Short Connection Times: Croatia and Vienna

anonymous
Traveller
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Posted 11 years ago

I'm planning to travel from Split to Bled; according to Bahn, I can take the 21:17 from Split to Zagreb and the 6:50 from Zagreb to Jesenice. From there I have an hour and 11 minutes to wait before connecting to the train to Bled Jezero. The trouble is, there is only a 23-minute wait in Zagreb before the second leg of the journey begins. And if I miss the 6:50, the next train from Zagreb in the direction of Slovenia leaves at 18:25.

I'm not familiar with trains in Croatia and how reliable they are, time-wise. Is it reasonable to expect the first train to arrive in Zagreb in time for me to connect?

I also have a similar question regarding a trip from Maribor to Lvov via Wien and Budapest. The train leaves Maribor at 10:19, arriving in Wien at 13:57. The next train leaves Wien at 14:03 and arrives in Budapest at 16:49. I know trains in Austria are generally very reliable (this is a Eurocity train, by the way), but is it safe to assume I can make the six-minute connection in Wien?

I understand that Bahn tries to report only feasible connection times, but 6 minutes seems to be cutting it very close... especially given that I was just on a train that arrived in Sofia some 5 hours late.

Thanks in advance for your help.