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Rail Transport TrackSLOVENIAN RAILORADS Rail transport Is the transport of passengers and goods along rail lines or railroads. A railway arsehole be broken down into two major components. Basic eithery these ar the items which move, the locomotives, passenger carrying vehicles (coaches), freight carrying vehicles (goods wagons / freight cars) and those which ar fixed, usually referred to as its infrastructure. This category includes the constant way (tracks) and buildings (stations, freight facilities, viaducts and tunnels). The operation of the railway is through a system of control, originally by mechanical means, nowadays, in most places, electronic and computerised. The volume of art on the line dictates the number of tracks required for its operation. These consist of short stretches of double track which allow trains to pass each another. Alternatively, and particularly on freight lines, in that respect may be longer sections of the line that are double track. These sect ions must be able to accommodate the longest train which normally works on that line. Effective traffic control is carried out by a token system. where just one token is available for each single line section. primarily this token was physically exchanged between signalman and driver, later by mechanical means using a device on the locomotive cab positioning whilst nowadays this system has largely been replaced by an electronic system.The development path of Slovenske eleznice leads us past old Austria, which Slovenia formed part of until 1918, when Slovenians could witness the start and well-heeled of railways in their country. Therefore, the table unavoidably contains major events from the histories of both Austrian and Slovenian railways.Infrastructure Transport corridorsBecause of political and economical co-operation between European countries after 1990, the penury emerged to design a trans-European transport network including all types of transport and to join all Europe an countries by 2010. In railway transport, the network is composed of ten trans-European corridors 5th corridor and 10th corridorTypes of railway trackRailway tracks are divided into main and local tracks. They are also divided by the number of tracks. unrivalled of them are one-track rails (trains use the same track for both directions) and the others are two-track rails (each track is used for train traffic in a trusted direction.Superlatives and statistic dates In terms of the length of the lines and its infrastructure, it is difficult to compare Slovenian railroad with other railway in Europe. However, given Slovenias geographical variety our lines involve somewhat interesting information. Some of those are The steepest line is from Prvaina to tanjel, the highest railway station is 582 preceding(prenominal) see level and the lowest is in Koper only 3 m above see level. The longest bridge is in Novo mesto (575 m). The highest bridge is in Most na Soi which is 30 m high. The oldest line is form entilj to Celje which was bild on 2 June 1846.Some statistics dates for Slovenian railway The length of all lines of railway is 1228,6 km. There number of viaducts and culverts is 3.181 and there length is 13,1 km. There are also 93 tunnels and galleries and there length together is 37,3 km. In Slovenia we also have 128 stations, 11 of them are only for freight transport, 10 for passenger transport and 107 for combined transport. foreign transportIn Slovenia passenger transportation is not as important as cargo transportation. That is especially because the trains in Slovenia are slow, uncomfortable, and quite old. Luka Koper is a rattling important factor for railways and the international transport in Slovenia. Cargo arrives to Slovenia by see and in the harbor it is unloaded of ships and it continues its way mostly by railways to countries wish Austria, Slovakia, Hungary,In Slovenia the biggest percent of passengers represent the students. And that is espec ially because of their economical condition. But in many countries across the Europe the trains travel with speeds up to 300 km/hour, are much more punctual, comfortable and also cheep.Slovenia has a direct railway connection with some of those countries. From Ljubljana it is possible to travel to some of European countries.TICKETS AND DISCOUNTSThere are a lot of diffe rakehell kinds of tickets and discounts. Different companies give discount to different passengers. Mostly yang people to the age 26 have discounts, and also children and elderly. Some railway companies give discount also to larger groups.SLEEPING CARS AND COUCHETTESBecause travelling abroad usually means that journeys will be long, passengers have a possibility to solve for sleeping cars or couchettes. Usually that is possible if the departure is at night. The advantage for travelling with night trains is that you are well-rested, because you are able to get some sleep. shadow trains are very convenient if you trav el from one city to a another city and you have a byssi schedule.TRANSPORTING CARS AND ANIMALSCars and bicycles can be transported to trains, but only on certain stations, and at certain time. Cars must not be to high or to heavy. Reservations for cars must be made early enough, and you must be there early enough to load the vehicles. Animals can also be transported, but only smaller living organisms. The owners are fully responsible for their pet. But the animal must not disturb other passengers.Inland transport1. DISCOUNTS Special discounts have children and youth, the elderly and pensioners, families, bigger groups, groups of young people, groups of children, 2. TYPES OF TICKETSOne way They sell one-way tickets for all types of trains, for all days of the week, up to two months in advance.Return They sell return tickets for all types of trains, for all days of the week, up to two months in advance.School For primary school pupils, secondary school pupils, apprentices and student s of college and university programmes, for daily journeys from the place of ones residence to the place of schooling or of performing obligatory practice, and back.Semi-annual, Annual and periodic All passengers can buy tickets, whereas student tickets are reserved for pupils, students and apprentices upon submitting the appropriate evidence (certificate or application).Flat rate For those wishing to travel on all lines of Slovenske eleznice on all types of trains, first or second class.Slovenian Rail Pass Slovenian Rail Pass is valid for an unlimited number of journies in Slovenia within 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8 successive days. It is intended forpersons, who do not live in Slovenia.3. WAGON OR TRAIN RENTAL-it is possible to rent special wagons attached to regular trains or even an entire special train. A special wagon must be ordered at to the lowest degree 8 days in advance and a special train at least 15 days in advance.4. TRAIN AND BUS have Train Bus TicketCombined train bus t ickets (weekly and monthly tickets), in co-operation between Slovenian Railways and KAM-BUS since 1996, are available for the Ljubljana-Kamnik line.