JGSP Novi Sad (; full legal name in ) is a public transit company for the city of Novi Sad and is under the city's jurisdiction. The company conducts intercity lines for areas in Temerin, Žabalj, Sremski Karlovci and Irig.

History

The beginnings of public transportation in Novi Sad date back to 1868, when the city authorities at the time were asked to grant permission for public passenger coaches to be used around the city. The number of public horse drawn coaches kept growing that by 1884 their activity was regulated by a statute.

With the development of the City of Novi Sad came the idea of introducing electric trams. The first tram in Novi Sad started working and servicing passengers on 30 September 1911. When Novi Sad became the center of the newly formed Danube Banovina in 1929, the population size of the city increased exponentially. In 1930, the city authorities decided to buy three buses for public transportation. Public transportation was on the rise, but with the outbreak of World War II, and the occupation, bus traffic was reduced. The interruption of tram traffic came in 1944 as a result of the Allied bombing where a power station was badly damaged. The tram service restarted on 25 May 1945.

The decision of the National Committee established the City transport company () on 3 August 1946. With the growing use of buses for public transportation, tram services were completely cancelled and demolished by 1958.

In order to ensure better conditions for the reception and dispatch of suburban and intercity passengers, the Novi Sad bus station was built and opened in December 1967, next to the Novi Sad railway station. Seventy new Volvo buses were launched in 1969 out of 110 in GSP bus lot that year.

By the decision of the City Council of Novi Sad in 1991, GSP was declared a public enterprise under the jurisdiction of the City. The workers council was abolished and a management board was formed, consisting of representatives of the city and the enterprise.

In November 2024, the company's director Mladen Papović was arrested in an international police action as being part of the group which was involved in smuggling narcotics from abroad; as a result, Milan Balać was appointed as new company's director.

Buses As of January 2016, JGSP Novi Sad has 290 buses (89 articulated and 201 solo) in its fleet operating in urban and suburban lines, with the average bus age of 13.5 years.

According to the list of registered buses for the calendar year of 2015, JGSP Novi Sad has the following bus brands in its fleet: Volvo, Ikarbus, Solaris, Irisbus and Neobus.

Lines Urban Lines All urban lines are classified under I zone of public transportation.

As of June 2026, these are the following urban bus lines:

Urban Lines 1: Klisa — Centar — Liman 1 2: Centar — Novo Naselje 3: Detelinara — Centar — Petrovaradin 3A: Railway Station -- Pobeda 3B Petrovaradin (OŠ "Jovan Dučić) -- Puckaroš 4: Railway station — Centar— Liman 4 5: Temerinski put — Centar — Avijatičarsko Naselje 6: Podbara — Centar — Adice 7: 7A Novo Naselje — Railway Station — Liman 4 — Novo Naselje 7B Novo Naselje — Liman 4 — Railway station — Novo Naselje 8: Novo Naselje — Centar — Liman 1 9: Novo naselje -- Liman — Petrovaradin 10: Centar — Industrijska zona Jug 11: 11A Railway station — Hospital — Liman — Railway station 11B Railway station — Liman — Hospital — Railway station 12: Centar — Telep 13: Detelinara -- Liman -- Univerzitet 14: Centar — Sajlovo 15: Centar -- Industrijska Zona Sever 16: Railway station -- Pristanišna zona 17: Centar -- TC "BIG" 19:Railway station -- RTV -- Mišeluk (Bolnica)

Daily urban lines start from 04:30 till midnight, except lines 8, 11a and 11B (from 05:00 till midnight), and lines 10, 15, 16, 17, 19 which vary depending on the day . Lines 18A and 18B are overnight lines and they have four or five departure schedules from midnight till 04:00 in the morning.

Articulated buses run on working days and weekends on individual or majority of the departure lines for 4, 5, 7a, 7b and 8.

Suburban Lines Suburban lines of Novi Sad have five zones (I, II, III, IV, V), and in the intercity traffic and neighboring districts exist four zones, with nine zones when including sub-zones (IIA, IIIA, IIIB, VA, VB).

All suburban lines depart from the bus terminals from the main Novi Sad bus station and the Novi Sad railway station, with few departures also conducted from the city center, as well as Industrial Zones North and South.

The suburban lines function according to the principle of tournaise, which means that there is no specific departure interval, but the buses run on different lines during the day (unlike the city lines which have a certain departure interval and the vehicle only runs on a specific line during the day).

As of June 2026, these are the following suburban bus lines:

Suburban Lines 21 Šangaj 22 Kać 23 Budisava 24 Kovilj 30 Pejićevi Salaši 35 Čenej 41 Rumenka 42 Kisač 43 Stepanovićevo 52 Veternik 53 Old Futog 54 Futog (Grmečka street) 55 Futog (Braće Bošnjak street) 56 Begeč 64 Bukovac 68 Sremska Kamenica (Vojinovo) 69 Sremska Kamenica (Čardak) 71 Sremska Kamenica (Bocke) 72 Sremska Kamenica (Paragovo) 73 Sremska Kamenica (Mošina Vila) 74 Popovica 76 Ledinci

Articulated buses run on working days on individual or majority of the departure lines for 22, 23, 24, 32, 33, 41, 42, 43, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 61, 62 and 64. On other lines regular or mini-buses are used. On Saturdays and Sundays, these lines exclusively use regular or mini-buses, except on Saturdays during certain departure dates for lines 24, 32, 52, 53, 54, 55, and 56.

Intercity Lines As of June 2026, these are the following intercity bus lines:

Intercity Lines 31 Bački Jarak 32 Temerin 33 Gospođinci 60 Sremski Karlovci (Belilo 2) 61 Sremski Karlovci (Vinogradarska street) 62 Sremski Karlovci (Dudara) 63 Čortanovci 77 Stari Rakovac 78 Beočin Selo 79 Čerević 80 B. A. S. 81 Banoštor 84 Lug 86 Vrdnik

Overnight Lines Overnight urban lines are carried hourly exclusively on the following lines: 18A Novo Naselje — Detelinara — Center — Liman — Novo Naselje (from 00:30 till 03:30) 18B Novo Naselje — Liman — Center — Detelinara — Novo Naselje (from 00:00 till 04:00)

Overnight services are subject to the same tariff system as daily services.

References

External links

Official website