Bohinj Railway

Slovenske železnice (SŽ)

Slovenia

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Navigate from Jesenice Railway Station to Nova Gorica Station across a span of 89km.

Meals: None

Ensuite: No

Track Gauge

1,435 mm (standard gauge)

Braking Technology

Air brakes (modern rolling stock); vacuum brakes (heritage carriages)

Route Engineering Challenges

6,327m Bohinj tunnel beneath the Julian Alps — longest railway tunnel in Slovenia
Solkan Bridge — 65m arch height, world record largest stone arch on a railway
28 mountain tunnels requiring ventilation and drainage in alpine conditions
Steep gradients approaching Bohinjska Bistrica

Route

Jesenice – Nova Gorica, 89 km, double track (regional), single track (museum sections)

Opened

1906 (Bohinj Tunnel completed 1906)

Locomotives

Museum: SŽ 25-026 (1920, Vienna) and SŽ 33-037 (1914); Regional: electric/diesel multiple units

Max speed

100 km/h (regional), 40 km/h (heritage steam)

Bridges/Viaducts

65 bridges; Solkan Bridge 220m long, 65m arch

Tunnels

28 tunnels totaling ~12 km, Bohinj tunnel 6,327m

Electrification

3 kV DC overhead line (operational sections)