Spielfeld-Straß–Trieste railway

Spielfeld-Straß–Trieste railway
Poster of the Southern Railway Company from 1898 with views of the Austrian Riviera.
Overview
StatusOperational
OwnerSlovenian Railways
LocaleSlovenia, Austria, Italy
Termini
History
Opened27 July 1857 (1857-07-27)
Technical
Number of tracks2 (Maribor–Trieste)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Electrification3 kV DC
Operating speed160 kilometres per hour (99 mph)
Route map

km
612.5
Spielfeld-Straß
610.4
610.1
Šentilj meja
A1 / E59
608.0
Šentilj (Egedl (Büheln) in 1943)
604.1
Cirknica (Ferntal in 1943)
600.3
Pesnica (Ranzenberg in 1943)
A1 / E59
595.6
Košaki (not listed in 1943)
594.0
Maribor (Marburg (Drau) in 1943)
591.3
Maribor Tezno (Thesen in 1943)
590.8
Maribor Tezno
goods yard
586.9
Hoče (Kötsch in 1943)
A1 / E57
A4 / E59
583.8
Orehova vas (Schleinitz-Nußdorf in 1943)
581.7
Rače (Kranichsfeld-Frauheim in 1943)
576.3
Pragersko Lave (not listed in 1943)
575.2
Pragersko (Pragerhof in 1943)
568.8
Slovenska Bistrica (Windisch Feistritz in 1943)
561.2
Poljčane (Pöltschach in 1943)
552.8
Dolga Gora (Lindenkogel in 1943)
550.0
Ostrožno (Grobelno) (not listed in 1943)
545.8
Ponikva tovorna (goods yard)
545.3
Ponikva (Ponigi in 1943)
from Stranje, Rogatec and Zabok (Croatia)
541.1
Grobelno (Grübel in 1943)
537.6
Šentjur pri Celju (St. Georgen)
(Anderburg in 1943)
531.8
Štore (Stockenhammer in 1943)
from Dravograd and Velenje
526.9
Celje (Cilli in 1943)
Voglajna
516.6
Laško (Tüffer in 1943)
Savinja
509.6
Rimske Toplice (Römerbad in 1943)
Savinja
502.0
Zidani Most (Steinbrück (Sawe) in 1943)
509.8
Hrastnik (Hrastnigg) (Eichtal in 1943)
514.6
Trbovlje tovorna (goods yard)
514.6
Trbovlje (Trifall in 1943)
Zagorje ob Savi siding
519.1
Zagorje (Sagor) (Edlingen (Steierm) in 1943)
527.8
Sava (Sawadorf in 1943)
534.6
Litija (Littai) (Littal in 1943)
Sava (246 m)
541.9
Kresnice (Kressnitz in 1943)
547.1
Jevnica (Erlenbach (Sawe) in 1943)
551.0
Laze (Laase) (Laas (Sawe) in 1943)
557.8
Ljubljana Zalog (Salloch)
(Salloch (Zalog) in 1943)
560.3
Ljubljana Polje
(Mariafeld (Dev. Marija v P) in 1943)
from Karlovac and Grosuplje
565.7
Ljubljana (Laibach in 1943)
567.7
Ljubljana Tivoli
573.8
Brezovica
to Vrhnika
578.0
Notranje Gorice
580.5
Preserje
route until 1944/1947
586.5
Borovnica
Borovnica (old station)
597.8
Verd
607.1
Logatec
614.7
Planina
621.2
Rakek
632.8
Postojna
639.3
Prestranek
645.7
Pivka
to Rijeka
653.6
Košana
657.5
Gornje Ležeče
669.6
Divača
Divača–Pula railway
673.4
Povir
679.2
Sežana
682.5 (32.511)
(re-alignment after 1945)
Fernetti intermodal terminal
Opicina Campagna
310 m
687.5
28.533
Villa Opicina
302 m
link line
(re-alignment after 1945)
16.418
Aurisina
167 m
14.330
Aurisina external exchange
viaduct junction
13.687
Aurisina external exchange
tunnel junction
Santa Croce di Trieste
110 m
Grignano
until 2010
81 m
7.033
Miramare
2.269
Barcola exchange group
1.424
Gretta exchange group
0.000
Trieste Centrale
3 m
km
Source: Atlante ferroviario d'Italia e Slovenia.

The Spielfeld–Trieste railway is a double-track, electrified main line in parts of Austria, Slovenia and Italy. It was built as a section of the Austrian Southern Railway (österreichische Südbahn ViennaTrieste) by the state-owned k.k. Südliche Staatsbahn (Southern Railway) and from 1858 onward operated for decades by the Austrian Southern Railway Company (Südbahngesellschaft), a large private railway company in the Austrian Empire and Austria-Hungary. It runs from Spielfeld-Straß over the Austrian-Slovenian border at the Municipality of Šentilj, continuing via Maribor, Ljubljana and the Slovenian karst to the Adriatic port of Trieste, today in Italy. It continues from Spielfeld-Straß to Vienna as the Southern Railway nowadays.