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Trieste-Villa Opicina-Lubljana in the evening not found

  • March 12, 2026
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​@Eurail Community Moderator 

There are only 2 good connections between Trieste and Ljubljana, with a change in Villa Opicina, so it's important that people can find them. Previously, not all trains were entirely in the timetable/MERITS, but now they are.

However, the evening journey with departure at 19:07 from Trieste, is not shown, although there's a direct connection in Villa Opicina (arr. 19:37, dep. 19:45). Maybe the planner thinks that's too short, but Villa Opicina is a very small station, 8 minutes is plenty of time to change, and the only reason for the 19:45 departure is to connect with the train from Trieste.

The planner lets you hang around in Villach instead:

The train to Villa Opicina is in the planner though:

And the connecting train too:

Could Trenitalia be persuaded to include this connection in their timetable? I suppose it's a matter of changing the minimum connection time.

Please ask questions in the community and not via a private message. That's the quickest way to get a response. I don't work for Eurail/Interrail.

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Andreas1099
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  • Andreas1099
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  • March 13, 2026

Is there any place at all, where you can find train connections Trieste to Ljubljana via Villa Opicina?

The travel planner on the trenitalia website does not show any, but the two daily trains from Trieste Centrale to Villa Opicina. The Slovenian railways website does not have Trieste (or Trst) in the travel planner and on the information page about international connections travellers are advised to check if the trains are really running, e.g. on the ÖBB travel planner. That one shows only the 19:07 departure from Trieste Centrale to Villa Opicina, as well as the two daily trains from Villa Opicina to Ljubljana (which can also be found in the travel planner of the Slovenian railways). A search Trieste Centrale to Ljubljana on the ÖBB travel planner results in several connections via Gorizia Centrale – transfer to Nova Gorica – and then either via Sežana or Jesenice or connections via Udine and Villach, but not in any via Villa Opicina. (I did all timetable searches for March 30th.)

Independently where I search, the results are somewhat confusing.
(In the case I would travel from Trieste to Ljubljana I would anyway take Trieste urban bus 4 to Villa Opicina).

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  • rvdborgt
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  • March 13, 2026

I'm almost certain I saw all trains in the ÖBB planner, but indeed the morning train from Trieste to Villa Opicina is now missing again. On interrail.eu I can still find it. It could however mean that it will disappear again with the next timetable update.

Please ask questions in the community and not via a private message. That's the quickest way to get a response. I don't work for Eurail/Interrail.
Camilo.
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  • March 14, 2026

Hi ​@rvdborgt 

Great feedback. I will escalate this. 

Please note that I won't reply to any of my private messages at the moment. Thanks for your understanding
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