Slovenia - Lines with Obscure or Sparse passenger services
ntroduction
This list is based on the timetable in force from 11 December 2022 until 3 September 2023. Standard abbreviations are explained in General Information, days of the week are shown using ISO8601.
Map references for each route entry are given in parentheses ( ). References prefixed "ERA-E" refer to the European Railway Atlas (All-Europe Edition) by M.G. Ball. References prefixed "ERA-R" refer to the European Railway Atlas (Regional Series - The Balkans) by M.G. Ball.
SŽ no longer publish a full paper timetable and the online pdfs do not use timetable numbers (other than in the titles of webpages, instead using the line name. The on-line timetable names are therefore used in the entries below. Obscure services Zidani Most avoiding line: Radeče (km 501) – Rimske Toplice (km 502.5)
[Zidani Most-Dobova, Zidani Most-Maribor/Maribor-Zidani Most] (ERA-E 100B2; ERA-R 216A2; 14B4) SI23/1
A south-east to north-east curve avoiding Zidani Most. D ④⑦ EN1252 Zagreb Gl. kol. - 03:09 Sevnica - Bratislava Hlavná Stanica D ①-⑤ LP2802 Sevnica - 06:57 Radeče - Celje EC158 Zagreb Gl. kol. – 08:38 Sevnica - Wien Hbf D ②⑤⑦ EN1152 Zagreb Gl. kol. - 02:49 Sevnica - Bratislava Hlavná Stanica EC159/1259 Wien Hbf - 20:53 Laško - Zagreb Gl. kol. D ③⑤⑦ EN1153 Bratislava Hlavná Stanica - 22:55 Celje - Zagreb Gl. kol. Škofja Loka "avoiding line" (km 585.5 – km 586.8)
[Ljubljana-Jesenice] (ERA-E 100A2, ERA-R 215B3; 13A3) SI23/2
This line, from the south end of the station avoiding the platforms and taking a more direct course northwards, is normally used by trains not booked to call at this station (MV/EN/most ECs). Pragersko avoiding line: Rače – Šikole
[Maribor-Središče] (ERA-E 100A3; ERA-R 216A3; 14D2) SI23/3
This north to east curve avoiding Pragersko station is used by trains between the Maribor and Ptuj lines that do not call & reverse at Pragersko. They may be identified in the Maribor-Središče timetables by times at Rače and Šikole and no times at Pragersko and vice-versa. LP2500 Maribor - 07:20 Rače - Hodoš LP2520 Maribor - 15:53 Rače - Murska Sobota LP2524 Maribor - 16:30 Rače - Ormož ①-⑤ LPV2528 Maribor - 17:25 Rače - Ormož ①-⑤ LPV2510 Maribor - 18:59 Rače - Hodoš ①-⑤ LP2530 Maribor - 22:26 Rače - Ormož D MV1246 Hodoš - 02:15 Ptuj - Maribor ①-⑤ LP2523 Ormož - 06:20 Šikole - Maribor ①-⑤ LP643 Ormož - 06:41 Šikole - Maribor ①-⑤ LP2525 Ormož - 07:48 Šikole - Maribor ①-⑤ LP2517 Hodoš - 08:03 Šikole - Maribor ⑥⑦ LP2591 Ormoz - 09:01 Kidričevo - Maribor LP2519 Murska Sobota - 13:50 Šikole - Maribor Other sparse services
The following lines have few trains (relative to service levels generally in this country) - fewer than four trains each way on at least three days a week. Note that the on-line Slovenian timetable pdfs no longer show the former timetable numbers, and are shown by placenames which are included in their filenames. Nove Mesto-Metlika Metlika - Rosalnice - Bubnjarci (Croatia) There is a limited ①-⑤ SŽ service between Metlika and Rosalnice, and no SŽ or HŽ cross-border service between Metlika and Bubnjarci. Ljubljana-Sežana Ilirska Bistrica - Šapjane (Croatia) Maribor-Središče Središče - Macinec (Croatia) Ormož-Hodoš Hodoš - Bajánsenye (Hungary) (note this section of line is not shown in the Slovenian PDF timetables) Celje-Imeno-Rogatec Sveti Rok ob Sotli - Hromec (Croatia) Divača-Koper Prešnica - Rakitovec - Buzet (Croatia) Divača-Koper Hrpelje-Kozina - Prešnica - Koper
At weekends, most lines have a very restricted local service, or none at all. This particularly affects the following lines, which have few or no long-distance trains: Ljubljana-Nove Mesto, Nove Mesto-Metlika Grosuplje - Novo Mesto - Metlika Sevnica-Trebnje Sevnica - Trebnje Ljubljana-Kamnik Graben Ljubljana - Kamnik Graben Maribor-Prevalje Maribor - Prevalje - Bleiburg (Austria) Maribor-Središče Ormož - Središče - Čakovec (Croatia) Ormož-Hodoš Murska Sobota - Hodoš Celje-Imeno-Rogatec Stranje - Imeno Celje-Imeno-Rogatec Grobelno - Stranje - Sveti Rok ob Sotli - Ðurmanec (Croatia) Celje-Velenje Celje - Velenje Nova Gorica-Sežana Sežana - Nova Gorica Grosuplje-Kočevje Grosuplje - Kočevje Ljubljana-Sežana Ilirska Bistrica - Pivka Deletions since last edition Maribor avoiding line: Maribor Tezno – Maribor Tabor
[Maribor-Prevalje, Zidani Most-Maribor/Maribor-Zidani Most] (ERA-E 100A3; ERA-R 216A4; 14D1) SI23/3
A south to west curve avoiding Maribor. There were no services in the 2021-22 timetable. ==Introduction== This list is based on the timetable in force from 13 December 2020 until 10 July 2021. Standard abbreviations are explained in General Information.
Map references for each route entry are given in parentheses ( ). References prefixed "ERA-E" refer to the European Railway Atlas (All-Europe Edition) by M.G. Ball. References prefixed "ERA-R" refer to the European Railway Atlas (Regional Series - The Balkans) by M.G. Ball.
SŽ no longer publish a full paper timetable and the online pdfs do not use the same timetable numbers, instead numbering them 1 to 18. The on-line timetable numbers are therefore used in the entries below.
Introduction
This list is based on the timetable in force from 12 December 2021 until 4 September 2022. Standard abbreviations are explained in General Information. Trains running only certain days of the week are shown using ISO 8601 weekday numbers (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_week_date).
Map references for each route entry are given in parentheses ( ). References prefixed "ERA-E" refer to the European Railway Atlas (All-Europe Edition) by M.G. Ball. References prefixed "ERA-R" refer to the European Railway Atlas (Regional Series - The Balkans) by M.G. Ball.
SŽ no longer publish a full paper timetable and the online pdfs do not use the same timetable numbers, instead lettering them with two to four letters from the first and last stations on the route. The on-line timetable letters are therefore used in the entries below.
Obscure services
Zidani Most avoiding line: Radeče (km 501) – Rimske Toplice (km 502.5)
[Lj-Do/Do-Lj, ZM-Sent/Sent-ZM] (ERA-E 100B2; ERA-R 216A2; 14B4) SI21/1
A south-east to north-east curve avoiding Zidani Most.
D | ④⑦ | EN1252 | Zagreb Gl. kol. - 03:09 Sevnica - Bratislava Hlavná Stanica |
D | ①-⑤ | LP3402 | Sevnica - 06:58 Radeče - Celje |
EC158 | Zagreb Gl. kol. – 08:38 Sevnica - Wien Hbf | ||
EC159/1259 | Wien Hbf - 20:53 Laško - Zagreb Gl. kol. | ||
D | ②⑤ | EN1153 | Bratislava Hlavná Stanica - 22:55 Celje - Zagreb Gl. kol. |
Škofja Loka "avoiding line" (km 585.5 – km 586.8)
[Lj-Jes/Jes-Lj] (ERA-E 100A2, not shown ERA-R 215B3, not shown; 13A3) SI22/2
This line, from the south end of the station avoiding the platforms and taking a more direct course northwards, is normally used by trains not booked to call at this station (MV/EN/most ECs).
Maribor avoiding line: Maribor Tezno – Maribor Tabor
[MB-Holm/Holm-MB, ZM-Sent/Sent-ZM] (ERA-E 100A3; ERA-R 216A4; 14D1) SI22/3
A south to west curve avoiding Maribor. There are no services in the current timetable.
Pragersko avoiding line: Rače – Šikole
[Prag-Sred/Sred-Prag] (ERA-E 100A3; ERA-R 216A3; 14D2) SI22/4
This north to east curve avoiding Pragersko station is used by trains between the Maribor and Ptuj lines if not calling at Pragersko. They may be identified in the Prag-Sred/Sred-Prag tables by times at Rače and Šikole and no times at Pragersko.
LPV2500 | Maribor - 07:20 Rače - Murska Sobota | ||
LPV2520 | Maribor - 15:53 Rače - Murska Sobota | ||
LP3864 | Maribor - 16:34 Rače - Ormož | ||
①-⑤ | LPV2510 | Maribor - 18:59 Rače - Hodoš | |
①-⑤ | LP3814 | Maribor - 22:26 Rače - Ormož | |
D | MV1246 | Boba - 02:01 Ptuj - Maribor | |
RG643 | Murska Sobota - 06:48 Šikole - Maribor | ||
①-⑤ | LPV2517 | Hodoš - 08:03 Šikole - Maribor | |
⑥⑦ | LPV3895 | Ormoz - 09:07 Kidričevo - Maribor | |
LPV2519 | Murska Sobota - 13:50 Šikole - Maribor |
Other sparse services
The following lines have few trains (relative to service levels generally in this country) - fewer than four trains each way on at least three days a week. Note that the on-line Slovenian timetable pdfs no longer show the former timetable numbers, and their filenames include 2-4 letters of the first and last main Slovenian stations in the table.
LJ-Ros | Metlika - Rosalnice - Bubnjarci (Croatia) | There is a limited ①-⑤ SŽ service between Metlika and Rosalnice, and no SŽ or HŽ cross-border service between Metlika and Bubnjarci. |
Ilb-Piv | Ilirska Bistrica - Šapjane (Croatia) | |
Prag-Sred | Središče - Macinec (Croatia) | |
Ord-Hod | Ormož - Hodoš - Bajánsenye (Hungary) | |
Ce-SvRokSotli | Sveti Rok ob Sotli - Hromec (Croatia) | |
Pre-Rak | Prešnica - Rakitovec - Buzet (Croatia) | |
Div-KP | Divača - Hrpelje-Kozina - Koper |
At weekends, most lines have a very restricted local service, or none at all. This particularly affects the following lines, which have few or no long-distance trains:
LJ-Ros | Ljubljana - Novo Mesto - Metlika |
Sev-Tre | Sevnica - Trebnje |
LJ-Kam | Ljubljana - Kamnik Graben |
MB-Holm | Maribor - Prevalje - Bleiburg (Austria) |
Prag-Sred | Ormož - Središče - Čakovec (Croatia) |
Ord-Hod | Murska Sobota - Hodoš |
Str-Ime | Stranje - Imeno |
Ce-SvRokSotli | Grobelno - Stranje - Sveti Rok ob Sotli - Ðurmanec (Croatia) |
Ce-Vel | Celje - Velenje |
Sez-Jes | Sežana - Nova Gorica |
Gro-Koc | Grosuplje - Kočevje |
Ilb-Piv | Ilirska Bistrica - Pivka |