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Slovenske železnice - Potniški promet, družba za opravljanje prevoza potnikov v notranjem in mednarodnem železniškem prometu, d.o.o.
Live now: 1 tender, largest SŽ-Potniški promet four electric locomotives 2024 ($5–25m); holds relationships with Siemens Mobility, Magyar Vagon.
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- Type
- National operator — wholly owned subsidiary of Slovenske železnice d.o.o., founded 1 September 2011 under the Zakon o družbi Slovenske železnice; the national passenger operator, holding a rail carrier licence and single safety certificate issued by AŽP
- Market · Region
- European Union · Slovenia
- Open tenders
- 1
- Technology areas
- Rolling-stock hardware, Digital operations, Predictive maintenance
Slovenian state passenger operator: carries 20.9m passengers annually on 580 trains, invests €156.5m in fleet.
About this buyer
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In its own words it performs the obligatory public service in domestic passenger transport and in cross-border regional and international traffic, and with about 580 trains on a working day carries more than 20 million passengers a year. It carried 20,940 thousand passengers and 1,127 million passenger-kilometres in 2025 — the first year above 20 million since 1990 and a 25 per cent rise on 2024 — under a public service contract running from 2017 to 2031, for which the 2025 compensation was €120,500,468. It is the buyer of passenger rolling stock: new coaches, new electric locomotives and the fleet-tracking and information systems that go with them, with €156.5 million of investment in 2025 and 671 employees.
- Type
- National operator — wholly owned subsidiary of Slovenske železnice d.o.o., founded 1 September 2011 under the Zakon o družbi Slovenske železnice; the national passenger operator, holding a rail carrier licence and single safety certificate issued by AŽP
- Where
- Slovenia · Ljubljana
- Programmes
- ERTMS / ETCS
- Technology areas
- Rolling-stock hardware, Digital operations, Predictive maintenance
Structure
- owned by SŽ — SŽ-Potniški promet is a wholly owned subsidiary of Slovenske železnice d.o.o., founded 1 September 2011 under the Zakon o družbi Slovenske železnice (active · since 2011)
- regulated by AŽP — AŽP is the licensing and safety authority: it issues SŽ-Potniški promet's rail carrier licence and single safety certificate, and authorises the vehicles and vehicle types it buys (active · since 2003)
Who holds what here
- awarded Siemens Mobility — Four new electric locomotives, contract of 15 December 2025, awarded to Siemens Mobility Austria GmbH after the 2024 procedure drew no tenders (active · since 2025-12-15)
- awarded Magyar Vagon — SŽ-Potniški promet five passenger coach sets — MAGYAR VAGON VASÚTI KFT. (active · since 2025-12)
- Contract detail and values (1)In the European Union edition See a fully open example
Sources for these relationships (5)
- ● Javna agencija za železniški promet Republike Slovenije (AŽP) · Naloge: “AŽP opravlja naloge: varnostnega organa, certifikacijskega organa, ocenjevalnega organa, licenčnega organa in inšpekcijskega in prekrškovnega organa.” It issues safety certificates and the infrastructure manager's safety authorisation, rail carrier licences, train driver licences, authorisations to place vehicles and vehicle types on the market and register them, ECM certificates and authorisations to bring fixed installations into operation; keeps the vehicle and driver registers; exercises powers under the Zakon o varnosti v železniškem prometu and the Zakon o inšpekcijskem nadzoru; and cooperates with the European Union Agency for Railways (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Slovenske železnice, d.o.o. · Letno poročilo Skupine Slovenske železnice 2025, published August 2026, 211 pages. Group operating revenue €884.1 million (2024: €715.4 million), EBITDA €178.3 million, net profit €93.5 million, investment €236.4 million of which €177.3 million in rolling stock including 19 trains at €150.1 million; 20,940 thousand passengers carried, the first year above 20 million since 1990, and 1,127 million passenger-kilometres; 16,614 thousand tonnes of freight and 4,228 million net tonne-kilometres; 8,375 employees at 31 December 2025. Operating revenue by company: SŽ-Infrastruktura €276,868 thousand, SŽ-Tovorni promet €208,902 thousand, SŽ-Potniški promet €184,034 thousand, SŽ-VIT €153,758 thousand, SŽ-ŽGP group €113,571 thousand, Nomago €60,794 thousand (August to December) and the holding €43,025 thousand. “Edini družbenik družbe je Republika Slovenija … V skladu s prvim odstavkom 2. člena Zakona o družbi Slovenske železnice Republika Slovenija svojega poslovnega deleža ne more deliti ali prenesti”; “Funkcijo ustanovitelja družbe opravlja Slovenski državni holding”. Group structure at 31 December 2025: SŽ-Potniški promet, SŽ-Infrastruktura, SŽ-VIT, Prometni institut and SŽ-ŽIP each 100 per cent; SŽ EP Logistika 51 per cent, which in turn holds SŽ-Tovorni promet 100 per cent and Fersped; SŽ-ŽGP 79.82 per cent; Nomago 75 per cent, consolidated from 31 July 2025. SŽ-Infrastruktura was recapitalised by €80 million in 2025 for public-railway-infrastructure maintenance machinery. The report also records a March 2026 contract with Tesmec Rail S.r.l. for 21 track machines at €82.2 million including VAT, and the public service compensation to SŽ-Potniški promet of €120,500,468 for 2025 under the 2017–2031 public service contract (published 2026-08 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Slovenske železnice - Potniški promet, d.o.o. · Predstavitev: the company was founded on 1 September 2011 “na podlagi Zakona o družbi Slovenske železnice (Uradni list RS, št. 106/10, 43/11)”, is wholly owned by Slovenske železnice d.o.o., and “opravlja obvezno javno gospodarsko službo v notranjem potniškem prometu in čezmejnem (regijskim) prometu oziroma v mednarodnem prometu … Z okrog 580 vlaki ob delavnikih na leto prepelje več kot 20 milijonov potnikov.” Published desks: passenger information 080 81 11 and from abroad +386 1 29 13 331, potnik.info@slo-zeleznice.si; assistance for passengers with reduced mobility +386 1 29 13 391; complaints and compliments pritozbe.pohvale@slo-zeleznice.si and 080 19 10; marketing marketing@slo-zeleznice.si; website gremzvlakom@slo-zeleznice.si; management secretariat 01 29 12 402 and tajnistvo.sz-pp@slo-zeleznice.si. Read through a browser session; the page answers a plain automated request with a Cloudflare challenge (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) · SŽ-Potniški promet d.o.o. — »Nakup 4 (štirih) novih električnih lokomotiv«, contract-award notice, winning tender €21,196,000.00 — notice 6040-2026 (checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) · SŽ-Potniški promet d.o.o. — Nakup 5 sestavov s po 4 novimi potniškimi vagoni, contract-award notice, winning tender €58,900,000.00 against an estimate of €49,200,000.00 — notice 207720-2026 (checked 2026-09-13)
Tenders
| Tender | Status | Value band | Next key date |
|---|---|---|---|
| SŽ-Potniški promet four electric locomotives 2024 | Retender | $5–25m | Published July 2024 |
| SŽ-Potniški promet five passenger coach sets | Awarded | $25–100m | Awarded December 2025 |
| SŽ-Potniški promet four electric locomotives | Awarded | $5–25m | Awarded December 2025 |
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- Procurement structure
- Award history (5)
- Entry path
- Portals (4)
- Published contacts (4)
Full detail withheld: 5 fields. In the European Union edition · See a fully open example
11 sources · all primary
- ● Slovenske železnice - Potniški promet, d.o.o. · Predstavitev: the company was founded on 1 September 2011 “na podlagi Zakona o družbi Slovenske železnice (Uradni list RS, št. 106/10, 43/11)”, is wholly owned by Slovenske železnice d.o.o., and “opravlja obvezno javno gospodarsko službo v notranjem potniškem prometu in čezmejnem (regijskim) prometu oziroma v mednarodnem prometu … Z okrog 580 vlaki ob delavnikih na leto prepelje več kot 20 milijonov potnikov.” Published desks: passenger information 080 81 11 and from abroad +386 1 29 13 331, potnik.info@slo-zeleznice.si; assistance for passengers with reduced mobility +386 1 29 13 391; complaints and compliments pritozbe.pohvale@slo-zeleznice.si and 080 19 10; marketing marketing@slo-zeleznice.si; website gremzvlakom@slo-zeleznice.si; management secretariat 01 29 12 402 and tajnistvo.sz-pp@slo-zeleznice.si. Read through a browser session; the page answers a plain automated request with a Cloudflare challenge (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Slovenske železnice, d.o.o. · Letno poročilo Skupine Slovenske železnice 2025, published August 2026, 211 pages. Group operating revenue €884.1 million (2024: €715.4 million), EBITDA €178.3 million, net profit €93.5 million, investment €236.4 million of which €177.3 million in rolling stock including 19 trains at €150.1 million; 20,940 thousand passengers carried, the first year above 20 million since 1990, and 1,127 million passenger-kilometres; 16,614 thousand tonnes of freight and 4,228 million net tonne-kilometres; 8,375 employees at 31 December 2025. Operating revenue by company: SŽ-Infrastruktura €276,868 thousand, SŽ-Tovorni promet €208,902 thousand, SŽ-Potniški promet €184,034 thousand, SŽ-VIT €153,758 thousand, SŽ-ŽGP group €113,571 thousand, Nomago €60,794 thousand (August to December) and the holding €43,025 thousand. “Edini družbenik družbe je Republika Slovenija … V skladu s prvim odstavkom 2. člena Zakona o družbi Slovenske železnice Republika Slovenija svojega poslovnega deleža ne more deliti ali prenesti”; “Funkcijo ustanovitelja družbe opravlja Slovenski državni holding”. Group structure at 31 December 2025: SŽ-Potniški promet, SŽ-Infrastruktura, SŽ-VIT, Prometni institut and SŽ-ŽIP each 100 per cent; SŽ EP Logistika 51 per cent, which in turn holds SŽ-Tovorni promet 100 per cent and Fersped; SŽ-ŽGP 79.82 per cent; Nomago 75 per cent, consolidated from 31 July 2025. SŽ-Infrastruktura was recapitalised by €80 million in 2025 for public-railway-infrastructure maintenance machinery. The report also records a March 2026 contract with Tesmec Rail S.r.l. for 21 track machines at €82.2 million including VAT, and the public service compensation to SŽ-Potniški promet of €120,500,468 for 2025 under the 2017–2031 public service contract (published 2026-08 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Statistični urad Republike Slovenije (SURS) — SiStat · Table 2221702S, Railway passenger transport, Slovenia 2025: 20,940 thousand passengers and 1,127.3 million passenger-kilometres, of which national 19,386 thousand passengers and 877.3 million pkm and international 1,554 thousand passengers and 250.0 million pkm. Table updated 19 June 2026 (published 2026-06-19 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Portal javnih naročil (enarocanje.si) · Buyer registration numbers (matična številka) as published on the portal's notice records, read through its JSON API on 13 September 2026: MINISTRSTVO ZA INFRASTRUKTURO IN ENERGETIKO, DIREKCIJA REPUBLIKE SLOVENIJE ZA INFRASTRUKTURO 2633060000; SLOVENSKE ŽELEZNICE, d.o.o. 5142733000; Slovenske železnice - Infrastruktura, d.o.o. 6017177000; Slovenske železnice - Potniški promet, d.o.o. 6017274000; Slovenske železnice - Tovorni promet, d.o.o. 6017231000; SŽ - Vleka in tehnika, d.o.o. 5865824000; 2TDK, Družba za razvoj projekta, d.o.o. 7096283000 (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Slovenske železnice, d.o.o. · The Slovenske železnice group's HTML pages (www.sz.si, potniski.sz.si, tovorni.sz.si, infrastruktura.sz.si and the retired www.slo-zeleznice.si, which redirects to potniski.sz.si) answer automated clients with a Cloudflare managed challenge — HTTP 403 and a “Just a moment…” page carrying a challenges.cloudflare.com content-security policy — to a plain curl with a desktop browser user-agent and to a fetch tool alike on 13 September 2026. The PDF files and other uploads on the same hosts are NOT challenged and return HTTP 200 to a plain curl, which is how the network statement and the 2025 annual report were read for this file (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) · SŽ-Potniški promet d.o.o. — »Nakup 4 (štirih) novih električnih lokomotiv«, contract-award notice, winning tender €21,196,000.00 — notice 6040-2026 (checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) · SŽ-Potniški promet d.o.o. — Nakup 5 sestavov s po 4 novimi potniškimi vagoni, contract-award notice, winning tender €58,900,000.00 against an estimate of €49,200,000.00 — notice 207720-2026 (checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) · SŽ-Potniški promet d.o.o. — Nakup 4 (štirih) električnih lokomotiv, contract-award notice recording that the procedure closed without a winner (clos-nw) because no tenders were received (no-rece), estimate €19,500,000.00 — notice 451807-2024 (checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Javna agencija za železniški promet Republike Slovenije (AŽP) · Naloge: “AŽP opravlja naloge: varnostnega organa, certifikacijskega organa, ocenjevalnega organa, licenčnega organa in inšpekcijskega in prekrškovnega organa.” It issues safety certificates and the infrastructure manager's safety authorisation, rail carrier licences, train driver licences, authorisations to place vehicles and vehicle types on the market and register them, ECM certificates and authorisations to bring fixed installations into operation; keeps the vehicle and driver registers; exercises powers under the Zakon o varnosti v železniškem prometu and the Zakon o inšpekcijskem nadzoru; and cooperates with the European Union Agency for Railways (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Portal javnih naročil (enarocanje.si) · Notice record JN006282/2026-SL3/01-P03, SŽ-Potniški promet: “Vzpostavitev platforme GPS sledenja voznega parka SŽ- Potniški promet ter integracija z internimi sistemi Slovenskih železnic” — a tracking system for 130 rail vehicles with real-time position display including on foreign networks, and 24 months of maintenance; read through the portal's JSON API on 13 September 2026, which returns a null estimated value (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) · Slovenske železnice - Potniški promet, d.o.o. — Nabava rezervnih delov in izvedba popravil potniških garnitur Stadler, contract-award notice 92461-2024 of 14 February 2024: a framework of €4,980,000 (BT-118) with Stadler Bussnang AG and STADLER Polska Sp. z o.o., first call-off €144,392.62, preceded by ex-ante notice 63851-2024 of 31 January 2024; Najem 2 električnih lokomotiv za obdobje 24 mesecev, notice 111671-2024 of 22 February 2024, estimated €2,880,000, closed without a winner because all tenders were rejected (checked 2026-09-13)
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