Slovenia - Lines with Obscure or Sparse passenger services
Introduction
This list is based on the timetable in force from 11 December 2016 until 9 December 2017. Standard abbreviations are explained in General Information.
Map references for each route entry are given in parentheses ( ). References prefixed "ERA" refer to the European Railway Atlas The Balkans, Regional Series 2016, by M.G.Ball.
Obscure services
Zidani Most avoiding line: Radeče (km 501) – Rimske Toplice (km 502.5)
[10, 30] (ERA 216A2) SI18/1
A south-east to north-east curve avoiding Zidani Most.
D | SSuX | LP3402 | Sevnica - 07:02 Radeče - Celje |
EC158 | Zagreb Gl. kol. - 08:40 Sevnica - Wien Hbf | ||
EC159 | Wien Hbf - 21:00 Laško - Zagreb Gl. kol. |
Škofja Loka "avoiding line" (km 585.5 – km 586.8)
[20] (ERA 215B3, not shown) SI18/2
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.
Maribor avoiding line: Maribor Tezno – Maribor Tabor
[30, 34] (ERA 216A4) SI18/3
A south to west curve avoiding Maribor. There are no services in the current timetable.
Pragersko avoiding line: Rače – Šikole
[40] (ERA 216A3) SI18/4
This north to east curve avoiding Pragersko station is used by trains between the Maribor and Ptuj lines if not calling at Pragersko.
‘’3852’’ | Maribor - 07:17 Rače - Murska Sobota | ||
SSuX | ‘’3820’’ | Maribor - 11:22 Rače - Ormoz | |
SuX | ‘’3854’’ | Maribor – 13:19 Rače – Ormoz | |
D | SuO | 3892 | Maribor - 13:19 Rače - Ormoz |
SSuX | ‘’3856’’ | Maribor – 14:06 Rače - Središče | |
‘’3860’’ | Maribor – 15:43 Rače – Ormoz | ||
SSuX | ‘’3862’’ | Maribor – 19:00 Rače – Ormoz | |
SSuX | ‘’3814’’ | Maribor – 22:26 Rače – Ormoz | |
D | ‘’1246‘’ | Budapest Deli - 02:01 Ptuj – Ljubljana/Koper | |
‘’3853‘’ | Središče – 05:16 Sikole – Maribor | ||
SSuX | ‘’4101‘’ | Ormoz – 07:46 Sikole – Maribor | |
SSuX | ‘’3819’’ | Ormoz - 13:00 Sikole – Maribor | |
SSuX | ‘’3861’’ | Murska Sobota – 13:46 Sikole – Maribor | |
‘’3821’’ | Murska Sobota – 20:22 Sikole - Maribor |
If there is a shortage of diesel units, some trains may be locomotive hauled at short notice. In this case, the train uses the avoiding line before reversing into Pragersko station.
Divača avoiding line: Povir (km 670.5) – Rodik (km 0.5)
[50, 60] (ERA 215B2) SI18/6
This west to south curve avoiding Divača is used by a train in each direction between Sežana and Pula. The section between Sežana and Hrpelje-Kozina is not shown in the timetable PDF but is shown in the journey planner.
E1 | MV1272 | 07:31 Sežana - Pula | |
MO7707 | 16:12 Sežana - Buzet | ||
E1 | MV1273 | Pula - 20:55 Hrpelje-Kozina - Sežana (arr 21:16) |
E1 24 June - 27 August 2017
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:
32 | Sveti Rok ob Sotli - Hromec (Croatia) | |
34 | Ruše - Bleiburg (Austria) | |
40 | Središče - Macinec (Croatia) | |
Mursko Središće (Croatia) - Lendava | ||
80 | Metlika - Rosalnice - Bubnjarci (Croatia) | 2 trains SSuX each way and one SuO between Metlika and Rosalnice (Croatia). There is no service from Rosalnice to Bubnjarci(see Croatia) |
Ilirska Bistrica - Rijeka (Croatia) |
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:
21 | Ljubljana - Kamnik Graben |
31 | Celje - Velenje |
32 / 33 | Grobelno - Stranje - Imeno / Sveti Rok ob Sotli - Ðurmanec (Croatia) |
34 | Maribor - Prevalje - Bleiburg (Austria) |
40 / 41 | Pragersko - Ormož - Središče / Hodoš |
70 | Sežana - Nova Gorica |
80 | Ljubljana - Novo Mesto - Metlika |
81 | Sevnica - Trebnje |
Deletions since last edition
Sl 17/5 Rakitovev - Buzet(Croatia) | Deleted as trains using this line are now clearly shown in the timetable pdfs |