page_title: Trams in Belgrade
section_title: Post-World War II
hierarchical_section_title: Trams in Belgrade / History / Post-World War II
caption_attribution_description: Čeština: tramvaj Tatra KT4YUBM 220 Deutsch: Tatra KT4YUBM 220 in Belgrad English: Tatra KT4YUBM Tram 220 in Belgrade Polski: Tramwaj Tatra KT4YUBM
context_page_description: The Belgrade tram system is a 1000 mm gauge network that in 2011 had 10 routes running on 43.5 kilometres of track in the city of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is operated with around 200 trams, including ČKD Tatra KT4, CAF Urbos, and DUEWAG Be 4/6 vehicles. The first tram line was introduced on 14 October 1892. In the late 2000s, complete reconstruction of the system commenced.
context_section_description: The system was steadily rebuilt after World War II. In 1955 there were eight lines with 162 trams.
  After the war, as the King Alexander Bridge was demolished, several trams remained on the Zemun side. The tram line on the left Sava bank was partially re-established, connecting Zemun and Staro Sajmište, keeping the No. 14.
  In 1956, the first tram produced in Serbia entered the traffic. It was made in the Goša factory in Smederevska Palanka.
  The proper work on creating the Belgrade Metro subway system began with the tenure of mayor Branko Pešić. For that purpose, the Subway section within the city administration was formed in the early 1970s, headed by Branislav Jovin, Belgrade’s chief urban planner at the time. The Section produced the most comprehensive of all subway plans in 1976. In December 1981, the plan Metro Belgrade was finished and was presented to the city council in 1982.
  City organized a compulsory, self-imposed tax (samodoprinos), imposed on the salaries of all employed Belgraders. Set specifically for the construction of the subway, the fund grew to $200 million. As a comparison, city of Vienna, Austria, built its first metro line in 1967 for $100 million. Suddenly, the idea was then declared "too expensive" and the chief city executive Radoje Stefanović suspended the original subway construction plan from 1976 in favor of the expansion of the existing tram system network in 1982 ("With trams into the 21st century" project). According to architect Dragoljub Bakić, Stefanović summoned the engineers who worked on the subway project for 12 years, told them to dig a hole and bury all the metro projects in it.
  In 1984 the tram connected old part of the city with the New Belgrade, across the Sava River, via the Old Sava Bridge. In 1985, the system was extended to 42 km.
  In 1990 and 1991, the system reached its peak usage. This was to change, with the breakup of the former Yugoslavia. Sanctions on Serbia resulted in funding being slashed drastically. Investments in the purchase of new vehicles, spare parts and maintenance of infrastructure were minimal. During 1996 and 1997, tracks were reconstructed in Bulevar revolucije (from Cvetkova pijaca to Radio-industrija), as well as in Ruzveltova Street and Jurija Gagarina Street. The country was bombed in 1999, putting additional pressure on the system.
caption: KT4 tram in Central Belgrade
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