Today’s live text updates
I think my earliest ever #CrossBorderRail summary video 🙂
But I am done for today with the journey!
IC 543
08:00 Subotica - Beograd Centar 09:19
Distance: 175.1km
Average speed: 133km/h
5 stops:
Subotica
Bačka Topola
Vrbas Nova
Petrovaradin
Novi Beograd
Beograd Centar
This train, mapped: https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-2026-spring-tour_1361108#9/45.451494/20.034660
#CrossBorderRail 2026 Spring Tour Train 32 of 86
IC 543 (SOKO)
08:00 Subotica - Beograd Centar 09:19
Srbija Voz
Train type: Stadler EMU, 4 double deck carriages
⚡️ (25kV ac)
🚲: ✅
🦽: ✅ (step free into lower level)
🛜: ⛔️ (it’s installed, but won’t work)
🍽️: ✅ (snacks, coffee)
🧳: 🙂 (decent space on lower level, large doors)
🧽: 🙂
Interrail: 😐 (needs compulsory reservation, quite cheap, but not sure how much as I am not on Interrail today)
R 7300
05:23 Szeged - Subotica 06:55
Distance: 45.6km
Average speed: 30km/h
8 stops:
Szentmihalytelek
Röszke
Horgos
Backi Vinogradi
Hajdukovo
Palic
Subotica Jav. Skladista
Subotica
This train, mapped: https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-2026-spring-tour_1361108#12/46.169013/19.907227
#CrossBorderRail 2026 Spring Tour Train 31 of 86
R 7300
05:23 Szeged - Subotica 06:55
MÁV, Srbija Voz
Train type: Metrowagonmash DMU, 2 carriages
⛽️ (although line is electrified)
🚲: ✅
🦽: ❓ (theoretically possible, but it's so hard to get up into it hell knows how)
🛜: ⛔️
🍽️: ⛔
🧳: 😐 (ok once in, hard to get in)️
🧽: 😐 (️it's orderly, but it's grimy and worn and poorly maintained inside)
Interrail: 🙂 (accepted)
Here's this morning's #CrossBorderRail intro video, still half asleep as it is far too early!
Welcome to today's thread - #CrossBorderRail 2026 Tour Day 09 - 6 Mar - Szeged - Subotica - Beograd
New borders:
None
Borders already crossed:
Röszke 🇭🇺 - Horgoš 🇷🇸
My first trip on the Chinese built line Subotica – Novi Sad – Beograd. OK, it’s a very early start in the morning, but you cannot win them all!
Today's routes on the routes map:
https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-2026-spring-tour_1361108#9/45.523982/20.034660
Here’s today’s #CrossBorderRail summary video
A lot happened today 😀
Today's #CrossBorderRail I've had:
Track repairs - +10 Frankfurt, but I continued
Medical emergency on another train - forced me to re-route via Ingolstadt-Regensburg instead of München
Extra unscheduled stop at Amstetten - police called to confiscate a package, presumably drugs. And I switched to a different train
And - despite all of that - I am ONLY 1 hour late, 45 mins from Szeged!
IC 718
20:06 Köbanya-Kispest - Szeged 22:16
Distance: 179.2km
Average speed: 83km/h
8 stops:
Ferihegy
Cegled
Nagykörös
Kecskemet
Kiskunfelegyhaza
Kistelek
Szatymaz
Szeged
This train, mapped: https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-2026-spring-tour_1361108#9/46.913689/19.226074
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Today’s introduction and summary videos
All the #CrossBorderRail daily videos are on my Peertube channel
Today’s photos
Today’s background
New borders:
None
Borders already crossed:
Kehl 🇩🇪 – Krimmeri-Meinau 🇫🇷
Back to France from the EAB Project start.
Today’s route
The full zoomable and scrollable map, including today’s route, is on uMap here.




