Slovenia - Lines with Obscure or Sparse passenger services

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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

Rakitovev - Buzet (Croatia)

See also