This year, the overhaul and construction of the Belgrade - Novi Sad railway line was completed, and passenger train traffic at speeds of up to 200km/h was established. This is the first time that trains in Serbia ride at speeds of 160km/h and 200 km/h, on test runs and in commercial traffic.
This was achieved by the partial construction of new sections of the line and the modernization of some old ones. Significant changes compared to the old railway line can be seen on the slopes of the Fruška Gora mountain. Two single-track tunnel tubes, 1km long and a 3km long viaduct were built at the point of railway line descent towards the Danube river. On the section between Batajnica and Stara Pazova, the railway line became four-track. Along the line, the railway stations have undergone significant changes. In most of them there are 2 main passing tracks in the middle and 2 side tracks along the platforms.
There are two types of trains on the line, the new Stadler KISS (EMU ŽS series 410/418) for 200km/h and the slightly older Stadler Flirt (EMU ŽS series 413/417), as a regional passenger train with a speed of up to 160km/h. There are a total of 3 new KISS trains in Serbia, which run only on this new line. In the meantime, those trains got a new nickname in Serbia, "SOKO". Between stations Batajnica and Stara Pazova, it is possible to see some freight trains, but only on the side tracks of four track section. These are trains from the connecting railway lines from Ruma and Šid. On the main tracks to Novi Sad, that is not possible yet, because there is a fear of other trains running on the new line.
The recording was done at numerous locations along the sections with a higher speed of trains (200km/h at Batajnica - Nova Pazova - Stara Pazova - Inđija - Beška - tunnel and viaduct Čortanovci - Karlovački Vinogradi and 160km/h from Karlovački Vinogradi to Sremski Karlovci). The collecting of video material started in early spring, during the trains test rides and lasted for 3 months.