The Sevnica–Trebnje Railway ( sl, Železniška proga Sevnica–Trebnje) is one of the
railway lines that form the
Slovenian Railway Network. It is located in
Lower Carniola, the traditional region of southeastern Slovenia. Its termini are in
Sevnica and
Trebnje, and it is long, non-electrified and single-tracked. It is used by both passenger and freight trains.
Course
The line crosses the
Sava River and enters the
Mirna Valley
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, where it then crosses the
Mirna and the
Bistrica rivers. It runs through the settlements of
Dolenji Boštanj
Dolenji Boštanj (; german: Untersavenstein''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 86.) is a settlement in the Municipality of Sevnica in cen ...
,
Tržišče,
Pijavice
Pijavice (; german: Piauze''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 84.) is a small settlement in the Mirna Valley in southeastern Slovenia. Th ...
,
Slovenska Vas, and
Mirna. The largest structure on the line is the Sava River bridge at Sevnica, built in 1938.
History
The prime reason for the line was the coal mine in
Krmelj
Krmelj () is a settlement in the Municipality of Sevnica in central Slovenia. It lies in the valley of Hinje Creek, a left tributary of the Mirna River. The area is part of the historical region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Lower ...
. The section between Trebnje and Krmelj was built in 1908. Between 1936 and 1938 the route was extended from
Tržišče to Sevnica. The mine was closed in 1962 and the track removed in 1996, while the line from Sevnica to Trebnje through Tržišče has remained open.
References
Sources
* Rustja, Karol. ''Dolenjske proge''. (in Slovene) Tiri in čas, 6. Slovenske železnice - Železniški muzej. Ljubljana, 1994. .
External links
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Railway lines in Slovenia
Mirna Valley
Railway lines opened in 1938