Montenegro - General Information
Country Name
Montenegro (Crna Gora)
National railway system
Železnice Crne Gore (ŽCG) / Жељезница Црне Горе
Official Website
Language
Montenegrin/Serbian
Currency
Euro, through the country is not in the Euro zone.
UIC code
Numeric 62, alpha MNE.
Timetable
Journey Planner
The Montenegrin railways website www.zcg-prevoz.me (only in Montenegrin) does not appear to provide a journey planner. However stations in Montenegro are included in the Serbian railways journey planner.
Downloadable Timetable
None.
Printed Timetable
Red Vožnje covers Serbia and Montenegro. Printed in Serbian throughout.
Engineering Information
None.
Maps
Timetable Map
A fold-out, near-geographic route diagram is included in the timetable, but many lines are shown which no longer have a passenger service.
Other Maps
There is no published map of the railways of Montenegro, except that in M.G. Ball's "European Railway Atlas".
Gauge
Standard
Electrification
25 kV 50 Hz
Rule of the road
Right
Other Railways
None.
Tourist Lines
None.
Metro
None
Trams
None
Recent and future changes
All of the current rail network in Montenegro is of comparatively recent construction, largely due to the mountainous terrain; the route between Beograd and Bar only fully opened in 1976, replacing a 760mm gauge route to the Adriatic coast via Sarajevo.
The branch from Podgorica to Nikšić (table 51) has not operated for several years, possibly since 2001, and has been removed from the 2003/2004 timetable. However a Czech consortium has won a bid for refurbishing the line, with investment in tracks, signalling and electrification of the line.
The cross-border route from Podgorica to Albania did not open until 1986 and the treaty concerning its construction limited it to freight use only. Traffic has been very erratic. When trains do operate ŽCG works to Hani-i-Hoti. In early September 2001 the line appeared very rusty and was blocked by a line of stored wagons; however these had been cleared by late 2002 and trains do now operate on a reasonably regular basis.
Special Notes
In June 2006 Montenegro became independent of the former combined "Serbia and Montenegro", which on 4 February 2003 had replaced the former name "Federal Republic of Yugoslavia".
The Mala Rijeka viaduct, between Kolašin and Podgorica on the Beograd - Bar line, is beleived to be the highest viaduct in the world, being 198m from rail level to river level.