Bohinj Railway

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Jesenice–Nova Gorica–Trieste Campo Marzio Bohinj Railway
Solkan Bridge, the second-longest stone bridge in the world[1]
Overview
Line number	70 (Austria) 67 (Italy)
Technical
Line length	129 km (80 mi)
Track gauge	1435mm
Electrification	Villa Opicina–Trieste: 3 kV DC
Operating speed	80 km/h (50 mph) max.
Maximum incline	2,5%
Route map Legend km elev to Rosenbach 0.0 Jesenice to Ljubljana 2.6 Kočna 4.8 Vintgar 7.6 Podhom 10.1 Bled Jezero 14.1 Bohinjska Bela Soteska 23.7 Nomenj 27.9 Bohinjska Bistrica Yugoslavia 00Italy border (1920–1947) 35.2 Podbrdo 40.4 Hudajužna 46.9 Grahovo ob Bači 50.4 Podmelec 55.8 Most na Soči 64.1 Avče 69.9 Canale Kanal 73.2 Anhovo 75.9 Plave Solkan Bridge 86.5 Solkan 89.1 Nova Gorica to Gorizia Centrale 92.3 Šempeter pri Gorici St. Peter to Gorizia Centrale 95.7 Volčja Draga 97.1 Okroglica 100.1 Prvačina Ajdovščina 101.4 Dornberk 103.2 Steske 106.3 Branik 113.2 Štanjel St. Daniel 117.3 Kopriva 119.8 Dutovlje Kreplje to Maribor Repentabor Sežana 19.466 Slovenia 0Italy border former Austrian Southern Railway (Section Šentilj–Trieste) to Ljubljana 15.695 Villa Opicina to Trieste Trieste–Opicina tramway 8.00 Guardiella 5.00 Rozzol-Montebello until 2003 [2] to Trieste Centrale to Hrpelje-Kozina to Poreč 0.799 Trieste Campo Marzio km This diagram: view talk edit

The Bohinj Railway (Slovene: Bohinjska proga, Italian: Transalpina, German: Wocheiner Bahn) is a railway in Slovenia and Italy. It connects Jesenice in Slovenia with Trieste in Italy. It was built by Austria-Hungary from 1900 to 1906 as a part of a new strategic railway, the Neue Alpenbahnen, that would connect Western Austria and Southern Germany with the then Austro-Hungarian port of Trieste. The line starts in Jesenice, at the southern end of the Karawanks Tunnel; it then crosses the Julian Alps through the Bohinj Tunnel, and passes the border town of Nova Gorica before crossing the Italian border and reaching Trieste.

During the First World War, it carried the majority of Austrian military supplies to the Isonzo Front. Because of new political divisions in Europe, with the dissolution of Austria-Hungary into separate states in 1918 and the isolation of communist Yugoslavia after 1945, the railway decreased in importance during the twentieth century. However, Slovenia's accession to the European Union has created new prospects for the railway as a convenient passenger and freight route from Central and Eastern Europe to the port of Trieste.

Distinctive features of the railway are the 6,327.3-metre (20,759 ft) Bohinj Tunnel under 1,498-metre (4,915 ft) Mount Kobla and the Solkan Bridge with its 85-metre (279 ft) arch over the Soča River (the longest stone railway arch in the world).