Balkans boost transport links with night trains, 5G highway and electric trolleybuses

Croatia’s national rail operator HŽ Passenger Transport launched a seasonal night‑train service linking inland cities – Vukovar, Osijek and Zagreb – with the Adriatic resort of Split. The trains run nightly from 27 June to 29 August, feature a 40 % fare discount and offer both sleeping‑car and seated options; daytime connections also operate four times daily.

Serbia opened the first digitally‑enabled 5G auto‑road segment of the Moravski corridor, a 29‑km stretch between Kraljevo and Čačak that forms part of a roughly 110‑km motorway. The road is equipped with optical‑fiber communication, real‑time traffic signs and vehicle‑to‑infrastructure connectivity, allowing speeds up to 130 km/h.

Sarajevo completed the first test run of a new Solaris Trollino 18 trolleybus, capable of operating on battery power away from overhead wires. The vehicle travelled from the trolleybus depot to the Dobrinja neighbourhood and onward to the international airport, marking the latest addition to the city’s modernised public‑transport fleet funded by local taxpayers.

Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia temporarily expanded several border crossings for 24‑hour passenger traffic during the summer season, including permanent checkpoints at Čitluk–Jovića Most and Drinovci–Sebišina and three‑month openings at Duži–Imotica, Subašići–Dvorine, Vinica–Aržano and Zagrad–Pašin Potok. The measures aim to ease congestion on the most heavily used routes.