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==Timetable==
==Timetable==
===Journey Planner===
===Journey Planner===
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[http://www.slo-zeleznice.si/en/passengers]
 
===Downloadable Timetable===
===Downloadable Timetable===
[http://www.slo-zeleznice.si/potniki/vozni-redi/vozni-red-po-relacijah www.slo-zeleznice.si/potniki/vozni-redi/vozni-red-po-relacijah]
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Revision as of 17:04, 17 November 2010

National railway system

Slovenske Železnice (SŽ). This is essentially the former JŽ Ljubljana Division, less lines in Istria that are now in Croatia.

Language

Slovene

Currency

Euro

UIC code

numeric 79; alpha SLO

Timetable

Journey Planner

[1]

Downloadable Timetable

www.slo-zeleznice.si/potniki/vozni-redi/vozni-red-po-relacijah

Printed Timetable

Vozni Red. This includes introductory material in German and French. Some non-standard symbols are used to indicate days of the week on which trains run.

Engineering Information

www.slo-zeleznice.si/potniki/vozni-redi/ovire-v-prometu

Maps

Timetable Maps

The printed timetable contains a very simple, fold-out route diagram shows a few principal stations.

Other Maps

SŽ publishes the "Turistièna Karta Slovenskih Železnic" which shows Slovenian railways on a 1:300000 general map. Electrified and double-track lines are distinguished and most freight lines are shown. Brief notes are given, in English, German, Italian and Slovene, on features of general interest at many towns.

Gauge

Standard

Electrification

3 kV dc

Rule of the road

Left, except between Zidani Most and Dobova/Savski Marof.

Other railways

None

Tourist lines

None, but an electric narrow-gauge railway conveys visitors through spectacular caves near Postojna.

Metro

None

Trams

None.

Recent and future changes

Proposals for a direct line between Koper and Trieste (Italy) are being studied.

The 1km branch from Ljubljana Polje to BTC City Ljubljana opened in 2005 or 2006 - see SI10/2.

The daytime service between Venezia and Ljubljana ceased to run west of Villa Opicina from 1 April 2008 because FS would no longer allow SŽ trains lacking the Italian train protection system to run on their lines. The train was cut back further to Sežana on 12 April 2008, leaving the overnight Venezia - Budapest train as the only cross-border service. Special notes: Most internal passenger services are worked by multiple-units calling at most or all stations. Higher fares are charged for travel on express trains (Intercity Slovenija, Eurocity, Intercity or Mednarodni), but by West European standards all fares are very cheap. The only means of travelling to and from Italy during the day is either the approximately hourly bus service between Trieste and Koper stations or the more frequent buses between Goricia and Nova Gorica station.

See also