Zagreb Bus Station
Zagreb Bus Station Autobusni kolodvor Zagreb | |||||
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Marin Držić Avenue 4 Marin Držić Neighborhood, Trnje, Zagreb Croatia | ||||
| Coordinates | 45°48′14″N 15°59′35″E / 45.8038°N 15.9931°E | ||||
| System | subsidiary of Zagreb Holding | ||||
| Owned by | City of Zagreb | ||||
| Operated by | Zagreb Holding | ||||
| Bus stands | 44[1][2] | ||||
| Construction | |||||
| Parking | yes | ||||
| Bicycle facilities | yes | ||||
| Architect | Vojteh Ravnikar, Majda Kregar | ||||
| Architectural style | brutalism | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Website | akz.hr | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opening | July 4, 1962 | ||||
| Rebuilt | 1987[1] | ||||
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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]
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] 1 km 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]
- Vb (Mediterranean Corridor): Rijeka–Zagreb–Budapest
- X (Paneuropean Corridor): Salzburg-Ljubljana-Zagreb-Belgrade-Niš-Skopje-Veles-Thessaloniki
Several European road routes pass through Zagreb:[9]
- E59: runs from Jihlava in the Czech Republic, via Vienna, Graz, Maribor and Krapina to Zagreb.
- E65: runs from Malmö in Sweden to the city of Chania in Greece.
- E70: runs from a Coruña in Spain via France, Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey to the Georgian city of Poti.
- E71: runs from Košice in Slovakia via Budapest, Varaždin, Zagreb and Zadar to Split.
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]
| Line number | Destinations | Transit line (T) |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Trieste-Zagreb-Belgrade | T |
| 3 | Paris-Zagreb-Belgrade | T |
| 11 | Splt-Zagreb-Brno | T |
| 13 | Belgrade-Zagreb-Trieste | T |
| 14 | Belgrade-Zagreb-Paris | T |
| 19, 137, 281 | Zagreb-Barcs | |
| 21 | Brno-Zagreb-Split | T |
| 26 | Munich-Zagreb-Virovitica | T |
| 29, 71 | Zagreb-Graz | |
| 34 | Zagreb-Trieste | |
| 58 | Zagreb-Istanbul | |
| 80 | Brno-Zagreb-Crikvenica | T |
| 100 | Prague-Zagreb-Rijeka | T |
| 299 | Zagreb-Nagykanizsa | |
| 403 | Zagreb-Zurich | |
| 404, 493 | Zagreb-Stuttgart | |
| 439 | Virovitica-Zagreb-Stuttgart | T |
| 463 | Rijeka-Zagreb-Prague | T |
| 459 | Makarska-Zagreb-Brno | T |
| 492 | Zagreb-Munich | |
| 552 | Zagreb-Vienna | |
| 578 | Brno-Zagreb-Makarska | T |
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 1997 varied from 1,037 to 4,094.[13]
| Year | Buses dispachted | Tickets sold |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 171,200 | 1,014,000 |
| 2003 | 170,250 | 1,032,000 |
| 2004 | 169,928 | 1,048,805 |
| 2005 | 164,441 | 1,066,628 |
| 2006 | 160,453 | 1,147,276 |
| 2007 | 161,643 | 1,153,932 |
| 2008 | 160,304 | 1,142,414 |
| 2009 | 155,889 | 1,128,249 |
| 2010 | 155,312 | 1,148,073 |
| 2011 | 157,828 | 1,218,133 |
| 2012 | 158,370 | 1,233,415 |
| 2013 | 162,304 | 1,354,496 |
| 2014 | 166,459 | 1,402,370 |
| 2015 | 168,878 | 1,503,566 |
| 2016 | 176,057 | 1,494,847 |
Literature
- Bilanović, Mirko (2018). Geoprometna analiza autobusnih linija autobusnog kolodvora Zagreb [Geographic Analysis of the Bus Lines at Zagreb Bus Station] (Thesis) (in Croatian and English). Zagreb: Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences.
References
- ^ a b c d e f "O nama" [About us]. akz.hr (in Croatian). Zagreb Bus Station (AKZ).
- ^ a b c d "Zagreb Bus Station: What You Need to Know". total-croatia-news.com. Total Croatia News. 2 January 2017.
- ^ "The bus terminal". infozagreb.hr. City of Zagreb Tourist Office (TZGZ).
- ^ "Autobusni kolodvor" [Bus Station]. zgh.hr (in Croatian). Zagreb Holding.
- ^ Bilanović 2018, p. 9.
- ^ a b Lonely Planet Eastern Europe. Lonely Planet. 2017. ISBN 9781787011908.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Bilanović 2018, p. 15.
- ^ a b Bilanović 2018, p. 33.
- ^ a b c d DK Eyewitness Travel Guide Croatia. DK Publishing. 2015. p. 275. ISBN 9781465441737.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Gold, Hrvoje; Kavran, Zvonko; Štefančić, Gordana (1998). "Bus Tickets Sales Forecasting Using Neuro-Genetic Methods". Promet - Traffic - Traffico. 10 (1–2): 59.
- ^ 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. Archived from the original on 2024-07-27. Retrieved 2025-08-12.