City owes RSD 400 million to MobiLitas consortium, which operates 52 lines

The City of Belgrade is late with meeting the obligations toward the private transporters which are the capital city’s partner in operating public transport lines, eKapija has learned. The debts pertain to the financial obligations toward the MobiLitas consortium, which operates 52 bus lines within the public transport system of Belgrade. That the debts exist and that they are not small has also been confirmed for eKapija by Drago Tosic, the director of the Consortium of Private Transporters (Konzorcijum privatnih prevoznika).

– Yes, the information is correct. For several months now, the City of Belgrade is late with settling the financial obligations toward us and it currently owes us more than RSD 400 million. The problem is that our daily investments are big, so every delay causes problems with the functioning – emphasizes Tosic.

An additional problem when it comes to providing the public transport service at the moment, Tosic points out, is that the streets are in the worst condition they’ve ever been in.

– There’s damage and malfunctions on vehicles on the lines every day. It is especially pronounced in the summer months when the vehicles are additionally burdened by the air-conditioning devices being switched on and when there is a lower number of vehicles on the streets, which thereby makes them overloaded by passengers more frequently – says Tosic.

MobiLitas doo Požarevac

Konzorcijum privatnih prevoznika

Konzorcijum MobiLitas

Consortium of Private Transporters

MobiLitas Consortium

Drago Tošić

Belgrade public transport