Two services share this corridor, and only one of them ends at an actual station called Novi Sad. The high-speed Soko covers the distance from Beograd centar in 36 minutes and lands there directly. Most of the other trains on the line stop across the river at Petrovaradin instead, with a bus covering the last stretch into town. Which one you end up on matters more than what time it leaves.
This page will not hand over a departure time for either direction. The operator does publish a printed timetable. It runs as many as eighteen train numbers across the top of a page against sixteen times printed below them, and picking a single departure out of it here risked matching the wrong number to the wrong hour. What follows instead is what actually holds up: which station to aim for, which category of train needs a reservation. It also covers what the operator does and does not charge, and exactly where to check the time before you travel.
If you are planning what to do once you are across the river, Novi Sad in a day covers the fortress, the old town and its two museums. This page stays with the journey itself.
The short version. The Soko high-speed service reaches Novi Sad station in 36 minutes from Beograd centar, launched in March 2022 and extended to Subotica on 8 October 2025, running at around 200 km/h. Most other trains on the corridor terminate instead at Petrovaradin, on the far bank of the Danube, with a connecting bus for the last stretch: roughly 30 a day against the Soko’s 9. Reservation is compulsory on any train marked Soko. No single one-way fare for Belgrade to Novi Sad is published anywhere; the operator only publishes season-ticket prices and a separate fare for the different Belgrade-Subotica relation. Departure times are not repeated here: read the printed timetable directly, or run the live search, before committing to a train.
On this page
Picking the station you actually want
Roughly 30 trains a day run this corridor and stop at Petrovaradin, on the opposite bank of the Danube from central Novi Sad. Only about 9 a day are the fast Soko service, reaching an actual station named Novi Sad in 36 minutes from Beograd centar. The two are not interchangeable, and buying a ticket without checking which one applies can leave you across the river from where you meant to go.
The operator’s own printed timetable marks the difference with an asterisk: any train carrying it runs only as far as Petrovaradin, with a bus laid on for the last stretch into town. If a booking does not name Novi Sad itself as the stop, plan on that bus rather than a platform in the centre. Novi Sad in a day covers what changes about the first ten minutes once you are across the river.
Trusting the live search over either printed page
The operator publishes two documents about this line, and they do not fully agree. The printed corridor timetable lists Regio, InterRegio, RegioExpress and InterCity trains running from Beograd centar toward Petrovaradin and Subotica. Its own footnote sends every one of those services to Petrovaradin rather than to an actual Novi Sad station. Nowhere in that timetable’s own list of stops does the name Novi Sad appear for the conventional service.
A separate page describing the Soko service on its own states a 36-minute run into Novi Sad station itself, distinct from the printed corridor timetable. Neither document explains how the two fit together, and this collection could not reconcile them from what either one publishes. Both pages come from the same operator. This is not a case of one being outdated and the other current; it is two official descriptions of the same corridor that simply do not line up in print. Treat any booking as ending at Petrovaradin unless the live search names Novi Sad as the actual stop, and trust that search over either printed page.
Starting from the correct Belgrade station
Every departure on this route starts from Beograd centar, the terminus named throughout the operator’s current timetable and repeated in its own same-day service notices. It is the station to look for, and it is in active daily use rather than a name kept only on paper.
Do not confuse it with Novi Beograd, a separate and smaller stop. It closes to passengers from 9 September to 31 December 2026 for engineering works, with a temporary halt at Tosin bunar standing in during the closure. If a schedule or a map mentions Novi Beograd, it is not talking about this train.
Reading the timetable without a printed time
We do not give a departure time here, and this is why. Srbija Voz publishes a dense timetable PDF for this corridor at https://www.srbvoz.rs/red-voznje-kurir/bgcent_ns_su.pdf, dated June 2026 and covering Beograd centar to Petrovaradin and Subotica. It is printed as a multi-column table, with as many as eighteen train numbers running across a page against sixteen times below them. Every attempt to read a single departure out of it here misaligned a train against the wrong hour. A wrong time is worse than none: it leaves a traveller waiting on a platform for a train that already left, or that never carried that time at all.
The table is also valid only from 14 December 2025 to 12 December 2026, and individual trains within that window carry their own exception calendars for public holidays and specific date ranges. Even a time copied correctly today could stop applying before a later trip. Read the PDF directly, or run the live search at w3.srbvoz.rs/redvoznje, and treat the timetable as something to check on the day rather than print in advance.
Reserving a seat before you board
Four category labels appear on the printed timetable for this line: Regio (Re), InterRegio (IR), RegioExpress (REx) and InterCity (IC). The high-speed Soko runs within that set, and the timetable states plainly, at the foot of every block, that seat reservation is compulsory on any train marked Soko. The timetable does not state whether the other three categories carry the same rule, so do not assume it applies if you are booking one of them instead.
That is not optional depending on how full a train looks. Book the seat when the ticket is booked, whether through the live booking tool or by phone, rather than assuming a quiet-looking departure means the step can be skipped.
| Getting there | Journey time | Reservation | Fare for this route |
|---|---|---|---|
| Soko fast train (IC) | 36 minutes to Novi Sad station | Compulsory | Not published |
| Regular train (Re, IR, REx) | Ends at Petrovaradin, with a connecting bus | Not stated | Not published |
| Intercity bus | Not established from an official source | Not stated | Not published |
Working out what you’ll actually pay
No single Belgrade-Novi Sad fare is published anywhere official. Srbijavoz’s own page for this line gives journey times and top speed, never a one-way ticket price for the trip you are taking. What it does publish is season tickets. A monthly pass on this line costs 7,561 RSD second class on a Regio train, or 13,200 RSD on InterCity, Soko, InterRegio or RegioExpress services; an annual pass covering all trains and all relations costs 72,000 RSD.
It also publishes one-way fares, but only for the different Belgrade-Subotica relation. An IC Soko ticket with reservation costs 1,330 RSD second class or 1,770 RSD first class; an InterRegio ticket costs 1,060 RSD second class or 1,500 RSD first class, with a 5 percent discount for buying online. None of those numbers answer what a single Belgrade-Novi Sad ticket costs. Check the actual fare at booking, through the live search or by phone, rather than budgeting from a figure published for a different route.
Taking the bus instead
A bus service between Belgrade and Novi Sad exists, but neither city’s bus station gives a schedule to plan from in advance. Belgrade’s own station, at Antifasisticke borbe 46 in Novi Beograd, publishes no static route page for this journey, only a from-to-date search form. Its call centre answers daily from 06:00 to 22:00 on 011 2636 299. Novi Sad’s own bus station operator could not be identified from an official source either.
No duration, frequency or fare could be confirmed for the route from any official page. Treat the bus as a real alternative to the train, not a myth. Run the search on the day rather than expecting the printed schedule you might get from a more established route. If the train and its reservation rule feel like more commitment than a day trip needs, the bus trades a fixed schedule for flexibility, at the cost of not knowing the departure until you check.
Checking the schedule yourself before you travel
Srbijavoz runs a live timetable search at w3.srbvoz.rs/redvoznje, where entering a date and stations returns the actual departures rather than a printed guess. The same operator sells tickets through an e-ticket service at webapi1.srbvoz.rs/ekarta.
If you would rather talk to someone, the call centre answers on 011 360 28 99, and the operator also takes questions by email at [email protected]. Any of the three can confirm your specific train’s station, time and reservation rule, which is the information this page has been steering you toward all along.
Getting to know the Soko train
Beyond the station and the seat, the train itself is worth knowing before you book, particularly if comfort and journey time matter to you as much as which platform it leaves from.
When it started, and how far it runs
Srbijavoz calls the Soko the first high-speed train in the history of Serbian railways. Its own page dates the start of service to March 2022, on the reconstructed line north from Belgrade. The service was extended beyond Novi Sad and Petrovaradin to Subotica from 8 October 2025.
What’s on board
The Soko is a double-decker, seating 316 passengers, with wifi and a mini-bar on board, seating set aside for passengers with reduced mobility, and equipment for the European Train Control System. It runs at around 200 km/h, which is what makes the 36-minute run into Novi Sad possible from Beograd centar. None of that changes which station it actually stops at. The equipment and the speed are a separate question from the terminus, worth keeping apart when comparing this service against the other categories on the same line.
Common questions
Which station do I actually want, Novi Sad or Petrovaradin?
Novi Sad station, if it can be arranged: only around 9 trains a day, the fast Soko service, reach it directly, in 36 minutes from Beograd centar. Roughly 30 a day stop at Petrovaradin instead, on the opposite bank, with a connecting bus into town. Check which one your booking actually names before you travel.
Do I need to reserve a seat?
Yes, on any train marked Soko: the printed timetable states reservation is compulsory on those services. It does not state the rule for the other categories on this line, so book yours when you buy the ticket rather than assume it is optional.
How much does a ticket cost?
No single-trip fare for Belgrade to Novi Sad is published anywhere official. The operator publishes season-ticket prices for this line and separate one-way fares for Belgrade to Subotica, but neither answers the question for this route. Check the price at booking, through the live search or by phone.
Is there a bus alternative?
A bus service exists, but neither Belgrade’s nor Novi Sad’s bus station publishes a static schedule, duration or fare for the route from an official source. Run the search on the day rather than expecting a printed timetable.
How do I check the actual departure time?
Use the live search at w3.srbvoz.rs/redvoznje, book through the e-ticket service at webapi1.srbvoz.rs/ekarta, or call the operator’s call centre on 011 360 28 99. Any of the three will confirm the train’s station, time and reservation rule.
Does the Novi Beograd closure affect departures from Beograd centar?
No. Novi Beograd is a separate, smaller stop that closes to passengers from 9 September to 31 December 2026 for engineering works. Beograd centar, the terminus for this route, remains fully operational throughout.
Nearby
Novi Sad in a day covers the fortress and the old town once you have arrived. Sremski Karlovci and Fruska Gora both extend a Novi Sad day into a longer one along the same road. Getting around Belgrade covers the city end of the trip, and planning your Serbia trip ties this route into the wider itinerary.