19.8.2024

Dear Customers,

In recent weeks, we have informed you about the situation at the Port of Koper and the restrictions on rail transport in Slovenia. Last week we were again forced to reorganise our trains to/from Koper and cancel 17 pairs of trains due to a combination of unfavourable circumstances on the entire railway network of the Slovenian infrastructure.

Extraordinary events:

• 12/08 between 5:35 a.m. – 6:15 a.m. – broken-down InRail train on the left railway track between Lazy and Lj.Zalog stations. Traffic is running in the right lane.
• 12/08 between 3:37 p.m. – 5:35 p.m. – unexpected closure of the right railway track between Blanka and Sevnica stations due to damage at KM 482,600.
• 12/08 from 3:10 p.m. to 13/08 12:45 p.m. – problems occurred on switches 101, 21 and 9 at Lj. Zalog station due to heat. Rail traffic is possible on tracks 3 and 5.
• 12/08 at 4:57 p.m. –  an unexpected closure of the right railway track between Krsko – Brestanica – Blanca and track 2 of Brestanica station started due to a fault (right hand switch 13 of Brestanica station).
• 13/08 between 3:40 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. – a railway track fault was reported on the line between Crnotice – Hrastovlje, the track is closed until inspection or repair.
• 14/08 between 7:27 p.m. – 9:10 p.m. – unexpected closure of the railway track between Postojna – Rakek stations due to failure.
• 15/08 between 8:20 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. – unexpected right-side closure between Brezice – Krsko stations due to failure at switch 18 of Brezice station.
• 16/08 between 5:55 a.m.- 7:25 a.m. – lockout between Ruse – Ruta stations due to a fallen rock on the railway.
• 16/08 from 4:00 p.m. – closure of the Ljubljana – Divaca line until 17/08 2:10 p.m. due to a derailment incident at Postojna station. The line was fully opened on Saturday 17/08 at 6:10 p.m.
• 18/08 between 10:55 a.m. – 12:12 p.m. – right track closed on the line between Divaca and Gornje Lezece stations.
• 18/08 at 2:58 p.m. –  avalanche detectors EAN 7.2  were activated between Sava and Zagorje stations. At 3:53 a.m., a track inspection was carried out. There were no obstacles on the track, the fault on the detectors was removed at 5:18 p.m.

 
Despite our best efforts, we are unable to replace the cancelled capacity at this time. Given these restrictions on the corridor, our capacity continues to be limited. Unfortunately, the lack of capacity will have an impact on the transit time of our trains to/from Koper.

If you have any questions regarding the current planning of your shipments and transit times to/from Koper, please do not hesitate to contact our Customer Service Department.

METRANS Team