The Bohinj Railway

Pearls of the iron road

THE BOHINJ RAILWAY Beljak/Villach (A)

Jesenice Kočna Vintgar Podhom

www.bled.si

Bled Jezero Bohinjska Bela

www.bohinj.si Bohinjska Bistrica

Ljubljana Nomenj

Bohinj tunnel

Podbrdo

www.visit-soca.com

Hudajužna Most na Soči

Podmelec Grahovo

Bridge and viaduct across the Idrijca River

Avče Kanal Anhovo Plave Solkan Bridge

Car-train stop:

Solkan Nova Gorica

Timetable: www.slo-zeleznice.si

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Sights along the Bohinj railway • Construction period: 1900-1906 • 10.400 railway builders • Max. railway grade: 26 ‰ • Railway length (Jesenice–Sežana): 130 km • 31 railway stations and stops • 53 bridges and viaducts • 259 bridging structures • 36 tunnels (total length: 18.7 km) • 5 arcades • The Bohinj tunnel represents the technically most demanding structure of the entire railway and at the same time the longest railway tunnel in Slovenia (6.327 m).

• The bridge and viaduct across the Idrijca River in Bača pri Modreju is the longest bridging structure of the Bohinj railway (258 m).

• The Solkan Bridge is the largest stone arch bridge among railway bridges in the world (85 m).

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Publisher: Posoški razvojni center • Collected & edited by: Posoški razvojni center, LTO Sotočje • Text: Operativna iniciativa za Bohinjsko progo • Photography: LTO Sotočje archive, PRC archive, Bohinj Tourism archive, Bled Tourism archive, Leon Hmeljak, Stane Jeršič, Gorazd Kutin, Matevž Lenarčič, Leonardo Olmi • Map: Kartografija • Design: Snežana Madić Lešnik • Printed by: Ideaprint • Tolmin, 2016

Beljak/Villach (A)

Ljubljana

Jesenice

Kočna

Vintgar

Podhom

Bled Jezero

Bohinjska Bela

Nomenj

»How strange! I am sitting in the car and riding the train.«

Ride the museum train along the heritage trails.

The Bohinj railway

was constructed in 1906 in the time of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. At that time it represented the technically most demanding part of the transalpine connection between the central part of the monarchy and the Adriatic Sea. It has been successfully connecting the picturesque countries between the Julian Alps and the Adriatic Sea for more than 110 years and is today regarded as one of the most attractive European railways. This railway represents an exceptional technical, architectural and cultural and historical heritage of global importance.

Bohinjska Bistrica Podbrdo

Hudajužna

Grahovo

It is also possible to take your cycle on the train and continue your journey with a cycling tour.

Podmelec

The Bohinj railway is the shortest and the fastest connection between the Gorenjska and Primorska regions. Its railway stations represent excellent starting points to visit the Julian Alps, Bled, Bohinj, Upper Sava valley, Baška grapa valley, Soča valley and the Nova Gorica region including the Goriška brda region, Vipava valley and the Karst region.

The intact nature, diverse cultural landscape and technical-architectural pearls on and along the route make the train ride along the Bohinj railway a quite special experience.

You can combine the charms of the Bohinj railway with a remarkable hiking or cycling tour or decide to take the car-train through the Bohinj tunnel. History enthusiasts should not miss a chance to ride the steam engine museum train which will take them back to the magical past…

Most na Soči

Avče

Kanal

There are numerous hiking possibilities along the Bohinj railway.

Anhovo

Plave

Solkan

Nova Gorica

Sežana

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Ajdovščina

The typical architecture of the Bohinjska Bistrica railway station is characteristic for the buildings along the Bohinj railway.

Plan your route on www.slo-zeleznice.si.

Let yourself get enchanted by the iron road!

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