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==Introduction==
This list is based on the what train information is available from 11 December 2022, unless otherwise stated. {{Standard Abbreviations}} Days of the week are shown in ISO8601 form.  Services on some routes were reduced in 2021-22 due to infrastructure works.

{{Map Refs ERA-E}} {{Map Refs ERA-R-3 }}

==Obscure services==

===Golubinci - Inđija===

[10, 30] (ERA-E 102C2; ERA-R 222B5) RS24/1

This curve connects the Beograd - Šid and Beograd - Novi Sad lines. There are no trains on this section at present.

===Niš area===
Niš ranžirna is a freight yard to the west of Niš. There are triangular junctions with the Niš - Lapovo/Beograd, Niš - Preševo/Skopje and Niš - Dimitrovgrad/Sofia lines. Click on the thumbnail for a full size map.
[[File:Niš.png|100px|thumb|left]]<br style="clear: both" />

====Niš – Niš ranžirna – Crveni Krst====
[91] (ERA-E 103B4; ERA-R 223A1) RS24/2A

Staff trains run from Niš via the east to north curve off the Skopje line, call at the freight yard station at Niš ranžirna (where they wait for 15 minutes and change train number), then run via the south to east curve to Crveni Krst and onwards to Niš, performing a clockwise loop. Though these trains are clearly intended for members of staff, no objection has been raised to other passengers using them in the past. It was confirmed in October 2018 that the staff trains still run, but are not advertised. Use by passengers has therefore ceased or is unofficial. '''Reports of recent operations would be welcomed by the compilers.'''

The most recent timings available are:
{| class="ostable"
|
|
| ''6300/6301''
| 06:40 Niš - Niš ranžirna - Niš  
|-
|
| 
| ''6202/6303''
| 14:40 Niš - Niš ranžirna - Niš
|-
|
|
| ''6304/6305''
| 18:40 Niš - Niš ranžirna - Niš
|}

====Niš – Niš ranžirna – Trupale ''or'' Niš Odvojna Skretnica 4 - Odvojna Skretnica 2====
(ERA-E 103B4; ERA-R 223A1) RS24/2B

{{Optima Express|reason=&nbsp;to avoid reversing the train in Niš station; and a change of locomotive is required from diesel to electric or vice versa}} The first route was reported by a traveller in 2023, with the locomotive change occurring at Niš ranžirna. The second route was reported by a traveller in 2024, with the locomotive change occurring at Crveni Krst.   '''Further information would be welcomed by the compilers.'''

===Požega avoiding line: Rasna – Boračko===
[50, 73] (ERA 222B2) RS24/3

This is a south to east curve avoiding Požega station. When engineering operations close the direct route via Vreoci and Valjevo, this curve is used by diverted, usually overnight, trains between Beograd and Bar.

==Other sparse services==
The following lines have few trains (relative to service levels generally in this country) - fewer than three trains each way on at least three days a week - or do not run each weekday:

{|  class="osstable3"
| 12
| Šabac – Zvornik
| Two train pairs daily
|-
| 20
| Sombor - Subotica
| Two train pairs
|-
| 25
| Vrbas - Sombor
| Service suspended
|-
| 31
| Novi Sad - Orlovat stajalište
| Service suspended 
|-
| 40
| Pančevo Glavna st. - Zrenjanin
| Service suspended
|-
| 60
| Lapovo - Kraljevo
| One train pair daily, one train pair SSuX
|-
| 60
| Kraljevo - Rudnica 
| Two train pairs daily
|-
| 60
| Rudnica - Kosovska Mitrovica Sever
| Service suspended
|-
| 71
| Mala Krsna - Velika Plana
| Service suspended
|-
| 73
| Kraljevo - Stalać
| Two train pairs daily
|-
| 75
| Niš - Zaječar
| Two train pairs daily
|-
| 75
| Negotin - Prahovo pristanište
| Two train pairs daily
|-
| 80
| Niš - Bela Palanka - Pirot - Dimitrovgrad
| Service suspended
|-
| 85
| Niš - Kuršumlija - Prokuplje - Merdare
| Service suspended and removed from journey planner list of stations
|-
| 90
| Niš - Preševo
| Service suspended and removed from journey planner list of stations
|-
| A
| Subotica - Kelebia (Hungary)
| No timetable information found so service may be suspended. 
|-
| B, 10
| Šid - Tovarnik (Croatia)
| Service suspended
|-
| C 
| Bogojevo - Erdut (Croatia)
| Service suspended
|-
| D
| Dimitrovgrad - Kalotina Zapad (Bulgaria)
| Service suspended
|-
| E
| Preševo - Tabanovci (North Macedonia)
| No service since 1 October 2018. See [[Border Crossings: North Macedonia - Serbia]].
|-
| G, 50
| Prijepolje Teretna - Bijelo Polje (Montenegro)
| One train pair all year, second train pair 14 June to 15 September 2024
|}

==Deletions since previous edition==

{| class="dpetable3"
| 54
| Beograd Rasp. Dedinje - Beograd Rasp. Karađorđev Park [[File:Beograd_North.png|100px|thumb|left]]
| From 2021/2022 it had a good suburban service. 
|-
| 70
| Paraćin - Gilje (Rasputnica Ćuprija) via 2015 new cut-off avoiding Ćuprija station [[File:Cuprija_2.jpg|100px|thumb|left]]
| Since the December 2017 timetable and according to the journey planner in January 2023 all services are booked to call at Ćuprija, so this line has no service. 
|-
|}

==See also==
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