Slovenia - Lines with Obscure or Sparse passenger services
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" refer to the European Railway Atlas The Balkans, Regional Series 2016, 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.
Obscure services
Zidani Most avoiding line: Radeče (km 501) – Rimske Toplice (km 502.5)
[2,9] (ERA 216A2) SI21/1
A south-east to north-east curve avoiding Zidani Most.
Note A | ThSuO | EN1252 | Zagreb Gl. kol. - 02:45 Sevnica - Bratislava Hlavná Stanica |
Note B | SSuX | LP3402 | Sevnica - 06:58 Radeče - Celje |
EC158 | Zagreb Gl. kol. – 08:39 Sevnica - Wien Hbf | ||
EN1414/EN40414 | Zagreb Gl. kol. - 18:49 Sevnica - Maribor/Zürich Hbf | ||
EN1415/40465 | Zürich Hbf/Maribor - 09:35 Celje - Zagreb Gl. kol. | ||
EC159/1259 | Wien Hbf - 20:37 Celje - Zagreb Gl. kol. | ||
Note C | TWFSO | EN1253 | Bratislava Hlavná Stanica - 23:01 Celje - Zagreb Gl. kol. |
Note A: 20 June 2021 to 8 July 2021 ThSuO Note B: Runs SSuX but not holidays, 28 December 2020 to 31 December 2020, 15 December 2021 to 19 February 2021 and 26-40 April 2021 Note C: 18/19 June 2021 to 10/11 July 2021 TWFSO
Škofja Loka "avoiding line" (km 585.5 – km 586.8)
[3] (ERA 215B3, not shown) SI21/2
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
[9,10] (ERA 216A4) SI21/3
A south to west curve avoiding Maribor. There are no services in the current timetable.
Pragersko avoiding line: Rače – Šikole
[11] (ERA 216A3) SI21/4
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 Table 11 by a | marker at Pragersko.
2500 | Maribor - 07:18 Rače - Ormož | ||
3860 | Maribor - 05:52 Rače - Ormož | ||
3864 | Maribor - 16:34 Rače - Ormož | ||
SSuX | 2510 | Maribor - 18:49 Rače - Ormož | |
SSuX | 3814 | Maribor - 22:28 Rače - Ormož | |
Note A | EC1246 | Budapest-Déli - 02:01 Ptuj - Maribor | |
643 | Ormoz - 06:48 Sikole - Maribor | ||
SSuX | 4101 | Ormoz - 08:02 Sikole - Maribor | |
SSuO | 3895 | Ormoz - 09:07 Kidričevo - Maribor | |
3861 | Ormoz - 14:01 Sikole - Maribor |
Note A: 19 June 2021 to 10 July 2021 (end of timetable period - train will continue in next timetable period)
Divača avoiding line: Povir (km 670.5) – Rodik (km 0.5)
[7,15] (ERA 215B2) SI21/5
This west to south curve avoiding Divača was used by a train in each direction between Sežana and the Pula line. In previous years the section between Sežana and Hrpelje-Kozina has not been shown in the timetable PDF but has been shown in the journey planner. No service since 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, but are instead numbered 1 to 18.
5 | Metlika - Rosalnice - Bubnjarci (Croatia) | There is a limited SŽ service between Metlika and Rosalnice, and a limited cross-border HŽ service between Metlika and Bubnjarci (- Karlovac). The Karlovac trains do not call at Rosalnice. |
7 | Ilirska Bistrica - Šapjane (HR) - Rijeka (HR) | |
10 | Prevalje - Bleiburg (Austria) | |
11 | Središče - Macinec (Croatia) | |
11 | Mursko Središće (Croatia) - Lendava | |
13 | Rogatec - Sveti Rok ob Sotli - Hromec (Croatia) | |
15 | Prešnica - Rakitovec - Buzet[HZ] |
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:
4 | Ljubljana - Novo Mesto - Metlika |
6 | Sevnica - Trebnje |
8 | Ljubljana - Kamnik Graben |
10 | Maribor - Prevalje - Bleiburg (Austria) |
11 / 12 | Pragersko - Ormož - Središče / Hodoš |
13 | Grobelno - Stranje - Imeno / Sveti Rok ob Sotli - Ðurmanec (Croatia) |
14 | Celje - Velenje |
17 | Sežana - Nova Gorica |
18 | Grosuplje - Kočevje |
Deletions since last edition
None