Transalpina - the Bohinj Railway

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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 ride in 1986.

It rides on a part of a historical (yet still fully operational) Transalpina Railway, which was inaugurated on July 19th 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 the First World War, it carried the majority of Austrian military supplies to the Isonzo Front.

Aboard the steam train along the Bohinj railway - SLOVENIA by ABCTourism on YouTube

There are two types of steam locomotives (25-025 and 33-037) manufactured in the beginning of 20th century still operating. They are dragging 6 old passenger wagons that are renovated after original plans from Vienna Railway Museum. All technical support and maintenance for museum trains is carried out by mechanists from 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 meter wide stone arch high above the Soča River.

See also

• Railway Museum of Slovenia

External links

• Museum Train on Slovene Railways web page
• Transalpina (Bohinj) railway on Wikipedia
• A publication on the history of the museum train (in Slovene)