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The Bohinj Railway ((スロベニア語:Bohinjska proga), (イタリア語:Transalpina), (ドイツ語:Wocheiner Bahn)) is a railway in Slovenia and Italy. It connects Jesenice in Slovenia with Trieste in Italy. It was built by Austria-Hungary from 1900 to 1906 as a part of a new strategic railway, the Neue Alpenbahnen, that would connect Western Austria and Southern Germany with the then Austro-Hungarian port of Trieste. The line starts in Jesenice, at the Southern end of the Karawanks Tunnel; it then crosses the Julian Alps through the Bohinj Tunnel, and passes the border town of Nova Gorica before crossing the Italian border and reaching Trieste. During the First World War, it carried the majority of Austrian military supplies to the Isonzo Front. Due to new political divisions in Europe, with the dissolution of Austria-Hungary into separate states in 1918 and the isolation of communist Yugoslavia after 1945, the railway decreased in importance during the twentieth century. However, Slovenia's accession to the European Union has created new prospects for the railway as a convenient passenger and freight route from Central and Eastern Europe to the port of Trieste. Distinctive features of the railway are the 6,339 metre-long Bohinj Tunnel under 1,498 meter high Mount Kobla and the Solkan Bridge with its 85 meter wide arch over the Soča River. ==Names== * The Slovenian name for the railway is ''Bohinjska proga'' (Bohinj railway), referring to both the valley and the town of Bohinj. * The German name for it is ''Wocheiner Bahn'' (the German name of Bohinj); the southern part of the railway, beyond Nova Gorica, has also been known as the ''Karstbahn''. At the time of construction, the official designation was ''Karawanken- und Wocheinerbahn'', in reference to the Karawanks railway from which it originates in Jasenice: together with it and the Tauern Railway (''Tauernbahn''), it formed the New Alpine Railways project (''Neue Alpenbahnen''). * In Italian, the railway is known as the ''Transalpina'' (the Cross-Alps Railway), and that name is still used for the Italian services between Gorizia and Trieste. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bohinj Railway」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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