Transport in Novi Sad

Novi Sad is connected by a motorway to Belgrade to the south-east and to Subotica and Hungary to the north. The city has 369 km of roads as of 2004. The main artery in the city is the 3 km long Bulevar Oslobođenja.

Liberty Bridge

Varadin Bridge

Žeželj Bridge

As of 2018, there are ten bridges in Novi Sad municipal area. Six bridges cross the Danube-Tisa-Danube Canal, and four cross the Danube river. Throughout history, many bridges were built and then destroyed during many wars in this region.

These are current bridges over river Danube (from west):

• Liberty Bridge (Most Slobode), built in 1981, destroyed in 1999 and then rebuilt in 2005. It connects Sremska Kamenica with the main Port of Novi Sad.
• Varadin Bridge (Varadinski most), built in 2000 to connect Petrovaradin with city centre.
• Žeželj Bridge (Žeželjev Most), built in 1961 and destroyed in 1999. Reconstructed and reopened in 2018.
• Beška Bridge (Most kod Beške), built in 1975, situated between villages Kovilj and Beška. It was expanded in 2011. It is a part of highway E75.

Former bridges on the Danube:

• Pontoon Bridge (Pontonski most), built in 1788, existed until 1918.
• Railway Bridge (Železnički most), built in 1883, destroyed in 1941, rebuilt in 1941, but destroyed again in 1944.
• Pontoon Bridge (Pontonski most), built in 1914, collapsed in 1924.
• Prince Tomislav Bridge (Most Kraljevića Tomislava), built in 1928, destroyed in 1941.
• Marshal Tito Bridge (Most Maršala Tita), built in 1945, renamed to Varadin Bridge (Varadinski most) in 1991, destroyed in 1999.
• Pontoon Bridge (Pontonski most), built in 1999, removed in 2005.
• Road-Railway Bridge (Drumsko-železnički most), built in 2000 as a temporary solution, because of the halted rail traffic in the aftermath of the NATO attacks in 1999. It had two lines of traffic, which were used for cars and heavy trucks. It was later replaced by the Žeželj bridge.

Bridges over the Danube-Tisa-Danube Canal (from west):

• Futog Bridge (Futoški most) is a small bridge which is mainly used by local farming communities from the surrounding settlements of Kisač, Futog and Bački Petrovac.
• Rumenka Bridge (Rumenački most), situated in Rumenka.
• Railway Bridge (Železnički most), which is part of the railway from Novi Sad to Subotica.
• Klisa Bridge (Klisanski most), is in the city proper and it connects the neighborhoods of Klisa, Vidovdansko Naselje, and Slana Bara with the city centre.
• Temerin bridge (Temerinski most) is part of Temerinski put (Temerin road) and the city proper. It connects the north of the city to the city centre.
• The Temerin Bridge (Temerinski most) is also in the city proper, and it also connects neighborhoods Klisa, Vidovdansko Naselje, Slana Bara etc. with the city centre.
• Kać Bridge (Kaćki most), it connects the city with the E75 highway and some parts of Kać, Budisava and Kovilj.

The 1999 NATO bombings of the bridges of Novi Sad and the subsequent reconstruction, are described in detail in the film The Ister (official site here).



Railways in Novi Sad
to Zmajevo Vrbas Novi Sad to Bački Jarak Stepanovićevo Temerin Novi Sad Kisač Bridge over DTD Canal NIS oil refinery Futog Sajlovo Novi Sad Bački Petrovac Kać to Petrovac–Gložan industrial sidings depot Budisava Novi Sad ranžirna yard Novi Sad depot Novi Sad Titel DTD Canal to Šajkaš Novi Sad harbor Novi Sad Petrovaradin DTD Canal meets Danube River to Petrovaradin

The railway station is situated not far from the city centre (in Banatić neighborhood), and connects Novi Sad with Budapest (currently under construction until end of 2024) but also with major towns in Vojvodina, such as Subotica, Sombor, Bačka Topola, Vrbas, Zrenjanin, Inđija and the Serbian capital, Belgrade.

The "Soko" - ("Falcon" in english) high-speed train connects Belgrade and Novi Sad non-stop. With a journey time of up to 36 minutes, it is the fastest train in Serbia.

Novi Sad has a commercial port on the banks of Danube and Danube-Tisa-Danube Canal, named Port of Novi Sad. There is also a tourist port near Varadin Bridge in the city centre welcoming various river cruise vessels from across Europe. Novi Sad has several water-sports marinas near Ribarsko Ostrvo, Liman and Petrovaradin harbouring small sail boats and sporting/recreational vessels.

Novi Sad has one airport, Čenej Airport, with a grass runway. It is used for small aircraft, mainly for farming and sporting purposes. It is situated next to the suburb of Čenej, about 10 km north from Novi Sad. The nearest international airport is Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport, about 90 km south, an hour and a half drive from Novi Sad.

The main public transportation system in Novi Sad consists of bus lines. In the urban part of Novi Sad and Petrovaradin there are 21 bus lines, as well as 36 lines which connect villages and towns in the Novi Sad municipality, but also villages and towns in surrounding municipalities of Beočin, Temerin and Sremski Karlovci, Žabalj and Inđija. Bus transportation is operated by JGSP Novi Sad.

In addition, there are various taxi companies serving the city.

• Bridges of Novi Sad (in Serbian)
• Bridges of Novi Sad (in Hungarian)
• Port of Novi Sad (in Serbian)