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)

[20] (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

[30, 34] (ERA 216A4) SI21/3

A south to west curve avoiding Maribor. There are no services in the current timetable.

Pragersko avoiding line: Rače – Šikole

[40] (ERA 216A3) SI20/4

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 identifie 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)

[50, 60] (ERA 215B2) SI20/5

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. There was no service in 2018 or 2019 and there does not appear to one in 2020.

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:

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	Rogatec - Sveti Rok ob Sotli - Hromec (Croatia)
34	Ruše - Bleiburg (Austria)
40	Središče - Macinec (Croatia)
	Mursko Središće (Croatia) - Lendava
80	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.
F	Ilirska Bistrica - Šapjane (HR) - Rijeka (HR)

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

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