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Transport in Bosnia and Herzegovina

overview of transportation in Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 12, 2026
Entity authorityQ1288486 ↗
Source-derived summary

Bosnia and Herzegovina has facilities for road, rail and air transport. There are five international road routes and 20 state highways, with bus connections to many countries. Railways total just over 1,000 km with links to Croatia and Serbia. There are 25 airports, seven of them with paved runways. The Sava River is navigable, but its use is limited.

Roadways

total: 21,846 km

paved: 11,425 km (4,686 km of interurban roads)

unpaved: 10,421 km (2006)

Roads

International

E65

E73 (Pan-European corridor Vc), A1 highway

E661

E761

E762

State highways

M-1.8

M-2

M-4

M-4.2

M-5

M-6

M-6.1

M-8

M-11

M-14

M-14.1

M-14.2

M-15

M-16

M-16.1

M-16.2

M-16.3

M-16.4

M-17

M-17.2

M-17.3

M-18

M-19

M-19.2

M-19.3

M-20

National and international bus services

Bosnia & Herzegovina is well connected to other countries in Europe. The main bus station of Sarajevo has its own website. The main provider of international bus connection in Bosnia & Herzegovina is Eurolines. There are routes to Croatia, Germany, Austria, France, Netherlands, Montenegro, Belgium, Denmark, Sweden and Serbia. Despite Bosnia & Herzegovina's geographical closeness to Serbia, there is only one bus a day, which takes more than 8 hours due to the lack of proper roads.

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