December 21 (SeeNews) - Belgrade city government launched a 60 million euro ($67.9 million) tender for project management and supervision of the construction of the city's first metro line, deputy mayor Goran Vesic said.
"The contract will be in force for seven plus two years, including the warranty period after the launch of the first metro line in 2028," Vesic said in a press release on Monday.
Serbia started the construction of Belgrade metro on November 22. The procurement of trains and the beginning of testing, the completion of construction works on the first line is planned for February 2026. Completion of the first metro line and commissioning are expected in 2028.
Earlier this year, the Serbian government signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with PowerChina and French companies Alstom and Egis Rail for the construction of the Belgrade metro.
According to the preliminary design of the project, the Belgrade metro network will initially consist of two lines of 22 km and 19.8 km in length respectively and will integrate four urban railway lines. The first line of the metro will run along the Sava river, crossing downtown Belgrade, and will link the Makisko Polje area in the southwestern part of the Serbian capital to the Mirijevo neighbourhood in the northeast, near the Danube river. The second line will connect Zemun, a northwestern suburb of Belgrade, to the Mirijevo neighbourhood through the New Belgrade urban municipality.
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