RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION IN YUGOSLAVIA, (1932 - 1950)

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• Publication Date: September 10, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFOR~'ATI~"!
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. RAST,~GkD 27'~L'?:i'F.~~ i:. ~:~is,:''S.h, (19'?? - 195)
The fvlloxing report ie one oY several taken from IaYora~ativrS
~'irucaik o oslsv9.Ai, a handhooD: published isregu7ar siace late
Aq~t3 by i Yugaslsr Directorate for Fni'ornatioa.
Rai~reaa~ ~!re~na~rtationj l~ ~ 1
Bailrpad? are the basic and most f~portant means of trausyvrtatiou in Ytti;o?
slsviay coat+titutfrg 85 pezcent oY all ~rsana of traas~ortotion.
'Fhe pretrar Yugoslav railroad netvork~vua y,678.2 kilometers long; in 1948,
ii-alas 1,48x.1 kilometers long, the Yolloviu~ s3.ovs the lengCh of railroad
linaVA Yroa 1932 to 1948.
1932
1933
1934
1935
1935
1937
~ 1938
1939
3.940
1941
19k2
1~A
1945
1946
1947
19b8
NAW_~ NBM
NR ~ f0!
9,362.7
9,272.1
9,373.0
9,3887
9,437.5
9,4Fi6.8
9,515.8
9,648.2
9,648.x_
9,655.5
9,678.2
5,27x?0
9,839.6
10,296.9:
1D, 976.1
11,482.1
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 grog 194.;. to lui5, the ~:nsr~ eau3ed hc~r^? d~ ~~ t~ . Ni,,;?oa,, lines (E4 yer-
eaat of 'ihlch uero deatroy~j, briflgeq f{r_, ?~,....,?i~a _
rosit Dare (about to pereentj. ~ The total der;age-to~rai]xor:dauo3auu`ed~o ?5~-
bil :icn d3nara, not including the leas is raflraad elYiciEncy.
z,~aASendex Tran~rtation
:1t ti~3 enu' oP 1939, th, valve::: oP &essengu? tr~~nertstion trio ssbo:tt
3,"=50,oe~o,ooo r~nenger-ki3.o~ters. i'lte railrord9 hscl 5,617 passenger crra
at their diagg8u]. at ttat timn.. /d'ter. the .liberation, the ep7e~~a o_~ -._,._
crtsueyoxTatian stetted to increana ra i ~.......er,ge`
t'aen tzunopcsrtatlonIacliitioQ avaLlnble~onditheanu~hl~toP tiiaprogortion be-
aceom~adsted. In 1948, the volute ua8 n?~nat passengora to be
'sataile there s~ero 5,5',000,000 passenger-kL_a~ters
970 Yewer passenger cars the~it in 1939. ,
'Pb*ee basis: rcmrons Por the increase in the number o% pn~,sen,SsrF acre the
Poi.aauing;
1. The rapid .rate oP construction in %tigoslavia required extensive mobi].i-
zcstior_ of m sipouar. since hcucing could uoi be aavlded user pYnces aP e.~la~-
aent, uorkc,ra have ;utd to commute to 'rcrk every day, ir~aers oP n :corker's
Ptmiy eve oPtea traveled for the ssne reason.
2. paid vacatiana Por the working people rend other benePite Por the and
t:.air Families al.losr theme to spend vacnticna in various parts oP the country,
rvhieh has also incseaaed the ntu?ber oP paodengera over the prewar average.
3? Relative.7.y lox passenger tranaportntion rates in relation to consider-
ab],Y increased poatt,~,r wages.
The number oP paeaengara transported and the mt.?nber oP passenger cars uaa
ea Yolloxs;
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mi311ona
rru+a sacs.
thouannda
1932
36.7E
,~6
5
1933
32.9
,
5
200
1934
6
71
,
1~,5
.
5,170
1936
45.9
5,135
8
1937
54,7
5,10
134
5
'~93~
59.3
-.
,
1
0
1939
61
6
3
5,
1940
.
5,167
__
126
5
1945
-_
,
587
1
1946
X
,
3,592
1947
0.5
881
3
1~
154.0
,
4,219
A conatnnt.>,y increasing voluno oP passenger transportation neceaNitntea
grovid.ing more camaPortaDle passenger traneyortation, although 3o?eatic industry
x131 not be-able to construct passenger care in the required gunntities in the
asst fuLtLee. Consegnently, mkxim~a circulation oP passenger care (thravgh tut-
Cei scheQaling aixi maaa rapid ci,asning and maintenance), decreasing time spent
oa repairu, un8 roetoration of uar~damaged equipment ere necessary, att is the
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At the en$ oP 7.939; the volur.~ oP freight transportation aaa about
th,~;44Q taa=~,,I~tara; it had increased to ?,500,000,06) in las1~, e1_
~~.u Fnrta..an Pran111L?iaA trexa is ~, ' TM~dition tbnn before the urr.
.Yw` ~ixv iacYp~u.9~ '~'e~r . ~~vut
av817,sb1`S tr~l~'t6tioaa facilities, only t~x3h t;se better utlliwtian oP
tiA ~~ ~'~.:c~.9r3 GYe:uRt '~~ Y'-"=~1:4 trd:iic F.s tho resu7.t oY iucre,~~a .,...
~+T~+Xtirr,, Por Yp~ai_.??, .~_a not et reached the --
tnt?sroati'aa~nl tx'an8portatiez~. TransA; irhPP1c tbr~ I're~rar I.evsi i,.aa4.,
~teb~n ~ central ~vroteeaa eocintriea ~ YuE;oslavia (betwe~
tray. grest3y reduced. , uXe2 0rcece, iurYey, Fnd the *.{ear P:avi>)
?~'reig:;t t.`alaic in s939 cr*~t:ozed t~ith 3~!i8 pro.; as Pa)1oss;
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.Ores
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5
Increase in 1'''9
Over 1 39 (~)S.
l
"'"'~'"Tta, cP ferrone and .
&27
x,2
5
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:axud.groeeaeed lnaber
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4~~
2 0?b
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7b0
3,~3
lg6
170
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dtbsr'~sinntzeactioa aateria,].
~t~'a1II $rOdnCt0
1
2~
2,851E
1,31
'-,722
6,,~
l,t~Z
107
30j
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1~7
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1b9
~~~''~~ ~ g cent oB~'''.s1i0n had increased 79 percent and paaeen6a;.
1`nat~}~ttiana d9,d sot satisfy v_y,'a~ ~' al.thaugh ro'_lirg stock sad t9chrxicsl.
xohxevKd;os?ly through ~' ~ -~ needs. Such signipieant iIICkaBC.:~9 trere
~~:.. Pi'~ex' ntSlisatian of ~r~~eaa ...ati ;u .;
lu'gaAiZ~;7.01; aad the 3tmost cgogeration oP reilroad empl yeeat~' ae:tcr
t~ ate1538 ss 100, the iadez 13eted below ahmas hoar Yaci]ltiea wer~r bet-
- , erithout increasing thclr ntacbar:
Freight transportation (tone)
~? t~p~aticw (car7.oado)
'
175
~vee ~auligg diatacce oY frei
ht
lb3
g
(kilometers)
e d4stance:tr,:veled by
us
'`
p
engsr? (kiloweters)
8amber oP IsaaB~nngera transported
$reiajht ear axle fwd (r,~)
Aaa'k pradntctivitq per ~plo]ree
roum3, ties oaf Px'eight cars
~
3
260
115
125
~-~ caricaa Etons)
60
~ X957.. IIodevex, ire3gnt :t,~an; 3y,~W,000 tat.: aP freight to be traasporter3
alma, vLinh aawaa the trasas portation in 1951 vi7.i be close Eo 62 ~i].lion
p~xtittion tnlwn wr79 ,.- _._~- _ _
s?goslavi,R centtot aomat oa?buyin8 m~baze of freight cars and losonotivea
'' nor ~aC dcr9ns~ic indnatry Lo be, able to satieRy ?'egpiremente for
~tioa Yac131tiea. ghia.ttteeae that I118flslavia !xast tarn tU better
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utilization of freight cars, farther' redv^tion in haulix~ tiff;;, tree of t.
freight vherever 3yoasi~rle Par c(:al, ,1=~.,ox, ste. redueti;i =;A~
,Lxd' ~i
&7d a; ny h r"'d iutn;dretinn of 1ca33rt;a:xd unicw.d+r, ion of locdir~ _3 ct?
18 --,~ 3undaya, hblid~ga,
1'PerSecger 2.ransru^tn~ica
Tn 1y50, the aumS:,er of T:; J3aesngrn
u' ~~ ircrcen8 wo_*e than in l~~ ~ t= Wo_o'teu increc:~ex to 1
7 rile L1Z.~,.ber Of 79 aillioa;
"~.s ~?3 bi111cn, or r3 percent rota th:,u iu ~5~~7r";"'zover-kilnrrwtere trz~vcle;?
rai;ras3s V spite of consideraxale L*^_rrovem.nt. in ,_tiliz_a,
-..- rot role io ravide c ~ `~"~"~' of 1'3ooen~er c:sc
eenz^y.srs. P c.~ox.eble acc?~auationn Yor ao s;in
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