How does the Slovenia Car Train work
 

Can someone give me a rundown on how to use the AUTOVLAK from Most No
Soci to Bohinj Bistrica? I've located the timetable, but how far in
advance do you need to arrive to get space (btw - how much space is
there? The photos I've seen show trains with about four flatcars, each
holding 2-3 cars). Do you drive on and just set your parking brake, or
is the car stabilized some other way? (we'll be driving a rental).

Re: How does the Slovenia Car Train work
 

"Chris Bastian" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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    > Can someone give me a rundown on how to use the AUTOVLAK from Most No
    > Soci to Bohinj Bistrica? I've located the timetable, but how far in
    > advance do you need to arrive to get space (btw - how much space is
    > there? The photos I've seen show trains with about four flatcars, each
    > holding 2-3 cars). Do you drive on and just set your parking brake, or
    > is the car stabilized some other way? (we'll be driving a rental).


Hi Chris --

Ask the guys at misc.transport.rail.europe -- this is their specialty :-)

Re: How does the Slovenia Car Train work
 

On Fri, 04 Aug 2006 18:47:30 -0400, Chris Bastian <[email protected]>
wrote:

    >Can someone give me a rundown on how to use the AUTOVLAK from Most No
    >Soci to Bohinj Bistrica? I've located the timetable, but how far in
    >advance do you need to arrive to get space

I don't know this specific train (if you give an URL it's possibly
clearer) - but in general the car trains should be reserved in advance,
and you should show-up at least approx. 2 hours before departure. In
both cases doing so later may or may not work ...

Regards,
Martin Theodor Ludwig

Re: How does the Slovenia Car Train work
 

Chris Bastian schrieb:

< Can someone give me a rundown on how to use the AUTOVLAK from Most No

< Soci to Bohinj Bistrica? I've located the timetable, but how far in
< advance do you need to arrive to get space (btw - how much space is
< there? The photos I've seen show trains with about four flatcars,
each
< holding 2-3 cars). Do you drive on and just set your parking brake,
or
< is the car stabilized some other way? (we'll be driving a rental).

Might be - drive on, stop the engine, leave gear in and
set parking brake.

Used at several places in the Alps for sites where
railway-tunnels are the only way avoiding long detours.
Well known tunnels in Switzerland working this way
are Lötschberg, Furka, Oberalp, Albula
More info on websites
http://www.bls.ch/autoverlad/ with detailed instructions
at http://www.bls.ch/autoverlad/diashow_e.html
For those relatively short distances, driver and passengers
stay in the car; trains circulate frequently and no
reservation is required (or even not possible)

For long[er] distance car-trains (more than just a tunnel)
reservation usually is required or recommended, driver
and passengers leave car.
Vereina in the Swiss Alps is one of
http://www.rhb.ch/autoverlad/albula/albula_main.d.php
and close to all long distance trains in countries
such as Austria, Germany, France
http://www.autozug-online.de/
Compilation of most of those car-trains is at
http://www.autoreisezuege-in-europa.de/index.htm

As there seems to be very little information on the
net regarding the train in Slovenia you are looking
for, you might get better answers at
http://forum.virtualtourist.com/foru...a-1-forum.html
for example (?)

Re: How does the Slovenia Car Train work
 

Chris Bastian wrote:
    > Can someone give me a rundown on how to use the AUTOVLAK from Most No
    > Soci to Bohinj Bistrica? I've located the timetable, but how far in
    > advance do you need to arrive to get space (btw - how much space is
    > there?

The guy at the railway's call centre said you don't need to book in
advance, but have to be aware that the loading stops 10 minutes before
the scheduled departure. Have you tried writing to them at
[email protected]?

Gorazd

Re: How does the Slovenia Car Train work
 

"Martin Theodor Ludwig" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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    > On Fri, 04 Aug 2006 18:47:30 -0400, Chris Bastian <[email protected]>
    > wrote:
    >>Can someone give me a rundown on how to use the AUTOVLAK from Most No
    >>Soci to Bohinj Bistrica? I've located the timetable, but how far in
    >>advance do you need to arrive to get space
    > I don't know this specific train (if you give an URL it's possibly
    > clearer) - but in general the car trains should be reserved in advance,
    > and you should show-up at least approx. 2 hours before departure. In
    > both cases doing so later may or may not work ...

I would have though that for most of the alpine routes,
arriving 2 hours before would wipe out the time saving
over the alternative.

tim