How early do I need to arrive at Most na Soči for a space on the car train

Slovenian Railways run a car-transport train service from Most na Soči to Bohinjska Bistrica, called Motorail. This lets you skip a lot of driving around the hills, and is reportedly a fun journey through interesting valleys in itself.

However, as the English language page says simply to buy tickets on the train, I was wondering how likley it is if I arrive the required 10 minutes before departure that I will atually get on the train, or if it might be full. I'm planning on doing this for the 10:35 departure on a high-season (July) Saturday, if that makes any difference.

Best Answer

Well, I can't provide a general answer (so anyone who lives locally or otherwise knows better should still answer), however I can provide a single experience:

Arriving almost exactly 30 minutes before scheduled departure, we were the last vehicle to be permitted to board the train. Some 6-10 cars were turned away, and presumably made the drive over the mountain passes themselves. This may not be typically however, because there was a wedding party travelling on the train, taking at least a mini-coach as well as 10+ private cars. Of course, it is also possible there is a wedding party doing this every weekend in the summer. No vehicles attempted to board at Podbrdo, but then non would have been able to either.

Useful observations for future travellers

what with the queueing, then the fairly lengthy boarding process for cars, I'm not sure how much time is saved between driving over the pass to Bohinj
Most na So?i station is not actually in Most na So?i. It's a little bit futher down the Idrica river, across the river from the main road.
Most na So?i is situated on an amazing coloured lake. If you have time, stop for breakfast or a coffee there.