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, Inđija, Beočin, 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.
Buses
As of January 2016, JGSP Novi Sad has 259 buses 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 February 2023, these are the following urban bus lines:
Urban Lines
1 Klisa — Center — Liman I
2 Novo Naselje — Center
3 Detelinara — Center — Petrovaradin
3A Railway station — Pobeda
3B Petrovaradin (Jovan Dučić elementary school) — Puckaroš
4 Liman IV — Center — Railway station
5 Temerin Road — Center — Avijatičarsko naselje
5N Railway station — Temerin Road (Najlon Market) 6 Podbara — Center — Adice 7: 7A Novo Naselje — Liman IV — Railway station — Novo Naselje 7B Novo Naselje — Railway station — Liman IV — Novo Naselje 8 Novo Naselje — Center — Liman I 9 Novo Naselje — Liman — Petrovaradin 9A Novo Naselje — Liman — Petrovaradin (Alibegovac) 10 Center — Industrial Zone South 11: 11A Railway station — Hospital — Liman IV — Railway station 11B Railway station — Liman IV — Hospital — Railway station 12 Center — Telep 13 Detelinara — Grbavica — University 14 Center — Sajlovo 15 Center — Industrial Zone North 16 Railway station — Harbor zone 17 BIG shopping center — Center 18: 18A Novo Naselje — Detelinara — Center — Liman — Novo Naselje 18B Novo Naselje — Liman — Center — Detelinara — Novo Naselje 20 Railway station - "Lesnina"
Daily urban lines start from 04:30 till midnight, except lines 8, 11A, 11B (from 05:00 till midnight), 13 (from 05:30 till 23:00) and 17 (from 9:30 till 22:30). Lines 18A and 18B are overnight lines and they have four or five departure schedules from midnight till 04:00 in the morning.
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, VI, VII, VIII, IX).
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.