Route
The railway started at Trieste's St. Andrew station (now a railway museum). It passed Muggia and entered present day Slovenia in Škofije. The route first passed Dekani then turned towards the coast, passed Koper, Izola, Strunjan, Portorož, Lucija, Sečovlje, crossed the Dragonja and entered the territory of the present day Croatia. Then it turned westwards, reached Valica where Savudrija's station stood and turned eastwards towards Istrian interior. It passed Buje, climbed to Grožnjan, soon after passing this town reached the highest point at elevation of 293 meters above sea level and then started to descend until it reached Livade (13m above sea level) where it crossed the Mirna river. Then it started climbing again via Motovun and Vižinada to Baldaši where it reached another local extreme at 273 meters above sea level. Then it was gradually descending, passed Višnjan and reached Poreč after 123 kilometers from Trieste, thus making it one of Europe's longest narrow gauge railways.
Although initially planned and much effort made by local authorities, the fork from Valica to Umag was never built. On the other hand since 1909 Piran was connected with the station in Portorož (at that time Portorož was a spa and a stop for guests was arranged in a private villa two years after the rail line was completed), first with a trolleybus, in 1912 replaced by an electrical tramway which was operating till 1953.
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