tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27384688.post826136507513033220..comments2009-12-12T11:32:14.340ZAlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14560613259054055707noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27384688.post-58695172272753112182009-12-11T14:28:29.695Z2009-12-11T14:28:29.695ZThis comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Klodshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14683620999194359830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27384688.post-64132484104128169462009-01-17T10:01:00.000Z2009-01-17T10:01:00.000ZBalkan apsurdities! With some normal people inhabiting the region there should be no reason not to have fast train connection from Slovenia to Greece, criss-crossing the region (except for the politically unstable provincies like Kosova and Bosnia) -hire some Italian, French or Spanish rail system engineers and bridge the stupid divide. There's no reason not to be able to travel from Zagreb to Ljubljana round the clock, for under an hour --for crying out loud one could even walk faster the distances that these supposed "trains" are supposed to cover!<BR/>And this is mostly caused by Balkan's petty ethnic and 'national' horseshit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27384688.post-49129486392106720852008-04-19T16:49:00.000+01:002008-04-19T16:49:00.000+01:00Alison, as far as I know the times shown on www.bahn.de for Thessaloniki-Sofia are reliable. Currently there are two relatively fast trains daily at 06.26 and 17.48, taking just over 6 hours. A slower overnight train leaves at 00.09 and takes a little over 7.5 hours.Alanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14560613259054055707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27384688.post-40335384961802024602008-04-14T00:48:00.000+01:002008-04-14T00:48:00.000+01:00can you help me with the times of the trains from thessaloniki to sofia? i want to go from volos in greece, change at larrisa to thessaloniki and then get the express train.<BR/><BR/>alisonalisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12160662382759286959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27384688.post-74655727429440959352008-04-04T17:17:00.000+01:002008-04-04T17:17:00.000+01:00On my recent visit to Zagreb, Croatia (January 2008), while at the main train staion in Zagreb (Glavni Kolodvor), I noted significant changes (most of them negative) to the old international rail route schedule I fondly remember from the 1980's. Whatever happened to balkan international rail travel. Following trains have been taken out of service for good it seems;<BR/>Akropolis Express, Hellas Express, Orient Express, Simplon Express, etc.<BR/>I used to travel frequently on these trains and mainly connecting in Zagreb, Croatia while coming from Zurich, Switzerland. It enabled Western Europeans travel to some of the very remote regions thru-ought the Balkans, places like Kosovo Polje (Kosovo), Strumica (Macedonia), etc. It would be great to see the return to service of some of these famed trains. I'm visiting Croatia again in December 2008 and while I will be required to transfer several times to reach Koprivnica, Croatia (Podravina Region) close to the Hungarian border, I look forward to my train journey. My route will be as follows;<BR/>Brig, Wallis (Switzerland) to Milano Centrale (Italy).<BR/>Milane Centrale to Venezia Mestre.<BR/>Venezia Mestre via Trieste, Ljubljana (Slovenia) via Zagreb to Koprivnica (my stop) while the train will continue on to Budapest (Hungary.<BR/>My return journey will be as follows;<BR/>Koprvnica to Zagreb (Glavni Kolodvor)<BR/>Zagreb via Ljubljana (Slovenia), Innsbruck HBF (Austria) to Zurich HBF (Switzerland) on the EuroNight Zurich/Belgrade Express.<BR/>My journey will end on a United Airlens flight from Zurich to San Francisco (home).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27384688.post-64185062259624590762008-01-03T12:26:00.000Z2008-01-03T12:26:00.000Zhey Alan<BR/>it's Marko (mpetrovic)<BR/><BR/>happy New year, marry christmass, etc :)<BR/>and happy travels in 2008!<BR/> <BR/>Been to train station yesterday, remembered to ask about this Nish-Bar train<BR/>it seems that now there are two trains from Nish to Bar, but one of them runs only in summer months<BR/> <BR/>so basically, there's daily night train dep. Nish at 19:00, all year round. Another one, active only in some summer period (forgot dates), dep. Nish ~20:00h<BR/><BR/>there used to be daily Bar-Nish train too, on that arrivals timetable, but forgot arrival/dep. times. <BR/><BR/>see you around..<BR/>markompetrovicwww.trekearth.com/members/mpetrovicnoreply@blogger.com