Discover and Visit Split - Croatia
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Split (Latin: Spalatum, Greek: Ασπάλαθος)
is the largest and most important city in Dalmatia, the administrative centre of
Croatia's Split-Dalmatia County and is the second largest city in Croatia.
It is situated on a small peninsula on the eastern shores of the Adriatic Sea. |
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Split is an important transport centre for Dalmatia and the wider
region. In addition to the Zagreb-Split motorway
(A1), all the road traffic along the Adriatic coast on the route Zadar–Dubrovnik
flows through the city. The city also has an impressive series of expressways and
avenues, enabling efficient, fast transit by car around the city and its suburbs.
The airport in Kaštela is the third largest in Croatia in terms of passenger numbers
(1,095,852 in 2006), with year-round services to Zagreb and Frankfurt and Cologne
Bonn Airport in Germany and heavy tourist traffic in the summer.
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Terminal expansion is to commence in 2008. The Split passenger seaport is one of
the largest on the eastern Adriatic coast with daily coastal routes to Rijeka, Dubrovnik
and Ancona in Italy. During summer season Split is connected with other Italian
cities as well, such as Pescara.
Most of the central Dalmatian islands are only reachable via the Split harbour (with
Jadrolinija and Split Tours ferries). This includes both the closer islands of Brač,
Hvar and Šolta, and the more distant Vis, Korčula and Lastovo.
Split is the southernmost integrated point of the Croatian Railway network. The
line to Split is unremarkable; a journey from Split to Zagreb or Rijeka takes around
5 hours, as the line is unelectrified and consists of only one track. Currently,
there are no definite plans to upgrade the line, but a general transport improvement
bill, to be passed by the Croatian Parliament in July 2006, may see the renovation
of the line in the near future. The Split Suburban Rail netwrok opened in early
December 2006. It currently has one line, running from Split-Harbour to Kaštel Stari,
but is being revamped with brand-new stations and reconstruction of existing ones.
The line is expected to get a 2nd track and be fully electrified starting in 2008.
New, low-floor trains are expected as well. This line will also be lengthened, to
encompass the aforementioned Split International Airport and continue on to the
city of Trogir and Seget Donji. Split has a mini-metro that is to be operational
by 2009. |
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