Jon WorthMar 11

Welcome to today's thread - #CrossBorderRail 2026 Tour Day 12 - 11 Mar - Ljubljana - Koper - Mlini - Koper - Trieste

New borders:
Secovlje ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ - Savudrija ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท
Muggia ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น - Spodnje ล kofije ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ

Borders already crossed:
None

Itโ€™s quicker to take the bus to get to the coast of Slovenia, but thatโ€™s never my choice! So the train it is, and then two former Perenzana narrow gauge lines โ€“ one to Croatia, the other to Italy, and then to Trieste to end the day.

Today's routes mapped:
https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-2026-spring-tour_1361108#10/45.762254/14.054260

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#CrossBorderRail 2026 Spring Tour Train 36 of 86
IC 503
09:10 Ljubljana - Koper 11:40
Sลฝ

Train type: Stadler EMU, 3 double deck carriages
โšก๏ธ (3kV dc)
๐Ÿšฒ: โœ…
๐Ÿฆฝ: โœ… (step free if station allows)
๐Ÿ›œ: โ›” (it's installed but I can't get it to work - it's either broken or too slow to be useable)
๐Ÿฝ๏ธ: โ›”
๐Ÿงณ: ๐Ÿ™‚ (decent multi use areas, OK for large bags)๏ธ
๐Ÿงฝ: ๐Ÿ™‚
Interrail: ๐Ÿ™‚ (accepted)

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IC 503
09:10 Ljubljana - Koper 11:40

Distance: 151.8km
Average speed: 61km/h

8 stops:
Borovnica
Logatec
Rakek
Postojna
Pivka
Divaca
Hrpelje-Kozina
Koper

This train, mapped: https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-2026-spring-tour_1361108#10/45.777581/14.124298

#CrossBorderRail

#CrossBorderRail 2026 Spring Tour

Tours in Spring 2026. Each day of the project is a Layer in the map - these should be displayed by default, or if not click the three layered diamonds icon "Open browser" to the left side of the map. The icons are all for borders, roughly coloured to differentiate the borders. A cross through a track means NO TRAINS CAN RUN. A cross through trains but not track means TRAINS CAN RUN BUT NO PASSENGER TRAINS. And TRAIN AND TRACK (no crosses) means there is a passenger service.

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Digitisation of Slovenian railways

Chatting with a friend this morning in Ljubljana: "I think you can book online, but I never tried it"

I try it

Not the most logical interface, but it works, and it emails me a PDF with a QR code on it

I show this to the train manager, who scans it, and... prints me out a paper with the QR code on it!

What?

Why? ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ

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Via @mcSlibinas there is one of the sort of motorised draisines I have on the cover picture for today's thread - for sale. Restored. For โ‚ฌ8000! https://www.carandclassic.com/make-an-offer/1960-fiat-500-draisina-motocarrello-nr-2550-nrM9mg
1960 Fiat 500 Draisina 'Motocarrello' Nr. 25/50 | Car & C...

Make an offer on this Fiat 500 currently up for offer via Car & Classic Auctions

Car & Classic
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@jon @mcSlibinas
Imagine, never having to reverse again!
Mar 11 at 9:29amWeb
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@H4Heights @mcSlibinas Only slight issue: you can't turn it, unless it's on tracks!
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@jon @mcSlibinas
Darn it! Too good to be true. Surely the makers of Ferrari could engineer some steering into an updated 2027 version.