The network of Croatian Railways (HZ Putnicki prijevoz, short HZ) is centred around the capital Zagreb.
Attractively situated, Croatia acts as an intersection of routes from Europe's west to east and from north to south.
Croatia's rail network connects all major Croatian cities, except Dubrovnik. If you want to visit Dubrovnik, you will have to travel by train to Split, and then go on the bus for Dubrovnik.
New 160kph "tilting trains" connect Zagreb with Split and other major cities in Croatia such as Rijeka and Osijek. This results in higher levels of comfort and significantly faster journeys between cities (Zagreb-Split is now 5.5 hours instead of 9, Osijek is now 3 when other trains take around 4.5 hours).
Croatia has direct international connections with Austria, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Germany, Hungary, Slovenia, Italy and Greece.
There are normal passenger trains and express (faster) trains within Croatia.
Reservations are only required for the trains ICN Zagreb-Split and the IC Zagreb-Rijeka/Osijek/Cakovec. A seat reservation costs about 1 euro.
For details see the pages:
Bikes are allowed on certain trains upon advance purchase of a special bike ticket.
