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 | | According to the Vienna Railway Convention, signed in March 1880, Serbian Kingdom obliged itself to commence the construction of the railway, and finish it in three years, so that the first train path, on the section Belgrade – Nis, could be determined. |
 | | Building of the railway started in June 1881, and the Duke Milan Obrenovic, near the bridge on Mokri Lug River, along the Topcider Road (near the entrance of Belgrade Fair today) with silver pickax put the foundation of modern Serbian railways. |
 | | The first passenger on the train was the King Milan Obrenovic, traveling with his escort to Vienna, and did not attend the formal opening of the railway Belgrade-Nis, the first rail in his Kingdom. |
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