Trains and other things: Tarvisio Boscoverde, Villach, Jesenice, Gorizia

Today I will make a round trip with Trieste as departure and arrival station. I will go through 3 different countries: Italy, Austria and Slovenia.

Trieste Centrale, built during the rule of Austro-Hungarian empire. At that time this was the terminal station of the railway all the way to Vienna.

Control car of the MDVC type coaches

ETR 500

Minuetto

Regional train with MDVE coaches

My first train is a Regional

The view is nice when leaving or arriving to Trieste by train

Trieste

Miramare

I have arrived to Monfalcone station which opened in 1860, and the station is a junction between the Venice–Trieste railway and the Udine–Trieste railway.

On the other platform is a Intercity notte train from Rome

Intercity Notte Basic coach

Intercity Notte Comfort coach

Intercity Notte Deluxe coach

Coffee machine at the platform

From Monfalcone I will travel to Udine, but not through the red railway line (which is where most trains operate). I will take the green line through Palmanova which is usually used by freight trains.

Monfalcone

ETR 563, CAF Civity is the train type operating the lines around Trieste

This train type has been in service since 2012 here. Variations of this train type can be found in Montenegro, UK and Netherlands.

Only 2nd class is available

I'm taking now the line Udine-Cervignano

The railway to Venice to the left

The only station along the line Udine-Cervignano is Palmanova

Arriving to Udine

The train I was taking to Udine, will be the same one for my next journey to Tarvisio Boscoverde with a stop in Pontebba

ETR 563 is also operating to Slovenia

Place for bicycles

I'm now travelling along the 89km long railway between Udine and Tarvisio, called Pontafelbahn in German, or Pontebbana in Italian. The railway opened in 1879 and it was rebuilt in 2000 with new tunnels and a top speed of 180km/h

More bicycles

Tagliamento river

One of the new tunnels ahead

I'm making a stop at Pontebba station which gave the name to the railway. It is also one of the new places where the old and new stretch of the line meets

FS Class E.405

Old ticket counters at the station

The line operates by regional, freight and long distance trains. Here is a Railjet from Vienna to Venice.

Railjet is operating the line since December 2017 replacing the Eurocity service. ÖBB Class 1216, Siemens ES64U4 (Taurus III) is used here.

190 020 is a ES64U4 supporting all 4 power systems in Europe

Next Regional train on the line will take me to Tarvisio Boscoverde

It may be a train manufactured by CAF, but it says Alstom on the driver panel

Arriving to the Italian/Austrian border station

From Wikipedia: "The station opened on 26 November 2000 as the current northern terminus of the rebuilt Alpine Pontebbana line from Udine railway station. From Tarvisio, the Rudolf Railway runs northwards across the border with Austria towards Villach Hauptbahnhof and the Southern Railway main line.
The station replaced the former Tarvisio Centrale and Tarvisio Città railway stations, opened in 1879. Tarvisio Centrale is still used as a terminus for bus services from Udine. The former Tarvisio–Ljubljana Railway to Jesenice railway station in Slovenia has been closed to traffic since 1967."

189 400, Eurosprinter from CFI - Compagnia Ferroviaria Italiana S.p.A.

ÖBB 1293 is the new Vectron MS delivered in 2018

1293 029

Together with 1216 017

Impressive Tarvisio Boscoverde station

Shunting locomotive from Mareser / InRail

The path of the old railway

Monument to the Austrian Grenadier of Tarvisio

Path of the old railway

I'm back at the station, now there is another freight train

Since the station of Tarvisio Boscoverde has Italian power system of 3kV DC, the locomotives from Austria has to enter the station with lowered pantographs, which is the case here for the two ÖBB Class 1144 locomotives supporting only Austrian power system of 15kV 16.7Hz AC. The shunting locomotive I saw earlier will be pulling the Class 1144 to the other side of the station supporting 15kV.

The two locomotives are 1144 097 and 1144 017

Class 1144 is a locomotive from the 70's-80's

A bunch of Italian locomotives on the 3kV side of the station

Class 1216 with Railjet coaches

Now it is happening

The journey of the freight train from Austria will continue with this 191 026 Vectron DC from MRCE/InRail

Now I got a chance to see the kingpin of the intermodal pocket wagon

According to the investigation the cause of the accident in Denmark was that the semitrailer from Carlsberg was not connected properly to this kingpin

The main entrance to the station

Not many trains departing here after 13:00. My next train will be the S-Bahn to Villach

S-Bahn train is arriving from Austria

The train has two CityShuttle coaches and one coach for bicycles

Austrian police is checking the passengers going to Austria

Inside CityShuttle Bmpz-I coach

Trailer on of the freight trains, looks like it is from Turkey

Crossing the border to Austria

A freight train is waiting to enter Italy

First stop in Austria is Thörl-Maglern

The line from Tarvisio to Austria is called Rudolsbahn, it is a long railway all the way to Amstetten

Shortly before Villach, there are many railways connecting together

Villach

Arriving to Villach

Much more departures here in Villach than in Tarvisio Boscoverde

Nightjet coach on a day train

Villach station

My next train is another S-Bahn, this time to the border with Slovenia

Slovenian coach

ÖBB Class 4746 is a Siemens Desiro ML

No window seats

I'm now taking the line Villach-Rosenbach, which was once part of the railway Salzburg-Trieste

Faak am See

Rosentalbahn

Last stop for this short S-Bahn line is Rosenbach,

S2 line terminating here in Rosenbach. I'm now waiting for S21 line to Jesenice.

1016 030 "Mausbär"

S-Bahn to Jesenice

Entering the Karavanke Tunnel (7976.5 m). It is the fourth longest railway tunnel in Austria and the longest in Slovenia.

From Wikipedia: "The tunnel passes under Rožca Saddle between Rosenbach in southern Austria and Jesenice in northern Slovenia. It was an important part of the Karawanken Railway, which was - together with the Bohinj Railway - built to connect the port of Trieste with Klagenfurt, the capital of the federal state of Carinthia in Austria. Between 1867-1918, Trieste was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. It was Austria's first seaport and the principal outlet for the Austro-Hungarian Empire's ocean trade, but it lacked adequate railway communication with Austria's interior. To give a great impetus to the trade of Trieste in particular and to the over-sea trade of Austria in general, it was decided in 1901 to build the Karawanken Railway, connecting Trieste and Klagenfurt. The railway was built over and through the Karawanks, Europe's longest (120 km/70 mi) mountain range, on the border between what are now Slovenia and Austria. The Karawanks Tunnel was opened on October 1, 1906, by Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
The tunnel is still of importance to international train traffic. It is traversed by more than 80 trains a day."

After a long trip, I can see the other side which is now in Slovenia

The railway is electrified with 15kV AC all the way until the station, hence the Austrian train can ride here. Then the electrification is switched to 3kV DC which is a standard in Slovenia

People walking on the tracks

Old post coach

Last stop

Almost all passengers were backpackers, and probably travelling with Interrail

Also, almost all the passengers changed to this train continuing to Lake Bled

SŽ class 814 is a DMU manufactured in the 70's by FIAT in cooperation with TVT Boris Kidrič Maribor.

SŽ class 312, Siemens Desiro

Inside Class 814

SŽ class 363.

From Wikipedia: "They were built in 1975-1977 by the French manufacturer Alsthom. They have a typically Alsthom C′C′ wheel arrangement with monomotor bogies. They share their "Nez Cassé" body design with SNCF Class CC 6500 and NS Class 1600, with their electrical system adapted for the Italian-developed 3 kV DC catenary. Their distinctive French styled bodywork led to them acquiring the nickname "Brižita" (English: "Brigitte") after the French actress Brigitte Bardot."

The electrified railway to Ljubljana to the left.

I'm now taking the non-electrified Bohinj Railway

From Wikipedia: "The Bohinj Railway is a railway in Slovenia and Italy. It connects Jesenice in Slovenia with Trieste in Italy. It was built by Austria-Hungary from 1900 to 1906 as a part of a new strategic railway, the Neue Alpenbahnen, that would connect Western Austria and Southern Germany with the then Austro-Hungarian port of Trieste. The line starts in Jesenice, at the Southern end of the Karawanks Tunnel; it then crosses the Julian Alps through the Bohinj Tunnel, and passes the border town of Nova Gorica before crossing the Italian border and reaching Trieste.
During the First World War, it carried the majority of Austrian military supplies to the Isonzo Front. Due to new political divisions in Europe, with the dissolution of Austria-Hungary into separate states in 1918 and the isolation of communist Yugoslavia after 1945, the railway decreased in importance during the twentieth century. However, Slovenia's accession to the European Union has created new prospects for the railway as a convenient passenger and freight route from Central and Eastern Europe to the port of Trieste."