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| name               = Transalpina - the Bohinj Railway
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| name         = Transalpina - the Bohinj Railway
| street address      = Turistična agencija CLUB, Postaja 11, SI-5216 Most na Soči, Slovenia
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| localname    = Muzejski vlak
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| street       = Kolodvorska 11
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| town        = SI-1000 Ljubljana
| email              = http://www.club.si/index.asp?lang=eng&p=transalpina.asp
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| telephone   = 386 (0) 1 29 14 335
| proprietor          = Turistična agencija CLUB
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| fax          = 386 (0) 1 29 14 835
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| email       = potnik.info@slo-zeleznice.si
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| website      = http://www.slo-zeleznice.si/en/passenger-transport/around-slovenia/heritage-trains/take-the-heritage-train-along-the-bohinj-line
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  | street      = Celovška cesta 268
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  | town        = SI-1000 Ljubljana
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The [[Transalpina - the Bohinj Railway|Bohinj Railway or Transalpina]] is a steam-hauled railway which connects Jesenice, Nova Gorica in Slovenia and Gorizia in Italy through the Julian Alps. As a museum train it started its journey in [[established::1986]].
  
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It rides on a part of the historical (yet still fully operational) Transalpina Railway, which was inaugurated on 19 July 1906 in order to complete the railway that linked Vienna and Central Europe with the Adriatic regions of Austro-Hungarian Empire, especially with the strategic port at Trieste. During World War I, it carried the majority of Austrian military supplies to the [[Kobarid Museum|Isonzo Front]].
The Bohinj Railway or Transalpina is a steam-hauled railway which connects Jesenice, Nova Gorica in Slovenia and Gorizia in Italy through the Julian Alps. It was built by Austria-Hungary in 1904 as a strategic railway to the port of Trieste. During the first world war it carried the majority of Austrian military supplies to the Isonzo Front.
 
 
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Due to the new political divisions of Europe and the dissolution of Austria-Hungary, the railway decreased in importance more and more until the end of the 20th century. However, the entry of Slovenia in the European Union has resulted in new perspectives for the railway as a convenient passenger and goods route from Central and Eastern Europe to the port of Trieste.
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Two types of steam locomotives (25-025 and 33-037) manufactured in the beginning of the 20th century are still operating. They drag 6 old passenger-wagons that have been renovated after the original plans from the Vienna Railway Museum. All technical support and maintenance for the museum trains is carried out by mechanists from the [[Railway Museum of Slovenia]] in Ljubljana. The ride includes conductors, with old customs in old costumes, railway guards and friendly service personnel who take care of the drinks and food on the way.
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The stunning views and distinctive features of the railway are the 6,339-metre long Bohinj Tunnel under the 1,498 meter high Mount Kobla and the Solkan Bridge, with its 85-metre wide stone arch high above the Soča River.
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==See also==
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* [[Railway Museum of Slovenia]]
  
Distinctive features of the railway are the 6,339 metre-long Bohinj Tunnel under the 1,498 metre-tall Kobla Mountain, and the Solkan Bridge with its 85 metre wide arch over the Soča River.
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==External links==
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* [http://www.slo-zeleznice.si/en/passenger-transport/around-slovenia/heritage-trains/take-the-heritage-train-along-the-bohinj-line Museum Train on Slovene Railways web page]
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohinj_Railway Transalpina (Bohinj) railway on Wikipedia]
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* [http://www.slo-zeleznice.si/images/skupina/Nova%20proga/001NovaProga_POSEBNA_IZDAJA_Muzejski_2015_NET.compressed%20(1).pdf A publication on the history of the museum train] (in Slovene)
  
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[[Category:Museum collections]]
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[[Category:Museums]]
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[[Category:World War I]]
  
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The Bohinj Railway or Transalpina is a steam-hauled railway which connects Jesenice, Nova Gorica in Slovenia and Gorizia in Italy through the Julian Alps. As a museum train it started its journey in 1986.

It rides on a part of the historical (yet still fully operational) Transalpina Railway, which was inaugurated on 19 July 1906 in order to complete the railway that linked Vienna and Central Europe with the Adriatic regions of Austro-Hungarian Empire, especially with the strategic port at Trieste. During World War I, it carried the majority of Austrian military supplies to the Isonzo Front.


Two types of steam locomotives (25-025 and 33-037) manufactured in the beginning of the 20th century are still operating. They drag 6 old passenger-wagons that have been renovated after the original plans from the Vienna Railway Museum. All technical support and maintenance for the museum trains is carried out by mechanists from the Railway Museum of Slovenia in Ljubljana. The ride includes conductors, with old customs in old costumes, railway guards and friendly service personnel who take care of the drinks and food on the way.

The stunning views and distinctive features of the railway are the 6,339-metre long Bohinj Tunnel under the 1,498 meter high Mount Kobla and the Solkan Bridge, with its 85-metre wide stone arch high above the Soča River.

See also

External links

Transalpina - the Bohinj Railway +
Transalpina - the Bohinj Railway +
Turistična agencija CLUB, Postaja 11, SI-5216 Most na Soči, Slovenia +
+00386 / 5 381 3050 +