| Spielfeld-Straß–Trieste railway |
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Poster of the Southern Railway Company from 1898 with views of the Austrian Riviera. |
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| Status | Operational |
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| Owner | Slovenian Railways |
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| Locale | Slovenia, Austria, Italy |
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| Opened | 27 July 1857 (1857-07-27) |
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| Number of tracks | 2 (Maribor–Trieste) |
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| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge |
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| Electrification | 3 kV DC |
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| Operating speed | 160 kilometres per hour (99 mph) |
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612.5
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Spielfeld-Straß
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610.4
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610.1
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Šentilj meja
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608.0
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Šentilj (Egedl (Büheln) in 1943)
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604.1
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Cirknica (Ferntal in 1943)
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600.3
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Pesnica (Ranzenberg in 1943)
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595.6
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Košaki (not listed in 1943)
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594.0
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Maribor (Marburg (Drau) in 1943)
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591.3
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Maribor Tezno (Thesen in 1943)
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590.8
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Maribor Tezno goods yard
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586.9
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Hoče (Kötsch in 1943)
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583.8
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Orehova vas (Schleinitz-Nußdorf in 1943)
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581.7
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Rače (Kranichsfeld-Frauheim in 1943)
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576.3
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Pragersko Lave (not listed in 1943)
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575.2
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Pragersko (Pragerhof in 1943)
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568.8
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Slovenska Bistrica (Windisch Feistritz in 1943)
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561.2
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Poljčane (Pöltschach in 1943)
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552.8
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Dolga Gora (Lindenkogel in 1943)
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550.0
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Ostrožno (Grobelno) (not listed in 1943)
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545.8
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Ponikva tovorna (goods yard)
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545.3
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Ponikva (Ponigi in 1943)
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541.1
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Grobelno (Grübel in 1943)
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537.6
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| Šentjur pri Celju (St. Georgen) | | (Anderburg in 1943) |
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531.8
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Štore (Stockenhammer in 1943)
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from Dravograd and Velenje
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526.9
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Celje (Cilli in 1943)
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Voglajna
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516.6
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Laško (Tüffer in 1943)
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Savinja
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509.6
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Rimske Toplice (Römerbad in 1943)
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Savinja
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502.0
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Zidani Most (Steinbrück (Sawe) in 1943)
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509.8
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Hrastnik (Hrastnigg) (Eichtal in 1943)
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514.6
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Trbovlje tovorna (goods yard)
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514.6
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Trbovlje (Trifall in 1943)
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Zagorje ob Savi siding
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519.1
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Zagorje (Sagor) (Edlingen (Steierm) in 1943)
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527.8
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Sava (Sawadorf in 1943)
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534.6
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Litija (Littai) (Littal in 1943)
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541.9
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Kresnice (Kressnitz in 1943)
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547.1
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Jevnica (Erlenbach (Sawe) in 1943)
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551.0
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Laze (Laase) (Laas (Sawe) in 1943)
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557.8
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| Ljubljana Zalog (Salloch) | | (Salloch (Zalog) in 1943) |
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560.3
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| Ljubljana Polje | | (Mariafeld (Dev. Marija v P) in 1943) |
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from Karlovac and Grosuplje
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565.7
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Ljubljana (Laibach in 1943)
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567.7
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Ljubljana Tivoli
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573.8
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Brezovica
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to Vrhnika
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578.0
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Notranje Gorice
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580.5
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Preserje
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route until 1944/1947
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586.5
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Borovnica
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Borovnica (old station)
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597.8
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Verd
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607.1
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Logatec
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614.7
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Planina
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621.2
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Rakek
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632.8
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Postojna
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639.3
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Prestranek
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645.7
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Pivka
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to Rijeka
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653.6
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Košana
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657.5
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Gornje Ležeče
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669.6
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Divača
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Divača–Pula railway
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673.4
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Povir
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679.2
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Sežana
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682.5 (32.511)
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(re-alignment after 1945)
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Fernetti intermodal terminal
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Opicina Campagna
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310 m
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Villa Opicina
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302 m
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link line
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(re-alignment after 1945)
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16.418
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Aurisina
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167 m
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14.330
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| Aurisina external exchange | | viaduct junction |
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13.687
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| Aurisina external exchange | | tunnel junction |
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Santa Croce di Trieste
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110 m
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Grignano until 2010
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81 m
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7.033
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Miramare
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2.269
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Barcola exchange group
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1.424
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Gretta exchange group
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0.000
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Trieste Centrale
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3 m
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km
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| Source: Atlante ferroviario d'Italia e Slovenia.
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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 Vienna–Trieste) 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.