Croatia - Lines with Obscure or Sparse passenger services
Introduction
This list is based on the timetable dated from 11 December 2022 to 9 December 2023. 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.
Obscure services
Ogulin Avoiding Line: Oštarije - Oštarije Ravnice
[70] (ERA-E 100C2; ERA-R 220A5) HR23/1
This curve linking the Zagreb/Karlovac and Knin/Split lines east of Ogulin allows fast trains to avoid reversal there.
| D | B 1840 | Vukovar - 00:22 Oštarije - Split | |
| D | B 1880 | Osijek - 02:07 Duga Resa - Split | |
| D | ICN1521 | Zagreb Gl. kol. - 08:46 Oštarije - Split | |
| ICN523 | Zagreb Gl. kol. - 16:46 Oštarije - Split | ||
| D | B 1841 | Split - 01:33 Gospić - Vukovar | |
| D | B 1881 | Split - 02:33 Gospić - Osijek | |
| D | ICN520 | Split - 13:19 Josipdol - Zagreb Gl. kol. | |
| D | ICN1522 | Split - 18:56 Plaški - Zagreb Gl. kol. |
Trams
See Croatia - Tram services over obscure routes
Other sparse services
The following lines have few trains (relative to service levels generally) - fewer than three trains each way on at least three days a week - or do not run each weekday.
| 17 | Macinec - Središče (Slovenia) | Two return services Monday to Friday, one on Saturday and Sunday |
| 20 | Koprivnica - Gyekenyes (Hungary) | One return service all year plus additional service during summer (to be confirmed) |
| 21 | Križevci - Sveti Ivan Žabno | Three trains eastbound but only two westbound on weekdays |
| 30 | Osijek DG - Dalj - Erdut | Monday to Friday only, two return services |
| 30/47 | Erdut - Bogojevo (Serbia) | Table 47 shows two return services but Serbian timetable shows them as suspended. To be confirmed |
| 40 | Tovarnik - Šid (Serbia) | Temporarily suspended due to construction works |
| 41 | Daruvar - Pčelić | One return service daily, except none southbound on Saturdays and two on Sundays |
| 42 | Pleternica - Čaglin | Monday to Friday only, two return services |
| 70 | Plaški - Gospić - Knin | One return service daily, except during summer months and holiday weekends when up to five return services operate |
| 74 | Ploče - Metković - Čapljina (Bosnia-Herzegovina) | A summer-only services runs Fridays to Sundays in 2023 from 2 June to 27 August |
| 80 | [Rijeka] - Permani - Ilirska Bistrica (Slovenia) | Two return services daily, to/from Ljubljana |
| 90 | Buzet - Rakitovec (Slovenia) | One return service daily between 22 April and 24 September |
Deletions since previous edition
| 61 | [Karlovac -] Bubnjarci - Metlika (Slovenia) | Service suspended in 2020 due to Covid but not reinstated |
