Classic route
EC Wien–Ljubljana
Vienna → Ljubljana · Austria · Slovenia
- Distance
- 428 km
- Fastest time
- ≈ 6 h
- Average speed
- 71 km/h
- Top speed
- 160 km/h
- Operator
- ÖBB · SŽ
- Train
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Countries
- Austria, Slovenia
- In service since
- 1857
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
The EuroCity to Slovenia on the 1857 Southern Railway: over the Semmering to Graz, the Drava at Maribor, then the Sava valley into Ljubljana.
How this line was checked
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 12 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via Transitous: our line sits 0.1 km from the shape of EC 71
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
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