Thread by @jonworth

Welcome to #CrossBorderRail day 24 - Villach (AT) to Ljubljana (SI) via Gorizia (IT) twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…

#CrossBorderRail Train 85
REX 1821 09:49 Villach West - Tarvisio Boscoverde 10:15
Ave speed: 62 km/h
Operator: @unsereOEBB Micotra service

Train type: Class 1144 locomotive & carriages
⚡️
🚲: ✅ (staff help lift bikes, lots of space - v good!)
🦽: ⛔️
📶: ⛔️
🍽: ⛔️

Rail replacement bus
10:30 Udine - Carnia 11:45
Ave speed: ?? km/h
Operator: Trenitalia organised

Bus type: a reasonable modern MAN
⛽️
🚲: ✅ (in a huge trailer)
🦽: ⛔️
📶: ⛔️
🍽: ⛔️

Nice views from the bus! Better than from the train (which mostly runs in a tunnel here)

#CrossBorderRail Train 76
RE 17361 12:30 Carnia - Gorizia Centrale 13:38
Ave speed: 63 km/h
Operator: Trenitalia

Train type: CAF ETR 564 EMU
⚡️
🚲: ✅ (lots of space!)
🦽: ✅ (step free of platform allows)
📶: ⛔️
🍽: ⛔️

Also the earlier rail replacement bus service means I have just 70 mins in Gorizia 🇮🇹 / Nova Gorica 🇸🇮. Just enough time to document everything 🙂

At first I though “ah cool you can charge electric bikes here”. On closer inspection these metal bars prevent you putting a plug in, and these are just the plugs from when there used to be seats here 🤦‍♂️

I’ve now travelled on so many different modern EMUs on this trip I’m going to attempt a full and proper comparison, in a separate thread. This CAF ETR 564 is pretty bland inside but is one of the better ones I think.

Bit of back cab view à la @EurostarJustinp

Roadsign

On the border

The track to the right is the #CrossBorderRail line to Gorizia. It currently has no passenger trains…

And I’ve got some #CrossBorderRail #fensterauf Tweeting will resume later 😊

I think we’ve just stopped in someone’s back garden

#CrossBorderRail Train 87
RE 4223 14:44 Nova Gorica - Sežana 15:50
Ave speed: 37 km/h
Operator: SŽ

Train type: SŽ 813/814 DMU (Fiat design)
⛽️
🚲: ✅ (steep steps but loads of space!)
🦽: ⛔️
📶: ⛔️
🍽: ⛔️

#CrossBorderRail Train 88
RE 2607 15:53 Sežana - Divača 16:02
Ave speed: 64 km/h
Operator: SŽ

Train type: Stadler EMU (similar to SOB Traverso)
⚡️
🚲: ✅
🦽: ✅ (step free if platform allows)
📶: ✅
🍽: ⛔️

#CrossBorderRail Train 89
IC 502 16:05 Divača - Ljubljana 17:40
Ave speed: 65 km/h
Operator: SŽ

Train type: Stadler EMU (similar to SOB Traverso) - 2x 4 carriages
⚡️
🚲: ✅
🦽: ✅ (step free if platform allows)
📶: ✅
🍽: ⛔️

Eeek. Modern air conditioned train full of weekend trippers from Koper bad cave goers from Postojna and the air is *really bad*. Air con is freezing cold, but must be circulating air not drawing new air in.

Chaos at Rakek as a dozen cyclists try to board from a narrow platform and there’s not enough space inside either…

Today - like earlier in the week in Portugal and Spain - is a demonstration of what goes wrong when railways don’t provide clear information. If people don’t know where to board they clump together, and the train’s departure is then delayed.

No rail line in Slovenia is boring. Villages, farms, hills, mountains, rivers… you have them all. Approaching Ljubljana on the main line from Divača.