Buses Ljubljana

Ljubljana is the capital of Slovenia and it lies on the river Ljubljanica, approximately 10 km from the confluence with the river Sava. It is a known tourist city with many sights. The town is not big and can be seen by taking a walking tour. However, if you want to use the bus to reach your desired destination in the town, the operator of the city’s transport has many bus lines available.

Public transportation

The public tranportation in Ljubljana is operated by Ljubljanski potniški promet. It covers the city of Ljubljana with a total of 214 bus lines of which 42 are city lines and 30 are suburban lines. Bus stations can be found at a maximum distance of 500 m from the houses.

The buses run frequently; the schedule can be seen here.

Bus schedules can be found at bus stations but you can also visit this Internet site and fill in the name of the bus station and the bus line in order to see when the bus is coming.

Most buses have access for the disabled. In case you have a folding bike in a cover bag, you can bring it on the bus between 9 am and 1 pm and again after 6 pm; there is no limitation during the weekend.

Urbana, Ljubljana ticket for public transport

In order to use the public transport in Ljubljana you will need a ticket called Urbana and its price is around 2 euros. It is a contactless smart ticket which can be purchased at kiosks, post offices, tourist offices and public transport sales points as well as on the Internet.

If you buy this ticket in one of the tourist offices you can return it at the same place you bought it and you will get a refund.

A minimum amount you can charge your ticket with is around 1 euro and a maximum is around 50 euros.

The ticket can be charged at the above mentioned places as well as at the green machines – Urbanomati – which can be found all over the city, mostly by the bus stations. These machines accept cash, credit and debit cards.

The duration of a single ride is 90 minutes no matter the number of buses and directions you change during the ride. A single ticket can be used to pay a ride to other people.

Intercity transport

Ljubljana is by bus lines very well connected with almost all the cities in Slovenia. The main bus station in Ljubljana is located at the following address: Trg Osvobodilne fronte 4, opposite the train station. Here you can check the map and the GPS location.

Besides the big bus companies there are many private companies which offer transfer services within the country like GoOpti, Tima Transfer and Loopy Slovenija.

International transport

Ljubljana is by bus lines well connected with all parts of Europe. If you travel from Croatia the routes to and from Ljubljana which can be found on Getbybus.com are the following:

• Zagreb – Bregana – Obrezje – Ljubljana
• Rijeka – Rupa – Jelsane – Postojna Cave – Ljubljana
• Split – Zagreb – Bregana – Obrezje – Ljubljana
• Dubrovnik – Metković – Ploče – Makarska – Split – Zagreb –  Bregana – Obrezje – Ljubljana

If you travel from Europe these are the routes to and from Ljubljana which can be found on Getbybus.com:

• Dortmund – Essen – Duisburg –  Dusseldorf – Cologne – Frankfurt – Nueremberg –  Ingolstadt – Munich – Ljubljana – Zagreb
• Stuttgart-Oberturkheim – Ulm, Augsburg – Munich – Ljubljana – Zagreb – Varaždin – Čakovec
• Frankfurt na Majni – Mannheim – Karlsruhe – Pforzheim – Stuttgart – Ulm – Munich – Ljubljana – Maribor – Varaždin – Zagreb – Ivanić-Grad – Kutina – Slavonski Brod – Županja
• Dortmund – Essen -Duisburg – Dusseldorf – Cologne – Frankfurt – Karlsruhe – Stuttgart – Pforzheim – Munich – Ljubljana – Zagreb – Rijeka – Zadar – Šibenik – Trogir – Split – Ljubljana Airport

The airport of Ljubljana is called Joze Pucnik and the distance from the city center is 27 km. The cheapest way to reach the airport in Ljubljana is to take a public bus which runs every hour and during the weekends every two hours. It takes about 45 minute to get to the airport and the price is approximately 35 kuna.