As mentioned in a previous post, Ljubljana’s main station is being completely rebuilt and will be a major construction site for many more months.
I have used the station six times in the last few days and this guide is what I have learnt.
The station is open but changing in layout.
The entrance to almost every railway platform is behind the pale green building to the east of the main station (to the right as you look from the street).
If you enter directions for TirBar bar into Google Maps, that will get you to where you need to go. The entrance to platforms 5 to 13 is just round the corner from this building. There are two display screens here too, on the left for Arrivals, one on the right for Departures.
Except for Platform 14 (see below), you get to all platforms by going onto Platform 1 & 2, turn right then down to the underground passage.
Platform 14 is not in the main station but is alongside the temporary bus station.
The railway ticket office is still in the main station building (and so are the toilets…follow the signs). If you are travelling on a rail replacement bus you need to buy your railway ticket here (if not on the app).
The temporary bus station is 100m down the road east (to the right as you look at the railway station from the road). It is all open air with a line of bus parking bays down the middle.
Take care when using the pedestrian crossing here: the buses are moving around quickly.
The bus ticket office building is a square dark little building at the entrance. There are two bus information screens (again arrivals and departures) but these are not the train information screens, just the buses and coaches. There are three portacabin toilets here, usually with a queue.
Railway platform 14 runs alongside the bus station.
If you are buying a bus/ticket, the seller will probably tell you which number bay to go to.
The rail replacement buses (currently for the routes to Bled, Villach, Celje, Logatec, etc) are in the bays alongside railway platform 14. Each bus has the destination on a card in the windscreen.
The normal coaches to cities around Slovenia (and international, I think) are along the middle line of bus bays. Flixbuses are at the far end and for the airport and Bled just before that (#26). The destinations are clearly marked at each bay on a pole and on the information screens by the ticket office.
Although the temporary taxi drop off and pick up point is between the railway station and the bus station, it gets very cramped. Take great care in this area because taxi drivers can be quite assertive in claiming their entitled space on the road, on the pavement, wherever.
The station currently has no customer facilities but there are several bars and a bakery in the pale green building at the back and more cafes across the street, opposite the main railway building.
Note that there is no shelter at all if you are waiting for a bus or a taxi in the rain or the sun.
Rail replacement bus tip: if you take the rail replacement bus, it’s likely to stop at every station along the route but they do operate some faster buses. It may be much much quicker to get a coach to your destination. For example, the coach to Bled via the Airport took about 1h 20m. The rail replacement bus took us 2h and we had to then get a taxi. Your train ticket will not be valid on the coach though.