Peter
Traveller
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Posted 15 years ago
[b]BELGRADE (Beograd) - SKOPJE - THESSALONIKI / ATHENS / ISTANBUL | Balkan Express night train[/b]
By overnight train from Belgrade (Serbia) to Thessaloniki (Greece).
Find a [b]video documentation[/b] in the railcc blog: [u]https://rail.cc/blog/belgrade-thessaloniki-train-video/[/u]
[b]More information:[/b]
Belgrade - Thessaloniki: [u]https://rail.cc/en/train/belgrade-to-thessaloniki[/u]
Thessaloniki - Belgrade: [u]https://rail.cc/en/train/thessaloniki-to-belgrade[/u]
Interrail and Eurail pass reservations are available at the station (inexpensive) or online at [ux]https://rail.shop/acprail/reservation[/ux]
[b]Older information[/b]:
TIMETABLE:
Day Train (free)
Beograd Dep: 0750
Nis Arr: 1200
Nis Dep: 1215
Skopje Arr: 1659
Skopje Dep: 1730
Thessaloniki Arr: 2237
Night train (supplements bellow)
Beograd Dep: 2150
Nis Arr: 0159
Nis Dep: 0220
Skopje Arr: 0706
Skopje Dep: 0740
Thessaloniki Arr: 1254
1-bed-compartment (only 1st class)
Rail pass fare: EUR 66
Standard fare: ?
2-bed-compartment
Rail pass fare: EUR 33
Standard fare: EUR 98
3-bed-compartment
Rail pass fare: EUR 20
Standard fare: EUR 85
couchette (6-beds compartment)
Rail pass fare: n/a
Standard fare: n/a
seat (2nd class only)
Rail pass fare: n/a
Standard fare: n/a
[b]Update: Nov 2016[/b]
mihce_slo
Traveller
25 comments
Aren't there any seats on this night train?
SiDUDe
Traveller
752 comments
I dont think so - and for €11 a sleeper is a bargain!
mihce_slo
Traveller
25 comments
Yeah :) , that's true. One more question about the Thessaloniki - Beograd route or well for the whole Balkan railways, are delays frequent?
SiDUDe
Traveller
752 comments
yes, and long
Peter
Traveller
9331 comments
calculate 3-4 hours... sometimes more, sometimes less... and take enough beer (and water) with you... ;)
ShoRa
Traveller
29 comments
There are seats on Belgrade - Thessaloniki night train, and they are free. There is also one day train on that route.
To go to Athens, you have to change trains in Thessaloniki.
On Belgrade - Sofia - Istanbul route, there used to be direct sleeper only for 15 - 20 EUR supplement (3, or 2 bed compartment), but from December 2008. it isn't runnig anymore. Don't be fooled by timetables which say that it's running. They told it will run again in July, but still no...only way to find out, if it started running again, is to ask directly on Belgrade or Istanbul sirkeci stations.
All in all, if you need to go from Belgrade to Istanbul, you need to take ordinary seat to Sofia at 7:50, and then change there to night train to Istanbul, frome where you have couchette (not more than 10EUR) or sleeper.
ShoRa
Traveller
29 comments
Istanbul - Beograd sleeping car resumed operation! Supplements are:
3 bed slepper - 20EUR
2 bed sleeper - 33EUR
1 bed sleeper - 66EUR (only first class)
Timetable
Beograd 07:50 - Istanbul Sirkeci 08:19 (next day)
Istanbul Sirkeci 22:00 - Beograd 19:18
PhoenixsHonour
Traveller
1 comments
This is probably a slightly ditzy question, but I'd rather be sure.
My friend and I (both female) are planning to travel from Beograd to Thessaloniki next year, among other journeys. Can we take two beds in a 3 bed sleeper at 20 EUR each, and presumably some other person taking up the third bed, or do you have to have three people and completely occupy them?
Thanks for any help! :)
Flo
Traveller
10723 comments
Hi!
You dont have to fully book a sleeper compartment, if you make two reservations in a triple sleeper the thrid bed could be occupied by another person or not. I've travelled several times in a 3 or 4 bed sleeper and ended up having the whole compartment for my own. :)
Flo 8)
orestgreece
Traveller
44 comments
because the topic is little bit old,those routes are still continued or are different timetables now ???
Flo
Traveller
10723 comments
Timetables should be the same as of now - but there is the big timetable change in mid-december (as every year) which might affect these connections as well. As soon as there are reliable informations we check all topic and correct the data if neccessary. ;)
Flo 8)
Wesley
Traveller
25 comments
[u]https://rail.cc/de/new-trains-from-thessaloniki-to-skopje-belgrade-and-sofia/f5508[/u]
Like all international train routes to and from Greece, the overnight train Hellas-Express and the day train Olympus from Belgrade - Skopje - Thessaloniki have been discontinued indefinitely last February, due to the dire economic situation in Greece. The advice: take a long-distance bus...
Chonaic17
Traveller
1 comments
I know that reservations are compulsory on the Belgrade-Thessaloniki route, but as far as I can see the only way to reserve tickets is by being in the station. Does anyone know of another way to reserve tickets? Or how busy does this train usually get in mid-June?
Flo
Traveller
10723 comments
Hi!
No, you dont need a reservation for travelling in a regular seat.
You need a reservation for a couchette though - this is not available online but can be made at stations in many European countries (sometimes you would have to go to the international counters).
You should be fine though making a reservation a few days in advance in mid-june.
EDIT: I just checked, you can make the reservation online at [ux]https://rail.shop/acprail/reservation[/ux] but it will be more expensive compared to buying at a ticket desk.
Flo 8)
Peter
Traveller
9331 comments
And a video documentation of the overnight train Belgrade to Thessaloniki is here: [u]https://rail.cc/blog/belgrade-thessaloniki-train-video/[/u]
Pete :)