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train issue at the Lesce station

  • July 7, 2025
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Hello,
We've seen the changes to the Lesce-Stuttgart night train, but we wanted to know which replacement trains have been implemented and the associated schedules, as it's not at all clear. I don't understand which train we should take from Lesce to Jesenice and what the schedules are for these new trains, i.e., from Lesce to Jesenice, from Jesenice to Villach, and then from Villach to Schwarzach-St-Veit.
The information we received was really insufficient. Please respond and provide us with the requested information, as we needed to book other trains later.
We still want a refund for this train because the service really doesn't match the price paid, but we've been waiting for a response from the company for over a week.

Sincerely,
Louise Furet

Best answer by thibcabe

This is a community forum, with fellow travellers giving advice and answering questions. This is not customer support.

The Zagreb - Stuttgart night train does not stop in Lesce-Bled until 13th July. This has been planned for more than a year. While the Tauern tunnel is getting renovated in Austria there are hourly replacement buses from Spittal-Millstättersee to Bischofshofen.

Timetables are available on DB Navigator or any other good planner.

If your trip is supposed to happen on another day, please mention it. Impossible to help otherwise.

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  • July 7, 2025

This is a community forum, with fellow travellers giving advice and answering questions. This is not customer support.

The Zagreb - Stuttgart night train does not stop in Lesce-Bled until 13th July. This has been planned for more than a year. While the Tauern tunnel is getting renovated in Austria there are hourly replacement buses from Spittal-Millstättersee to Bischofshofen.

Timetables are available on DB Navigator or any other good planner.

If your trip is supposed to happen on another day, please mention it. Impossible to help otherwise.


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  • Right on track
  • July 7, 2025

Thanks for your answer, but are we allowed to take other trains to replace the one which was cancelled or are we obligated to take the remplacement buses ?


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  • Railly clever
  • July 7, 2025

When are you travelling?


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  • Right on track
  • July 7, 2025

The 4 of august 


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  • Full steam ahead
  • July 7, 2025

Alright so on that day the night train is rerouted through Maribor-Graz rather than Jesenice-Villach.

You should contact ÖBB and ask to board the night train in Celje, Pragersko or Maribor instead. It would look like this:

- D Lesce Bled - Ljubljana 15:48 - 17:00

- IC Ljubljana - Celje 17:50 - 19:13

- EN Celje - Stuttgart Hbf 19:56 - 10:20 (later arrival due to works in Germany)

This will be much better than a string of trains and a multiple hour wait overnight somewhere.


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  • Right on track
  • July 7, 2025

Thank you very much, it’s really helpfull !