Zagreb Bus Station

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Zagreb Bus Station

Autobusni kolodvor Zagreb
Zagreb Main Bus Station.jpg
General information
LocationMarin Držić Avenue 4
Marin Držić Neighborhood, Trnje, Zagreb
Croatia
Coordinates 45°48′14″N15°59′35″E / 45.8038°N 15.9931°E / 45.8038; 15.9931
Systemsubsidiary of Zagreb Holding
Owned by City of Zagreb
Operated by Zagreb Holding
Bus stands44 [1] [2]
Construction
Parkingyes
Bicycle facilitiesyes
ArchitectVojteh Ravnikar, Majda Kregar
Architectural style brutalism
Other information
Website akz.hr
History
OpeningJuly 4, 1962
Rebuilt1987 [1]

Zagreb Bus Station or Zagreb Coach Station (Croatian : Autobusni kolodvor Zagreb, shorter: AKZ) is the central bus station of Zagreb and the biggest of its kind in Southeastern Europe. [1] Founded in 1961, it was rebuilt for the 1987 Summer Universiade. [1] [3]

Contents

The station's operating company is Autobusni kolodvor Zagreb d.o.o., a subsidiary of the Zagreb Holding. [4]

The core businesses are passenger transport, reception of buses, luggage and goods, sale of train tickets, information and cloakroom services. [1] It covers 17,200 m2 of indoor space. [5] With 44 terminals, it is the biggest bus station in Croatia. [2] As an "A" category station, it is a member of the Pan-European Association of Bus Stations.

Location

It is located on Marin Držić Avenue near Ban Jelačić Square [1] , 1km east of the central train station [6] , in the Marin Držić Neighbourhood of the Trnje borough, being one of the most distinctive buildings in the surroundings (Kanal). [7]

Routes

The Station is an integral part of two TEN-T road network corridors: [8]

Several European road routes pass through Zagreb: [9]

Zagreb is directly connected by road infrastructure to six highways in Croatia (A1, A2, A3, A4, A6 and A11). [9]

Domestic routes

Zagreb is connected with all bigger Croatian cities and tourist destinations (Rijeka, Split, Osijek, Varaždin, Pula, Dubrovnik, Rovinj) on a daily basis with multiple buses. [2] [6]

International routes

Regular international destinations include Vienna, Trieste, Ljubljana, Budapest, Sarajevo, Belgrade etc. [2] [10]

Out of German cities, Berlin, Cologne, Dortmund, Frankfurt, Munich and Stuttgart are connected with daily routes. [10] This is also due to many Croatian gastarbeiter in Germany and large Croatian diaspora.

Out of Italian cities, Bologna, Florence, Milan, Rome and Trieste have regular lines with Zagreb. [10]

Eurolines run a London-Zagreb line, which departs from London Victoria station. [10]

In 1990, there were 26 international lines: [11]

International lines (1990)
Line numberDestinationsTransit line (T)
2Trieste-Zagreb-BelgradeT
3 Paris-Zagreb-BelgradeT
11Splt-Zagreb-Brno T
13Belgrade-Zagreb-TriesteT
14Belgrade-Zagreb-ParisT
19, 137, 281Zagreb-Barcs
21Brno-Zagreb-SplitT
26Munich-Zagreb-Virovitica T
29, 71Zagreb-Graz
34Zagreb-Trieste
58Zagreb-Istanbul
80Brno-Zagreb-Crikvenica T
100 Prague-Zagreb-RijekaT
299Zagreb-Nagykanizsa
403Zagreb-Zurich
404, 493Zagreb-Stuttgart
439Virovitica-Zagreb-StuttgartT
463Rijeka-Zagreb-PragueT
459 Makarska-Zagreb-BrnoT
492Zagreb-Munich
552Zagreb-Vienna
578Brno-Zagreb-MakarskaT

Traffic

Daily traffic during winter months is approximated to around 500 buses and 15,000 passengers, while during tourist season (June–September) it surpases 1,500 buses and over 50,000 passengers. [12]

According to research from 1998, daily sell of tickets during January-March of 1997 varied from 1,037 to 4,094. [13]

Passenger statistics [14]
YearBuses dispachtedTickets sold
2002171,2001,014,000
2003170,2501,032,000
2004169,9281,048,805
2005164,4411,066,628
2006160,4531,147,276
2007161,6431,153,932
2008160,3041,142,414
2009155,8891,128,249
2010155,3121,148,073
2011157,8281,218,133
2012158,3701,233,415
2013162,3041,354,496
2014166,4591,402,370
2015168,8781,503,566
2016176,0571,494,847

Literature

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "O nama" [About us]. akz.hr (in Croatian). Zagreb Bus Station (AKZ).
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Zagreb Bus Station: What You Need to Know". total-croatia-news.com. Total Croatia News. 2 January 2017.
  3. ↑ "The bus terminal". infozagreb.hr. City of Zagreb Tourist Office (TZGZ).
  4. ↑ "Autobusni kolodvor" [Bus Station]. zgh.hr (in Croatian). Zagreb Holding.
  5. ↑ Bilanović 2018, p. 9.
  6. 1 2 Lonely Planet Eastern Europe. Lonely Planet. 2017. ISBN   9781787011908.
  7. ↑ Šakaja, Laura; Bašić, Ksenija; Račevska, Elena (2024). "Kvartovski osjećaji mjesta: primjer kvartova gradske četvrti Trnje" [Neighbourhood Senses of Place: a case study of Trnje in Zagreb]. Hrvatski geografski glasnik (in Croatian and English). 86 (2): 117. doi:10.21861/HGG.2024.86.02.05. In accordance with the traffic situation and the industrial past of Kanal, among other buildings that, according to the respondents, give the neighbourhood its distinctiveness are the Zagreb Bus Station, the City Gas Plant and the former Tarn Factory – now a night club.
  8. ↑ Bilanović 2018, p. 15.
  9. 1 2 Bilanović 2018, p. 33.
  10. 1 2 3 4 DK Eyewitness Travel Guide Croatia. DK Publishing. 2015. p. 275. ISBN   9781465441737.
  11. ↑ Štefančić, Gordana (1991). "PRILOG UNAPREĐENJU AUTOBUSNOGALINIJSKOGA TRANZITNOG PROMETA" [CONTRIBUTION TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF LINER TRANSIT TRAFFIC]. Promet - Traffic - Traffico (in Croatian and English). 3 (6): 301.
  12. ↑ Tomić, Iva (2025). ANALIZA SIGURNOSTI I UPOTREBLJIVOSTI OBJEKATA NA PRIMJERU AUTOBUSNI KOLODVOR [ANALYSIS OF SAFETY AND USABILITY OF FACILITIES USING AN EXAMPLE AUTOBUSNI KOLODVOR] (Thesis) (in Croatian and English). Karlovac: Veleučilište u Karlovcu. p. 2. Autobusni kolodvor kao javni objekt je mjesto kroz koje čak i zimi u prosjeku prometuje oko 500 autobusa, odnosno 15.000 putnika dnevno, a u glavnoj sezoni (od lipnja do rujna) 1500 autobusa i preko 50.000 putnika dnevno.
  13. ↑ Gold, Hrvoje; Kavran, Zvonko; Štefančić, Gordana (1998). "Bus Tickets Sales Forecasting Using Neuro-Genetic Methods". Promet - Traffic - Traffico. 10 (1–2): 59.
  14. ↑ Hanžek, Domagoj (2017). Mogućnosti razvoja Autobusnog kolodvora Zagreb [Development possibilities of Zagreb Coach Station] (Thesis) (in Croatian and English). Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences. p. 44.
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