Zagreb Commuter Rail is the suburban/commuter railway

Regional rail

Commuter rail, also called suburban rail, is a passenger rail transport service that primarily operates between a city center, and the middle to outer suburbs beyond 15km and commuter towns or other locations that draw large numbers of commuters—people who travel on a daily basis...

 network that provides mass-transit service in the city of Zagreb

Zagreb

Zagreb is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb lies at an elevation of approximately above sea level. According to the last official census, Zagreb's city...

, Croatia

Croatia

Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...

 and its suburbs. This suburban rail system is operated by HŽ (Hrvatske željeznice; Croatian Railways

Croatian Railways

Croatian Railways is the national railway company of Croatia. It was formed after the dissolution of Yugoslavia and Yugoslav Railways.Croatia is a member of the International Union of Railways . The UIC Country Code for Croatia is 78.-Railway network:...

), and has been in development since 1992.

With 21 trains the Suburban Railway mainly covers the eastern and western parts of Zagreb. The railway stations have been renovated and the train services have been made more regular in Zagreb. These measures have contributed to the betterment of the suburban railway service.

The lines are serviced by HŽ series 6111

HŽ series 6111

6111 series is an electric multiple unit on Hrvatske Željeznice, built by Ganz from Hungary.There were a few subseries of this class. A first class only series existed also at the time of the Sarajevo Winter Olympics....

 EMU

Electric multiple unit

An electric multiple unit or EMU is a multiple unit train consisting of self-propelled carriages, using electricity as the motive power. An EMU requires no separate locomotive, as electric traction motors are incorporated within one or a number of the carriages...

s built by Ganz

Ganz

The Ganz electric works in Budapest is probably best known for the manufacture of tramcars, but was also a pioneer in the application of three-phase alternating current to electric railways. Ganz also made / makes: ships , bridge steel structures , high voltage equipment...

 since the system started operating, and since 2011 by the new HŽ series 6112

HŽ series 6112

HŽ series 6112 is a class of low-floor Electrical Multiple Unit belonging to the Croatian Railways. It was built by the Končar Group.The prototype made its first test run at the Zagreb – Dugo Selo line on July 3, 2011....

-1 (suburban version) as well.

In 2005, suburban rail services were increased to approximately 15-minute frequency on the main line Savski Marof - Zagreb Gl. k. - Dugo Selo.

A new link to the nearby town of Samobor

Samobor

Samobor is a town in the Zagreb County, Croatia. It is part of the Zagreb metropolitan area.-Geography:Samobor is located west of Zagreb, between the eastern slopes of the Samoborsko gorje , in the Sava River valley.-Population:...

 has been announced. This link will be standard-gauge

Standard gauge

The standard gauge is a widely-used track gauge . Approximately 60% of the world's existing railway lines are built to this gauge...

 and tie in with normal Croatian Railways operations (the previous narrow-gauge line to Samobor

Samoborcek

Samoborček is name of historic Croatian narrow gauge railway operating from 1901 until 1979, linking Zagreb and Samobor with extension to Bregana.- History :...

was closed in 1979).