Jesenice railway station
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The Jesenice railway station (
Characteristics
The station is located in the Sava Dolinka valley, close to the borders with Austria in the north and with Italy in the west. It is the current northern terminus of the Bohinj Railway from Trieste, and also of the Tarvisio–Ljubljana Railway after the section to Tarvisio has been closed in 1967/69. From Jesenice, the Karawanks Railway line runs northwards, across the Austrian border in the Karawanks Tunnel opened in 1906, to Villach Hauptbahnhof.
In addition to the station facilities, the building contains a bar, shops, and a restaurant. The two boarding platforms are connected by an underground pedestrian tunnel.
Destinations
Destinations served from the station are:
- Rosenbach (Slovene: Podrožca) and Villach (Slovene: Beljak) on the mainline to the north (both in Austria, via Karawanks Tunnel)
- Kranj and Ljubljana on the Tarvisio-Ljubljana Railway line to the south-east
- Bohinj and Nova Gorica on the Bohinj line to the south-west
History
The station opened in 1870 as a stop on the
The station was rebuilt between 1953 and 1955 upon plans designed by
External links
- Media related to Jesenice railway station at Wikimedia Commons