Nova Gorica railway station (; ) serves the town and municipality of Nova Gorica, in the Slovenian Littoral region of Slovenia, and is also accessible from the town of Gorizia, Italy. The station forms part of the Bohinj Railway, between Jesenice, Slovenia, and Trieste, Italy. Due to its geographical position, it has undergone several changes of nationality and name. From its opening in 1906 until 1919, the station was located within the Austrian Empire, and was named Görz Staatsbahnhof (). In 1919, as part of border changes following World War I, it was annexed by the Kingdom of Italy, and renamed Stazione di Gorizia Nord. In 1923, the station was renamed again, this time as Stazione di Gorizia Montesanto. In 1947, control of the station passed to the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, with the station being located within the Socialist Republic of Slovenia, and renamed Železniška postaja Nova Gorica. Slovenia became independent in 1991, but on that occasion the station was not renamed. The station is currently owned and operated by Slovenske železnice (SZ). Location The main station building faces the Transalpina Square (, ), which has formed part of the border between Nova Gorica and Gorizia since 1947. History Austrian period The station was opened on , upon the inauguration of the Jesenice–Trieste (or Bohinj Railway) section of the network of railway lines known as the (; ). At that time, the station served Gorizia (), which was then within the Austrian Empire. The Transalpine Railway network was built at the beginning of the twentieth century by the Austro-Hungarian Empire, to improve the links between its interior and the Port of Trieste, by connecting the city of České Budějovice, in the present day Czech Republic, with the city of Trieste, then also in the Austrian Empire. The management of the network and its rolling stock was initially entrusted to the Imperial Royal Austrian State Railways. The station was originally named Görz Staatsbahnhof (), to distinguish it from Gorizia's main station, Görz Südbahnhof (), which formed part of the Udine-Trieste railway and was managed by the Austrian Southern Railway, a private company. The two stations were joined by a connecting line that partially used the existing railway line between Gorizia and Ajdovščina (, ). During World War I, given its proximity to the war front, the station's passenger building was severely damaged. Italian period In 1918, upon the reallocation