Tito's Blue Train
The Blue train at the opening of the final section of the Belgrade–Bar railway with two JŽ D66/761s, its crew in the foreground, 28 May 1976. | |
| Overview | |
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| Service type | Passenger train |
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| Current operator(s) | Serbian Railways |
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| Route | |
| Line(s) used | Sarajevo–Ploče line |
| Technical | |
| Rolling stock | JŽ class 11 JŽ D66/761s JŽ 666 |
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) |
| Operating speed | 140 km/h (85 mph) |
Tito's Blue Train (Serbian: Плави воз, romanized: Plavi voz; Croatian: Plavi vlak; Slovene: Modri vlak; Macedonian: Синиот воз, romanized: Siniot voz) is the popular name of the former state luxury train of Yugoslav Marshal Josip Broz Tito, president of the former Yugoslavia. More than 60 statesmen and world leaders traveled on the blue train during its service. Some of the surviving rolling stock is now operated as a tourist attraction on the 476-kilometre (296 mi) Belgrade–Bar railway, between Belgrade, capital of Serbia, and Bar, a coastal town in Montenegro.