Željeznice Federacije Bosne i Hercegovine is the railway operator in Bosnia and Herzegovina that operates rail services in the Muslim-majority part of the country, south of the city of Doboj. The company was established in 2001. It handles both passenger and freight rail transport. Its rolling stock mainly consists of passenger cars from the former …
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Željeznice Republike Srpske is the railway operator serving routes north of the city of Doboj, in the “Serbian” part of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The rolling stock of the Railways of the Republic of Srpska mainly consists of old passenger cars that once belonged to Yugoslav Railways, as well as a railbus purchased from the Slovenian …
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The train from Sarajevo to Mostar and back is the only railway connection in Bosnia and Herzegovina that is popular among tourists. The trains continue to Čapljina, and on summer weekends, to the Croatian port of Ploče. However, regardless of the season, most passengers board and disembark in Mostar. The first train from Sarajevo to …
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The first Mostar train station was officially opened on June 14, 1885, although the first test trains had been arriving in Mostar about six months earlier. The railway line along the Neretva River and other lines in what is now Bosnia and Herzegovina were initially narrow-gauge (760 mm). The first steam locomotive departed from Mostar …
Sarajevo is the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the country’s largest railway hub. The Sarajevo train station is a very large building, from which around ten trains depart each day. The station was built between 1947 and 1952, designed by architects from Czechoslovakia and the German Democratic Republic. At the time of its opening, …