Zagreb Bus Station


Zagreb Bus Station or Zagreb Coach Station is the central bus station of Zagreb and the biggest of its kind in Southeastern Europe. Founded in 1961, it was rebuilt for the 1987 Summer Universiade.
The station's operating company is Autobusni kolodvor Zagreb d.o.o., a subsidiary of the Zagreb Holding.
The core businesses are passenger transport, reception of buses, luggage and goods, sale of train tickets, information and cloakroom services. It covers 17,200 m2 of indoor space. With 44 terminals, it is the biggest bus station in Croatia. 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 1 km east of the central train station, in the Marin Držić Neighbourhood of the Trnje borough, near Kanal, being one of the most distinctive buildings in the surroundings.

Routes

The Station is an integral part of two TEN-T road network corridors:
Several European road routes pass through Zagreb:
Zagreb is directly connected by road infrastructure to six highways in Croatia.

Domestic routes

Zagreb is connected with all bigger Croatian cities and tourist destinations on a daily basis with multiple buses.

International routes

Regular international destinations include Vienna, Trieste, Ljubljana, Budapest, Sarajevo, Belgrade etc.
Out of German cities, Berlin, Cologne, Dortmund, Frankfurt, Munich and Stuttgart are connected with daily routes. 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.
In 1990, there were 26 international lines:
Line numberDestinationsTransit line
2Trieste-Zagreb-BelgradeT
3Paris-Zagreb-BelgradeT
11Splt-Zagreb-BrnoT
13Belgrade-Zagreb-TriesteT
14Belgrade-Zagreb-ParisT
19, 137, 281Zagreb-Barcs
21Brno-Zagreb-SplitT
26Munich-Zagreb-ViroviticaT
29, 71Zagreb-Graz
34Zagreb-Trieste
58Zagreb-Istanbul
80Brno-Zagreb-CrikvenicaT
100Prague-Zagreb-RijekaT
299Zagreb-Nagykanizsa
403Zagreb-Zurich
404, 493Zagreb-Stuttgart
439Virovitica-Zagreb-StuttgartT
463Rijeka-Zagreb-PragueT
459Makarska-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 it surpases 1,500 buses and over 50,000 passengers.
According to research from 1998, daily sell of tickets during January–March 1997 varied from 1,037 to 4,094.
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

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