During preparation of railway's centennial celebration, the Italian and most of Slovenian sections were, with the financial help of the European Union, converted  into a recreation Trail of Health and Friendship (Pot zdravja in prijateljstva in Slovenian, Percorso della salute e dell'amicizia in Italian) for pedestrians and cyclists and similar works started at the Croatian side as well.
For the railway's centennial celebration preparations, sections of both Italian and Slovenian railways were converted into a health and friendship trail (Pot zdravja in prijateljstva/Slovenian, Percorso della salute e dell'amicizia/Italian) for walkers and cyclists with financial assistance from the European Union. Concurrently, similar projects started on the Croatian side.