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Tarvisio-Ljubljana Railway

Tarvisio–Ljubljana Railway
Lesce-Bled-train station.jpg
The Lesce-Bled train station
Overview
Native name Železniška proga Ljubljana-Jesenice
Status partly opened to traffic
Locale Slovenia, formerly Italy
Operation
Opened 14 December 1870 (1870-12-14)
Operator(s) Slovenian Railways
Technical
Line length 64.5 km (originally 103.7 km)
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in)
Electrification 3 kV DC
Operating speed 100 km/h (62 mph)
Route number 20
Route map
Tarvisio-Ljubljana Railway
from Villach
669.4 Tarvisio Centrale
Pontebbana to Udine (old)
Pontebbana from Udine (new)
Tarvisio Boscoverde
New Pontebbana to Villach
662.5 Fusine in Valromana
660.6 Fusine Laghi
Italy / Slovenia
658.2 Ratece
652.6 Kranjska Gora
648.2 Gozd
640.0 Dovje-Mojstrana
633.3 Hrušica
from Villach/Klagenfurt
630.2 Jesenice
to Trieste
627.4 Slovenski Javornik
622.3 Žirovnica
617.3 Lesce Bled
610.6 Globoko
608.2 Otoče
605.3 Podnart
from Naklo
594.5 Kranj
585.7 Škofja Loka
582.1 Reteče
578.2 Medvode
575.3 Medno
572.1 Ljubljana Vižmarje
from Kamnik
570.1 Ljubljana Stegne
568.8 Litostroj
567.3 Ljubljana Šiška
Line from Trieste (former Austrian Südbahn)
565.7 Ljubljana
Line to Dobova and to Maribor (former Austrian Südbahn)

The Tarvisio–Ljubljana Railway (Slovene: Železniška proga Ljubljana - Jesenice) is a partially closed to traffic international railway line between Italy and Slovenia. It was opened in 1870 as part of the Austro-Hungarian Rudolfsbahn railway network. Today, only the Slovenian section between Jesenice and Ljubljana is still open to traffic, as part of the main line between Ljubljana and Villach in Austria; the cross-border section between Jesenice and Tarvisio has been closed to traffic since 1967 (Italian part) and 1969 (Slovenian part).

In 1869, the Kaiserlich-königliche privilegierte Kronprinz Rudolf-Bahn Gesellschaft (KRB, Imperial and Royal privileged company of the Crown Prince Rudolf railway), that had been formed for the construction and operation of the Rudolfsbahn railway line from St. Valentin to Tarvisio, received the concession to build a railway line linking Tarvisio and Ljubljana. The projected railway would follow the Sava valley from Ljubljana to Assling (now Jesenice) and Kronau (Kranjska Gora), then reach Tarvisio through Fusine in Valromana.

The railway line was opened on 14 December 1870.

In the first years of service, the end station in Tarvisio was located in an area south-west of the current Tarvisio Boscoverde station. A new station, the current Tarvisio Centrale, was opened when the railway line from Villach was inaugurated in 1873, and the Ljubljana line was connected to it, leading to disaffection of the first station, who was then known as Alt Tarvis (Old Tarvisio).


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