This is an article about the transport infrastructure of 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 arteries in the city are the 3 km long Liberation Boulevard , the Europe Boulevard, Futoška road, and Temerinska road.
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):
Former bridges on the Danube:
Planned bridges on the Danube:
Bridges over the Danube-Tisa-Danube Canal (from west):
Former bridges on the Danube-Tisa-Danube Canal:
Planned bridges on the Danube-Tisa-Danube Canal:
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The railway station is situated in the Banatić neighborhood not far from the city centre. The lines from it connect Novi Sad with major towns in Vojvodina, such as Subotica (and then further on to Budapest - a line currently being upgraded to high-speed rail), Sombor, Bačka Topola, Vrbas, Zrenjanin, Inđija and the Serbian capital, Belgrade.
The Soko high-speed train (its name meaning falcon in English) connects Belgrade and Novi Sad with a journey time of up to 36 minutes. With maximum speed of 200 km/h, it is the fastest train in Serbia.
Novi Sad has the commercial Port of Novi Sad on the banks of the Danube and the Danube-Tisa-Danube Canal. There is also a tourist port near Varadin Bridge in the city centre welcoming various river cruise vessels from across Europe.[ citation needed ] Novi Sad has several water-sports marinas near Ribarsko Ostrvo, Liman and Petrovaradin harbouring small sailboats and sporting/recreational vessels.[ citation needed ]
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 to the south, 90 minutes 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 transport is operated by JGSP Novi Sad.
There are also various taxi companies serving the city.
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