgrade - Bar railway line, Kolasin (altitude 1027m)
02:05:50 Tunnel "Radigojno" (L = 2370m)
02:07:00 The highest point of Belgrade - Bar railway line (altitude 1032m)
02:16:40 Bridge over Tara river (L = 340m)
02:19:40 Entering Mojkovac train station
02:22:00 Tunnel "Razvrsje" (L = 3246m)
02:28:40 Bridge "Ljubovidja" ("Slijepac most") (L = 450m)
02:41:16 Entering Bijelo Polje station
The cabride is done from train 430 (Bar - Bijelo Polje).
Details about train and route informations are shown at the beginning of the video.
Date of recording:
March 2018.
25 авг 2024