Podbrdo railway station
Encyclopedia
Podbrdo railway station serves the settlement of Podbrdo
, in the municipality
of Tolmin
, Slovenia
.
between Jesenice, Slovenia, and Trieste
, Italy
. It is situated at the southern portal of the Bohinj Tunnel, which is the longest railway tunnel in Slovenia (6327.3 metres (20,758.9 ft)) and passes underneath Mount Kobla and the Julian Alps
drainage divide between the Danube Valley and the Adriatic Sea
.
, and its original operator was the Imperial Royal Austrian State Railways.
After World War I
, and the annexation of Podberda to the Kingdom of Italy
, the station was renamed Stazione di Piedicolle (its Italian language name). It also became the Bohinj Railway's border crossing point between the Ferrovie dello Stato
(Kingdom of Italy) and the Yugoslav Railways of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia
.
Soon afterwards, the station yard was enlarged, to facilitate the exchange of locomotives on trains crossing the border.
In 1947, following the end of World War II
, the entire area surrounding the station was reassigned to the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
. The station, renamed Železniška postaja Podbrdo (its Slovenian language name), simultaneously lost its status and importance as a border crossing point.
Podbrdo railway station serves the settlement of Podbrdo
, in the municipality
of Tolmin
, Slovenia
.
between Jesenice, Slovenia, and Trieste
, Italy
. It is situated at the southern portal of the Bohinj Tunnel, which is the longest railway tunnel in Slovenia (6327.3 metres (20,758.9 ft)) and passes underneath Mount Kobla and the Julian Alps
drainage divide between the Danube Valley and the Adriatic Sea
.
, and its original operator was the Imperial Royal Austrian State Railways.
After World War I
, and the annexation of Podberda to the Kingdom of Italy
, the station was renamed Stazione di Piedicolle (its Italian language name). It also became the Bohinj Railway's border crossing point between the Ferrovie dello Stato
(Kingdom of Italy) and the Yugoslav Railways of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia
.
Soon afterwards, the station yard was enlarged, to facilitate the exchange of locomotives on trains crossing the border.
In 1947, following the end of World War II
, the entire area surrounding the station was reassigned to the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
. The station, renamed Železniška postaja Podbrdo (its Slovenian language name), simultaneously lost its status and importance as a border crossing point.
Podbrdo railway station serves the settlement of Podbrdo
, in the municipality
of Tolmin
, Slovenia
.
between Jesenice, Slovenia, and Trieste
, Italy
. It is situated at the southern portal of the Bohinj Tunnel, which is the longest railway tunnel in Slovenia (6327.3 metres (20,758.9 ft)) and passes underneath Mount Kobla and the Julian Alps
drainage divide between the Danube Valley and the Adriatic Sea
.
, and its original operator was the Imperial Royal Austrian State Railways.
After World War I
, and the annexation of Podberda to the Kingdom of Italy
, the station was renamed Stazione di Piedicolle (its Italian language name). It also became the Bohinj Railway's border crossing point between the Ferrovie dello Stato
(Kingdom of Italy) and the Yugoslav Railways of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia
.
Soon afterwards, the station yard was enlarged, to facilitate the exchange of locomotives on trains crossing the border.
In 1947, following the end of World War II
, the entire area surrounding the station was reassigned to the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
. The station, renamed Železniška postaja Podbrdo (its Slovenian language name), simultaneously lost its status and importance as a border crossing point.
Podbrdo, Tolmin
Podbrdo is a settlement in the Municipality of Tolmin in the Littoral region of Slovenia. It lies in narrow valley of the Bača River, next to the Bohinj Railway line at the end of the longest railway tunnel in Slovenia and next to the road from Bohinjska Bistrica and Železniki across Petrovo Brdo...
, in the municipality
Municipalities of Slovenia
Slovenia is divided into 211 municipalities , of which 11 have urban status.Slovene is an official language of all the municipalities. Hungarian is a second official language of 3 municipalities in Prekmurje: Dobrovnik , Hodoš and Lendava...
of Tolmin
Tolmin
Tolmin is a small town and municipality in the Littoral region of Slovenia.-Geography:Tolmin, the old town that gave the name to the entire area , is the largest settlement in the Upper Soča Valley , as well as its economic, cultural and administrative centre. It is located on a terrace above the...
, Slovenia
Slovenia
Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...
.
Location
The station forms part of the Bohinj RailwayBohinj railway
The Bohinj Railway or Transalpina is a railway in Slovenia extending into Italy. It connects Jesenice in Slovenia with the towns of Nova Gorica in Slovenia and Gorizia in Italy through the Julian Alps. It was built by Austria-Hungary in 1904 as a strategic railway to the port of Trieste...
between Jesenice, Slovenia, and Trieste
Trieste
Trieste is a city and seaport in northeastern Italy. It is situated towards the end of a narrow strip of land lying between the Adriatic Sea and Italy's border with Slovenia, which lies almost immediately south and east of the city...
, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
. It is situated at the southern portal of the Bohinj Tunnel, which is the longest railway tunnel in Slovenia (6327.3 metres (20,758.9 ft)) and passes underneath Mount Kobla and the Julian Alps
Julian Alps
The Julian Alps are a mountain range of the Southern Limestone Alps that stretches from northeastern Italy to Slovenia, where they rise to 2,864 m at Mount Triglav. They are named after Julius Caesar, who founded the municipium of Cividale del Friuli at the foot of the mountains...
drainage divide between the Danube Valley and the Adriatic Sea
Adriatic Sea
The Adriatic Sea is a body of water separating the Italian Peninsula from the Balkan peninsula, and the system of the Apennine Mountains from that of the Dinaric Alps and adjacent ranges...
.
History
The station was opened on , as Bahnhof Podberda (its German language name). At that time, it was located within the Austrian EmpireAustrian Empire
The Austrian Empire was a modern era successor empire, which was centered on what is today's Austria and which officially lasted from 1804 to 1867. It was followed by the Empire of Austria-Hungary, whose proclamation was a diplomatic move that elevated Hungary's status within the Austrian Empire...
, and its original operator was the Imperial Royal Austrian State Railways.
After World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
, and the annexation of Podberda to the Kingdom of Italy
Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946)
The Kingdom of Italy was a state forged in 1861 by the unification of Italy under the influence of the Kingdom of Sardinia, which was its legal predecessor state...
, the station was renamed Stazione di Piedicolle (its Italian language name). It also became the Bohinj Railway's border crossing point between the Ferrovie dello Stato
Ferrovie dello Stato
Ferrovie dello Stato is a government-owned holding which manage infrastructure and service on the Italian rail network. The subsidiary Trenitalia is the main rail operator in Italy.-Organization:Ferrovie dello Stato subsidiaries are:...
(Kingdom of Italy) and the Yugoslav Railways of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
The Kingdom of Yugoslavia was a state stretching from the Western Balkans to Central Europe which existed during the often-tumultuous interwar era of 1918–1941...
.
Soon afterwards, the station yard was enlarged, to facilitate the exchange of locomotives on trains crossing the border.
In 1947, following the end of World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
, the entire area surrounding the station was reassigned to the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was the Yugoslav state that existed from the abolition of the Yugoslav monarchy until it was dissolved in 1992 amid the Yugoslav Wars. It was a socialist state and a federation made up of six socialist republics: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia,...
. The station, renamed Železniška postaja Podbrdo (its Slovenian language name), simultaneously lost its status and importance as a border crossing point.
Podbrdo railway station serves the settlement of Podbrdo
Podbrdo, Tolmin
Podbrdo is a settlement in the Municipality of Tolmin in the Littoral region of Slovenia. It lies in narrow valley of the Bača River, next to the Bohinj Railway line at the end of the longest railway tunnel in Slovenia and next to the road from Bohinjska Bistrica and Železniki across Petrovo Brdo...
, in the municipality
Municipalities of Slovenia
Slovenia is divided into 211 municipalities , of which 11 have urban status.Slovene is an official language of all the municipalities. Hungarian is a second official language of 3 municipalities in Prekmurje: Dobrovnik , Hodoš and Lendava...
of Tolmin
Tolmin
Tolmin is a small town and municipality in the Littoral region of Slovenia.-Geography:Tolmin, the old town that gave the name to the entire area , is the largest settlement in the Upper Soča Valley , as well as its economic, cultural and administrative centre. It is located on a terrace above the...
, Slovenia
Slovenia
Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...
.
Location
The station forms part of the Bohinj RailwayBohinj railway
The Bohinj Railway or Transalpina is a railway in Slovenia extending into Italy. It connects Jesenice in Slovenia with the towns of Nova Gorica in Slovenia and Gorizia in Italy through the Julian Alps. It was built by Austria-Hungary in 1904 as a strategic railway to the port of Trieste...
between Jesenice, Slovenia, and Trieste
Trieste
Trieste is a city and seaport in northeastern Italy. It is situated towards the end of a narrow strip of land lying between the Adriatic Sea and Italy's border with Slovenia, which lies almost immediately south and east of the city...
, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
. It is situated at the southern portal of the Bohinj Tunnel, which is the longest railway tunnel in Slovenia (6327.3 metres (20,758.9 ft)) and passes underneath Mount Kobla and the Julian Alps
Julian Alps
The Julian Alps are a mountain range of the Southern Limestone Alps that stretches from northeastern Italy to Slovenia, where they rise to 2,864 m at Mount Triglav. They are named after Julius Caesar, who founded the municipium of Cividale del Friuli at the foot of the mountains...
drainage divide between the Danube Valley and the Adriatic Sea
Adriatic Sea
The Adriatic Sea is a body of water separating the Italian Peninsula from the Balkan peninsula, and the system of the Apennine Mountains from that of the Dinaric Alps and adjacent ranges...
.
History
The station was opened on , as Bahnhof Podberda (its German language name). At that time, it was located within the Austrian EmpireAustrian Empire
The Austrian Empire was a modern era successor empire, which was centered on what is today's Austria and which officially lasted from 1804 to 1867. It was followed by the Empire of Austria-Hungary, whose proclamation was a diplomatic move that elevated Hungary's status within the Austrian Empire...
, and its original operator was the Imperial Royal Austrian State Railways.
After World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
, and the annexation of Podberda to the Kingdom of Italy
Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946)
The Kingdom of Italy was a state forged in 1861 by the unification of Italy under the influence of the Kingdom of Sardinia, which was its legal predecessor state...
, the station was renamed Stazione di Piedicolle (its Italian language name). It also became the Bohinj Railway's border crossing point between the Ferrovie dello Stato
Ferrovie dello Stato
Ferrovie dello Stato is a government-owned holding which manage infrastructure and service on the Italian rail network. The subsidiary Trenitalia is the main rail operator in Italy.-Organization:Ferrovie dello Stato subsidiaries are:...
(Kingdom of Italy) and the Yugoslav Railways of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
The Kingdom of Yugoslavia was a state stretching from the Western Balkans to Central Europe which existed during the often-tumultuous interwar era of 1918–1941...
.
Soon afterwards, the station yard was enlarged, to facilitate the exchange of locomotives on trains crossing the border.
In 1947, following the end of World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
, the entire area surrounding the station was reassigned to the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was the Yugoslav state that existed from the abolition of the Yugoslav monarchy until it was dissolved in 1992 amid the Yugoslav Wars. It was a socialist state and a federation made up of six socialist republics: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia,...
. The station, renamed Železniška postaja Podbrdo (its Slovenian language name), simultaneously lost its status and importance as a border crossing point.
Podbrdo railway station serves the settlement of Podbrdo
Podbrdo, Tolmin
Podbrdo is a settlement in the Municipality of Tolmin in the Littoral region of Slovenia. It lies in narrow valley of the Bača River, next to the Bohinj Railway line at the end of the longest railway tunnel in Slovenia and next to the road from Bohinjska Bistrica and Železniki across Petrovo Brdo...
, in the municipality
Municipalities of Slovenia
Slovenia is divided into 211 municipalities , of which 11 have urban status.Slovene is an official language of all the municipalities. Hungarian is a second official language of 3 municipalities in Prekmurje: Dobrovnik , Hodoš and Lendava...
of Tolmin
Tolmin
Tolmin is a small town and municipality in the Littoral region of Slovenia.-Geography:Tolmin, the old town that gave the name to the entire area , is the largest settlement in the Upper Soča Valley , as well as its economic, cultural and administrative centre. It is located on a terrace above the...
, Slovenia
Slovenia
Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...
.
Location
The station forms part of the Bohinj RailwayBohinj railway
The Bohinj Railway or Transalpina is a railway in Slovenia extending into Italy. It connects Jesenice in Slovenia with the towns of Nova Gorica in Slovenia and Gorizia in Italy through the Julian Alps. It was built by Austria-Hungary in 1904 as a strategic railway to the port of Trieste...
between Jesenice, Slovenia, and Trieste
Trieste
Trieste is a city and seaport in northeastern Italy. It is situated towards the end of a narrow strip of land lying between the Adriatic Sea and Italy's border with Slovenia, which lies almost immediately south and east of the city...
, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
. It is situated at the southern portal of the Bohinj Tunnel, which is the longest railway tunnel in Slovenia (6327.3 metres (20,758.9 ft)) and passes underneath Mount Kobla and the Julian Alps
Julian Alps
The Julian Alps are a mountain range of the Southern Limestone Alps that stretches from northeastern Italy to Slovenia, where they rise to 2,864 m at Mount Triglav. They are named after Julius Caesar, who founded the municipium of Cividale del Friuli at the foot of the mountains...
drainage divide between the Danube Valley and the Adriatic Sea
Adriatic Sea
The Adriatic Sea is a body of water separating the Italian Peninsula from the Balkan peninsula, and the system of the Apennine Mountains from that of the Dinaric Alps and adjacent ranges...
.
History
The station was opened on , as Bahnhof Podberda (its German language name). At that time, it was located within the Austrian EmpireAustrian Empire
The Austrian Empire was a modern era successor empire, which was centered on what is today's Austria and which officially lasted from 1804 to 1867. It was followed by the Empire of Austria-Hungary, whose proclamation was a diplomatic move that elevated Hungary's status within the Austrian Empire...
, and its original operator was the Imperial Royal Austrian State Railways.
After World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
, and the annexation of Podberda to the Kingdom of Italy
Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946)
The Kingdom of Italy was a state forged in 1861 by the unification of Italy under the influence of the Kingdom of Sardinia, which was its legal predecessor state...
, the station was renamed Stazione di Piedicolle (its Italian language name). It also became the Bohinj Railway's border crossing point between the Ferrovie dello Stato
Ferrovie dello Stato
Ferrovie dello Stato is a government-owned holding which manage infrastructure and service on the Italian rail network. The subsidiary Trenitalia is the main rail operator in Italy.-Organization:Ferrovie dello Stato subsidiaries are:...
(Kingdom of Italy) and the Yugoslav Railways of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
The Kingdom of Yugoslavia was a state stretching from the Western Balkans to Central Europe which existed during the often-tumultuous interwar era of 1918–1941...
.
Soon afterwards, the station yard was enlarged, to facilitate the exchange of locomotives on trains crossing the border.
In 1947, following the end of World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
, the entire area surrounding the station was reassigned to the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was the Yugoslav state that existed from the abolition of the Yugoslav monarchy until it was dissolved in 1992 amid the Yugoslav Wars. It was a socialist state and a federation made up of six socialist republics: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia,...
. The station, renamed Železniška postaja Podbrdo (its Slovenian language name), simultaneously lost its status and importance as a border crossing point.