AFTER a 10-year hiatus, regular passenger services from Udine and Trieste to Ljubljana will be revived on September 9 thanks to a partnership between the Italian region of Friuli Venezia Giulia, Trenitalia and Slovenian Railways (SZ).
AFTER a four-year hiatus, Slovenia is set to restart construction work on the second line between Divača and the Adriatic port of Koper.
SLOVENIA’s National Assembly has adopted an act amending and supplementing the country’s Railway Transport Act, which will open the domestic passenger rail market to competition.
A €169m contract for 26 single and double-deck multiple units was signed in Ljubljana on April 17 by Slovenian Railways (SŽ) general director, Mr Dušan Mes, and Stadler Rail chairman, Mr Peter Spuhler.
SLOVENIAN Railways (SŽ) has closed the bidding process for the sale of a 49% stake in its rail freight unit Tovorni Promet.
SLOVENIAN Railways (SŽ) subsidiary SŽ Passenger Transport has begun tendering for a contract to supply 25 regional trains, comprising 20 EMUs and five DMUs, with an estimated total value of around €150m.
THE prime minister of Slovenia Dr Miro Cerar and minister of infrastructure Dr Peter Gašperšič officially launched a project to upgrade the Zidani Most - Celje section of the Ljubljana - Maribor - Graz corridor on January 31.
AN agreement on the upgrading the Slovenian section of the Maribor - Graz line was signed by Mr Damir Topolco, director of the Slovenian Infrastructure Directorate and Austrian transport minister Dr Thomas Spiegel of the Austrian Ministry of Transport, Innovation and Technology in Maribor on October 20.
SLOVENIAN prime minister Mr Miro Cerar and Hungarian minister of foreign affairs and trade Mr Péter Szijjárto attended an inauguration ceremony at the border station of Hodoš on June 10 to mark the completion of a project to modernise and electrify the 109km Pragersko - Hodoš line.
THE government of the Austrian province of Styria has given its backing to a €20m project to restore the 2.8km cross-border link between Bad Radkersburg and Gorna Radgona after more than 70 years.
