Enjoy Slovakia with us!
Aboard direct EuroCity trains, you can travel in comfort from a range of cities in the Czech Republic to Bratislava, Žilina, Poprad and Košice. The fastest connections between the Czech Republic and Slovakia are provided by SC Pendolino trains, and if you want to rest up fully during your journey select one of the overnight trains with sleeper and couchette compartments. And if you take the automobile train you can even take your car with you to Slovakia.
Thanks to the reduced fare, it is now possible to travel e.g. from Prague to Bratislava for as little as CZK 400.
Where and how to purchase a ticket?
- at an international ticket counter
- in the e-shop
To Bratislava and Žilina every two hours
Direct EuroCity trains run from Prague, Pardubice and Brno to Bratislava every two hours. Every two hours you can depart from Prague for Žilina, and there are several daily connections to Žilina from the Ostrava region as well.
| From | To | Trains per day | Duration | Trains | Changes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Praha | Bratislava | 8x | cca 4 h | EC, EN | 0 |
| Brno | Bratislava | 9x | 1 h 27 min | EC, EN | 0 |
| Praha | Žilina | 10x | cca 5 h 15 min | SC, EC, Ex | 0 |
| Ostrava | Žilina | 8x | 1 h 45 min | SC, EC, Ex | 0 |
The fastest connection to the Tatras and Košice
Prague and the Ostrava region are connected to the Tatras and Košice every day aboard the comfortable, high-speed SC Pendolino Košičan train. On Fridays in the direction from Prague and on Sunday in the opposite direction, there is a supplementary connection aboard which you can also transport your automobile or motorcycle.
Thanks to an SC Pendolino connection, the High Tatras are accessible via the Štrba stop in just 6 hours from Prague (from Olomouc in under 4 hours, and from Ostrava in under 3 hours). At Štrba train connects to a rack railway train to Štrbské Pleso. Eastern Slovakia’s capital of Košice is again even closer aboard a comfortable SuperCity Pendolino train from Prague in just 7 hours and 16 minutes, from Olomouc in 5 hours and 7 minutes, and from Ostrava in 4 hours and 10 minutes.
Travelling on Pendolino trains
To Slovakia in comfort overnight as well
Two pairs of overnight trains connect Prague with central and eastern Slovakia. And one overnight train even runs between Prague and Bratislava. You will board in the evening and wake up rested at your destination in the morning. Between Prague and the Poprad-Tatry station or between Prague and Košice, you can also transport your automobile or motorcycle. Passengers’ safety is ensured for the duration of the journey – in every sleeper and couchette carriage, a steward ensures that order is maintained, and on the territory of the Czech Republic a security agency team makes regular checks and attends to passengers’ safety in cooperation with the train crew. In sleeper carriages there are separate compartments for men and women; if a man and a women wish to travel together, they can use a compartment in the category Double.
Travelling in sleeper and couchette carriages
You can obtain more detailed information about train journeys to Slovakia from our Search for a Connection page.