ICN Zagreb–Split

Tilting railcars lean through the bare karst of the Lika plateau below Velebit, then swoop down to the palm-fringed Adriatic at Split.

When Croatia opened this tilting-train service in 2004, it gave the coast its first serious rail link since Yugoslav days: RegioSwinger diesels swinging through the Dinaric karst from the capital to the sea. The route climbs past Ogulin beneath the bulk of Klek, crosses the bare Lika plateau where bora winds comb the scrub, and passes Knin’s clifftop fortress before dropping through the Kaštela hinterland to Split’s palm-lined harbour terminus beside Diocletian’s Palace. Summer brings extra and overnight runs for the beach traffic.

Stations

1. 0 kmZagreb Glavni kolodvor +5
2. 32 kmJastrebarsko +1
3. 52 kmKarlovac +1
4. 101 kmOštarije +1
5. 107 kmJosipdol
6. 123 kmPlaški
7. Show 8 more stations

   1. 163 kmVrhovine
   2. 178 kmLičko Lešće
   3. 196 kmPerušić
   4. 210 kmGospić
   5. 238 kmLovinac
   6. 254 kmGračac
   7. 316 kmKnin +1
   8. 337 kmDrniš +1
8. 357 kmUnešić +1
9. 369 kmPerković +1
10. 399 kmKaštel Stari
11. 414 kmSplit Predgrađe
12. 417 kmSplit

The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them. A +N after a station: N other routes on this map stop or end there, and the map draws it as a station where lines meet.

Along the way

• Ogulin under Klek mountain
• Lika karst plateau
• Velebit massif on the horizon
• Knin fortress
• Kaštela bay descent
• Split harbour beside Diocletian’s Palace

How this line was checked

• Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 5384782: the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within 71 m of them
• Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 21 m from it
• Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits 0.1 km from the shape of IC 521
• Wikipedia has an article for this line
• See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it

Questions and answers

How long is the ICN Zagreb–Split?

The ICN Zagreb–Split runs 424 km from Zagreb to Split.

How long does the ICN Zagreb–Split take?

The fastest scheduled journey is 7 h for the 424 km. That is an average of 61 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 140 km/h.

Who runs the ICN Zagreb–Split?

HŽPP, with RegioSwinger tilting DMU.

How old is the ICN Zagreb–Split?

The line has been in service since 2004. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.

How often does the ICN Zagreb–Split run?

2× daily, more in summer.

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