Slovenia - Lines with Obscure or Sparse passenger services
Introduction
This list is based on the timetable in force from 11 December 2022 until 3 September 2023. Standard abbreviations are explained in General Information, days of the week are shown using ISO8601.
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.
SŽ no longer publish a full paper timetable and the online pdfs do not use timetable numbers (other than in the titles of webpages, instead using the line name. The on-line timetable names are therefore used in the entries below.
Obscure services
Zidani Most avoiding line: Radeče (km 501) – Rimske Toplice (km 502.5)
[Zidani Most-Dobova, Zidani Most-Maribor/Maribor-Zidani Most] (ERA-E 100B2; ERA-R 216A2; 14B4) SI23/1
| D | ④⑦ | EN1252 | Zagreb Gl. kol. - 03:09 Sevnica - Bratislava Hlavná Stanica |
| D | ①-⑤ | LP2802 | Sevnica - 06:57 Radeče - Celje |
| EC158 | Zagreb Gl. kol. – 08:38 Sevnica - Wien Hbf | ||
| D | ②⑤⑦ | EN1152 | Zagreb Gl. kol. - 02:49 Sevnica - Bratislava Hlavná Stanica |
| EC159/1259 | Wien Hbf - 20:53 Laško - Zagreb Gl. kol. | ||
| D | ③⑤⑦ | EN1153 | Bratislava Hlavná Stanica - 22:55 Celje - Zagreb Gl. kol. |
Škofja Loka "avoiding line" (km 585.5 – km 586.8)
[Ljubljana-Jesenice] (ERA-E 100A2, ERA-R 215B3; 13A3) SI23/2
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 (MV/EN/most ECs).
Pragersko avoiding line: Rače – Šikole
[Maribor-Središče] (ERA-E 100A3; ERA-R 216A3; 14D2) SI23/3
This north to east curve avoiding Pragersko station is used by trains between the Maribor and Ptuj lines that do not call & reverse at Pragersko. They may be identified in the Maribor-Središče timetables by times at Rače and Šikole and no times at Pragersko and vice-versa.
| LP2500 | Maribor - 07:20 Rače - Hodoš | ||
| LP2520 | Maribor - 15:53 Rače - Murska Sobota | ||
| LP2524 | Maribor - 16:30 Rače - Ormož | ||
| ①-⑤ | LP2528 | Maribor - 17:25 Rače - Ormož | |
| ①-⑤ | LP2510 | Maribor - 18:59 Rače - Hodoš | |
| ①-⑤ | LP2530 | Maribor - 22:26 Rače - Ormož | |
| D | MV1246 | Hodoš - 02:15 Ptuj - Maribor | |
| ①-⑤ | LP2523 | Ormož - 06:20 Šikole - Maribor | |
| ①-⑤ | LP643 | Ormož - 06:41 Šikole - Maribor | |
| ①-⑤ | LP2525 | Ormož - 07:48 Šikole - Maribor | |
| ①-⑤ | LP2517 | Hodoš - 08:03 Šikole - Maribor | |
| ⑥⑦ | LP2591 | Ormoz - 09:01 Kidričevo - Maribor | |
| LP2519 | Murska Sobota - 13:50 Šikole - Maribor |
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, and are shown by placenames which are included in their filenames. Nove Mesto-Metlika Metlika - Rosalnice - Bubnjarci (Croatia) There is a limited ①-⑤ SŽ service between Metlika and Rosalnice, and no SŽ or HŽ cross-border service between Metlika and Bubnjarci. Ljubljana-Sežana Ilirska Bistrica - Šapjane (Croatia) Maribor-Središče Središče - Macinec (Croatia) Ormož-Hodoš Hodoš - Bajánsenye (Hungary) (note this section of line is not shown in the Slovenian PDF timetables) Celje-Imeno-Rogatec Sveti Rok ob Sotli - Hromec (Croatia) Divača-Koper Prešnica - Rakitovec - Buzet (Croatia) Divača-Koper Hrpelje-Kozina - Prešnica - Koper
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, and their filenames include 2-4 letters of the first and last main Slovenian stations in the table.
| LJ-Ros | Metlika - Rosalnice - Bubnjarci (Croatia) | There is a limited ①-⑤ SŽ service between Metlika and Rosalnice, and no SŽ or HŽ cross-border service between Metlika and Bubnjarci. |
| Ilb-Piv | Ilirska Bistrica - Šapjane (Croatia) | |
| Prag-Sred | Središče - Macinec (Croatia) | |
| Ord-Hod | Ormož - Hodoš - Bajánsenye (Hungary) | |
| Ce-SvRokSotli | Sveti Rok ob Sotli - Hromec (Croatia) | |
| Pre-Rak | Prešnica - Rakitovec - Buzet (Croatia) | |
| Div-KP | Divača - Hrpelje-Kozina - Koper |
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:
| LJ-Ros | Ljubljana - Novo Mesto - Metlika |
| Sev-Tre | Sevnica - Trebnje |
| LJ-Kam | Ljubljana - Kamnik Graben |
| MB-Holm | Maribor - Prevalje - Bleiburg (Austria) |
| Prag-Sred | Ormož - Središče - Čakovec (Croatia) |
| Ord-Hod | Murska Sobota - Hodoš |
| Str-Ime | Stranje - Imeno |
| Ce-SvRokSotli | Grobelno - Stranje - Sveti Rok ob Sotli - Ðurmanec (Croatia) |
| Ce-Vel | Celje - Velenje |
| Sez-Jes | Sežana - Nova Gorica |
| Gro-Koc | Grosuplje - Kočevje |
| Ilb-Piv | Ilirska Bistrica - Pivka |
Deletions since last edition
Maribor avoiding line: Maribor Tezno – Maribor Tabor
[Maribor-Prevalje, Zidani Most-Maribor/Maribor-Zidani Most] (ERA-E 100A3; ERA-R 216A4; 14D1) SI23/3
A south to west curve avoiding Maribor. There were no services in the 2021-22 timetable.
