FAST TRAIN ACROSS SLOVAKIA: ZSSK FIRST CLASS FROM KOSICE TO BRATISLAVA
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Hello and welcome to my first Slovakian review on the channel!
Today we will be checking out ZSSK, the national operator. We are travelling on one of their 'Rýchlik' or 'fast' trains from Slovakia's 2nd city, Košice to the capital, Bratislava. 'Fast' is very much a relative term, it's their second tier service, 1 down from Intercity. Enjoy the ride!
*PLEASE NOTE* At the time of filming all travel was permitted and has been carried out in full compliance with the local restrictions.
Date of Filming: 5/9/21
Camera: GoPro Hero 7 Black
Operator: ZSSK Slovakian Railways
Departure: Košice, Slovakia
Arrival: Bratislava, Slovakia
Cost: €23.34 First Class / €18.68 Second Class
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I am from Florida, USA. Love seeing the landscape and buildings on Europe. Beautiful trip!
Glad you liked it Sarah 😊
Orlando is my hometown and I'll be glad when Brightline trains start running to the airport.
The pylons painted in red and white to worn airplains that flying in the valley, normaly small agricultural planes. Great video👍
Excellent thanks! ✅😎
So nostalgic for me! I used to live in Slovakia and traveled through many of these stations over and over again. Thanks for the memories!
You're very welcome 😁
Now that's what I call a train journey. Love a dining car and great scenery. Slovakia looks amazing.
Absolutely yes Mark 🙂
You’re so right that Slovakia is an unsung treasure! A beautiful country with such friendly people! Bratislava is a a gorgeous city! Have enjoyed my tail travels in Eastern Europe, including ZSSR. I want to try that dining car now, too! :)
Definitely in my top 3 in Europe 😄😄😄
Wow, I never knew Slovakia had such amazing landscapes! And the train looks great too, really clean and with everything you may need during the ride. I'll definitely be looking forward to more videos from this trip!
Yes it really is fantastic 😄
It's probably one of the most underrated destinations in the world. I couldn't recommend it enough. Košice is a charming medieval town which could keep you busy for at least a day. You could also use it as a base to visit ancient Spiš Castle (you need to take a bus as it isn't really connected by rail, unfortunately) or the Tatra Mountains.
@@luke211286 there is train going there but only in summer
slovakia has also the only one andy warhol museum in Europe.. As his parrents are originaly came from here. :) Are you from EU, also student? Bring your proove and you can get free railway card, but only for slow trains.
I am not hater i just want to say that these are the best trains in Slovakia IT IS a shame that from Prešov (third largest city in Slovakia just 30 km from Košice) to Košice goes the worst trains they are so dirty seats Also very dirty there are grafitti on the outside of the train you Can See IT on the start off this video when the youtuber IS talking about Regiojet in front of Regiojet there IS this train but landscape IS beutifull i am from Slovakia
2:09 Fun fact, some Slovak train station have their own "jingles" based on folk songs from that given region. Košice, for instance, has it after the song "Na Košickej Turni" (feel free to correct me...)
Someone else said the same thing 😃
@@NonstopEurotrip Here is the song: kzhead.info/sun/mraKfaWsbIlqa58/bejne.html&ab_channel=makovcanj
You are absolutely right! kzhead.info/sun/jNScd8aHqmp3ZX0/bejne.html
The red and white pylons are close to the motorway in case the air ambulance is required. Great video, and I am pleased you enjoyed the restaurant car. Great value for money. Another train you could feature some time in the Zemplin motor rail train from Bratislava to Humane. It leaves late evening and gets you into Humane, close to the Ukraine border, and a great tourist area at breakfast time. There are sleeper cars, couchettes and ordinary seating. At present ZSSK offers free transport for Slovak pensioners. We use this service quite often when travelling out east to visit relatives or with my old car. It is all very reasonably priced and saves driving the vast distance. Oh that western Europe would reintroduce the motor rail services that were stopped some five or six years ago, they would make my trips back to UK so much more pleasant.
Awesome ride, gorgeous views, beautiful train and lovely video. Thanks a lot for posting.
Glad you enjoyed it 😊
Yet another excellent report - thank you - and I enjoyed the brief city introductions too. What a fabulous country.
Completely agree and glad you liked it Jon 😊
Another great video. Glad to hear that you will be posting twice weekly- can't wait to see them. In my opinion, nothing better than a trip alongside a river. Thanks for sharing.
Along a river when a mountain background 😁 thanks 👍🏻
Looking forward to your trip into the mountains.
Thank you Alan 🙏🏻
I really enjoyed the shots of Košice. It really gives the video a sense of place. Like you, I enjoyed the jingle too!
Thanks, I will always try to show parts of the city where possible 😁
Glad to hear you'll be posting twice a week. I really enjoy your videos (and those from your colleagues). I'm retiring shortly and hoping to travel in Europe and the videos help me to decide where to go, how to do it and what to expect. Keep up the good work!
Ah excellent Kevin! I hope to help fill your retirement plans then ☺️
Thank you, nonstop eurotrip! It's a pretty video. So, I like shots of mountains as much as rivers. I love this. And otherwise, I really like your landscapes. My favorite signal for announcing in stations is that of the SNCF.
I thought this video would be to your liking Louis 😃
Always enjoy your videos so glad to hear you'll be posting twice a week in December. More to watch during those long dark days !
Thanks! I'm looking forward to doubling the content 😁
Enjoyed the video...like the way you present the trip! Keep up the work(play)!
Glad you enjoyed it!
We like mountains and rivers 😁 so more videos including them would be very welcome! Looking forward to the Tatras mountains videos 😁
Won't be too long 😃
Very informative. My family loves train and international train rides and watching the video brought back precious memories. Your channel will be a very valuable source of travel information in our next Europe trip.
Glad I can be of a small bit of assistance ☺️
This is pretty close to the gold standard for train travel, as far as I'm concerned.
You have definitely never seen first class on Leo Express before
Or Frecciarossa Executive 😎
2:10, if someone's interested, the jingle is from a folk song called Na Košickej Turni.
Great gen!
Your production is clear, crisp and picture perfect. Delicia!
Thank you 🙏🏻
Great video as always😁
Glad you enjoyed it 👍🏻
Great trip. And great breakfast too.
Thank you 🙏🏻☺️
Great video! Beautiful scenery! Good accommodations!! I prefer mountains, especially ones that u can explore by rack railway. Thank you Max for sharing😀😀♥️
Thank you Scott, glad you liked it. I like mountains too 🤩
@@NonstopEurotrip Thank you
@elblog ferroviario Thank you for your input. Sorry I don't understand Spanish
Great video as always and today's Video was fantastic, loved watching all those picturesque sceneries and I wasn't aware of ZSSK, but they do provide excellent service and I think could give competition to other operators if they ever think about expanding their business. I don't know why but i always like and find food reviews on aboard train 😅 satisfying, lol, you should start doing some food reviews on the channel. 😂😂😂😂
My friends keep saying I should do food reviews too 😂 ZSSK are probably the best value for operator vs the service the provide in Europe tbh mate 👍🏻🇸🇰😎
Sofia to Mezdra, amazing mountain scenery
Thank you! 😃
Great video !!
Thank you 🙏🏻
Excellent video! Such awesome views! I wish I was in Europe
Where do you live?
@@NonstopEurotrip Australia! We're yet to discover high speed rail. In my state our long distance services are operated by lower geared Intercity-125s with a top speed of 160km/h. Sadly our tracks mean they rarely reach that speed, and generally set at 80km/h or lower. The interesting thing is that trains designed as intercity type trains are being used for 800km - 1000km journeys taking around 12 - 15 hours.
Všetko dobre v novom roku nech ste zdravý a šťastný
Aj tebe!
Great video, keep up the good stuff.I am from Slovakia myself (Bratislava) and travel quite often around the country. I always drive though. You've now inspired me to maybe check the trains too. Btw we have a new bus station in BA, make sure you visit next time you're in town. Safe travels.
Thank you! I really love Slovakia, it's great value (for me!) and a very beautiful country ☺️👍🏻
Doing this in April ,can't wait
Have fun!
The red and white painted poles of power lines are painted that way when they are in the neighbourhood of an airfield, even when this airfield is a small one for recreation use only. It is a safety measure by law. You see the same with higt chimneys of factories. Nice vieuw during the trip. I travelled more times these lines, because I have friends in Kosice. Greetings from the Netherlands by Arie Bert Verteeg ;-)
Thanks for the information and lovely comment 😊
Looks awesome . My wife and I were supposed to visit Bratislava last year for the Christmas market , but because of covid we couldn't . I really enjoyed the video . Keep up the good work .☺️☺️
You have to go soon, it's lovely ☺️
Thank you we will when we're allowed to travel again ❤️👍.
Definitely come and visit High tatras during your stay as well. Take BA-Poprad 1st class train and plan 4-5days in our mountains. Very nice location.
@@peeticek1624 my wife and I once visited Zakopane on the Polish side of the Tatras it was beautiful . Thank you so much for your recommendation though it sounds great ♥️♥️
Nice wiue of Slovakia train, very nice trip 🚄🇸🇰
Thanks Albert 😁
Great rail video
Thanks 😊
Hello. Thanks for the video. I am a resident of Slovakia. I have not traveled by train for more than 10 years. I drive everywhere by car or bus. Your video directed me back to the train.
Good to hear! 😃
So nice trip !!!
Thanks 👍🏻
Enjoyed your post once again, I must say I’m impressed with the Slovakian rail travel and very cheaply priced the difference between 1st and 2nd class is the cheapest difference I’ve seen on any rail travel system, I’ll put it on my bucket list and at that price I’ll go 1st class, thanks again for the post
Your bucket list must be very full John 🙂 thank you 🙏🏻
Slovak railway company is owned by the government which is great to keep the prices low plus students and old people don't have to pay at all 😊
The bucket is only half full or is it half empty 😇, anyhoo I’m retired now and many years ago worked in Germany and traveled a bit in the then west Germany, Holland , Belgium, now that Europe has opened up the borders a bit I’d like to see more of the eastern side of Europe, I’m thinking of using the overnight trains like a mobile hotel and try and cram as much as I can before it becomes too late, my wife like myself likes to see how the ordinary people live and travel and your posts are keeping me inspired to do something, only thing is this pandemic as my wife is terrified of getting it so won’t travel until it’s under control, so keep posting to fill my bucket up with more tips and places to visit
Hi! I live in Košice, Slovakia (the first city that was mentioned in the video), and I have to say this. Trains are cheap, for students they’re even completely free, but they are always extremely late! 1hr delay is very common on routes between Košice and Bratislava or Košice and Humenné (Eastern Slovakia) and connections rarely wait for each other, so having to sit for 2hrs while waiting for another connection is pretty common as well. So the low prices have their reasoning, if they were higher I think many people would choose bus travel instead because it just wouldn’t be worth it.
Excellent 👍👍👍 bro
Thank you 🙏🏻
Great video!! What a geek I am--I reviewed the restaurant's menu lol.
I do too 🤣
Impressive.. keep it up
Thank you 🙏🏻
Both are wonderfull
I agree 👍🏻
I took this train several times when we worked in Kosice. It was great and the food is great. Glenn Davis
It absolutely is 😊
I get "homesick" for Slovakia. I have been to Slovakia 4 times from 1994, mainly in the east (Prešov, Bardejov, Spišská Nová Ves, Vysoké Tatry), always by train, often by bike. Intense memories of the beautiful landscape and nature; the economic struggle for survival of the population; the long journeys there and back by train! In 1994, cycling through the hilly east: wooden churches near Bardejov; the Bardejov spa Bardejovské kúpele „at the end of the world"; further training for Slovakian German teachers in a remote trade union home (singing slovakian folk songs all night - made a friend there); on the sleeper train Kysak - Prague: the fairy-like High Tatras in the moonlight; scrambled eggs with onions smelling through the whole carriage in the old dining car; the bored female voice for the announcements in Bratislava main station (other journey); crossing the border into the Czech Republic, perceived half asleep - certainly recognisable by the railway carriages now sprinkled with graffiti… last journey was 2015 for a Servas meeting in the High Tatra: much modernisation to be seen (included W-Lan in ICs)
Ver interesting, thanks! 😃
Hope you’ll have more journeys through Poland too :)
Many more coming up 😎
1 min 27 secs... the beautiful St Elizabeth's Cathedral. I married my wife there back in September 2013. Such fantastic memories :0)
Oh the jingles...We used to have custom jingles on many czech stations too, usually a song somehow related to the place...They shut it all down like year back :
Oh how sad?! 😭
I loved the juingle in France
Shame though, you'd be in France 😏
For the jingle, my fave is the SNCF one
Debateable 😂
Those Tatra electric trains looks so oddly but I want to see them!
Don't worry they willbe coming up, probably January ish 😁
Having seen this, I think I need to visit Slovakia one day.
It's a very underrated country in my opinion, probably the most so in Europe 🇸🇰
I like a mixture of both mountains and rivers, very achievable in canada on the rocky mountaineer train, which I have done
Sounds amazing 😍
I've taken that route using IC. It was a nice, comfy train with amazing scenery that did not bore me during the almost 6-hour trip despite the weather being quite bad. Slovakia is a great place and I hope to visit it as soon as the pandemic chaos in Europe subsides
Completely agree 😊
There’s just something about eating in the dining car reroute watching the passing fabulous scenery isn’t there Max 😉. I’m surprised that First Class wasn’t booked more given the minimal fare difference 🧐. As to views, I like both mountain alongside rushing rivers or streams.
Honestly Rob this dining car is on a par with PKP Wars 😁 and the scenery is a bonus! It was much busier the day I went to the Tatras in First 😎
Im from Slovakia 🇸🇰 ❤
Excellent greetings from TrainSpotter TV India 🔔 pressed
I Like Both Rivers And Mountains
Me too 😊
The painted power pylons near an airfield by any chance? Often structures near an airport are so painted.
Great gen! 😊
... mountains are ok but rivers and woods, no doubt about it, they are my favorites. Beautiful Country OMG... not only its women are beautiful I can tell that... Thanks for the ride, it was fantastic, the scenery, the meal, everything... even the price was right isn't it?
Absolutely, pretty much perfect 😃
Beautiful city kosci and bratislava I like these trains and they are cheap I would pay extra for the goodie bag my favourite views when travelling by train is the lakes rivers and the mountains as I love the sea I would love to travel along a coast line
Yeah coastal lines are excellent too, especially south of Napoli 😁
Hello, great video of great service in north ŽSR line. I recomend to try south line through Zvolen. This journey takes longer than you have travelled but it is shorter. It is mostly single track, curved railway, trains are hauled by diesel locomotives and from Zvolen by electric ones on the slowest main route in the universe. In some parts you travel as fast as 30 km/h or waiting for other trains. You can't eat in train because restaurant coach does not travel by south and trains are overcrowded because diesel locomotive is too weak to pull longer train to Zvolen. 20 minute delay is first class on these trains, you can delay more than 90 minutes. It is like north is the great cake with chocolate and south is burnt piece of milk and flour.
I will definitely do this next time ☺️
@@NonstopEurotrip Yeah. ZSSK is not as good as people from abroad can think. Everyone use R and IC service of the north line with ETCS or old code system. Southern line depend all of your sight and dead man button. U recomend R 813 Gemeran for this trip. It is the black sheep of trains there. But as compensation, if you love trains, I can only recomend you go through Zvolen - Banská Bystrica - Margecany - Košice. Stunning nature of middle east Slovakia. You will travel on the highest point of normal gauge railways in Slovakia. You will feel pure air of green trees and cold air of deep tunels. Check Telgártsky viadukt, Chmarošský viadukt, Telgártska slučka. You will be amazed.
@@martinluptak3327 thank you, great information 👍🏻🙏🏻
Like @Moshe Ashkenazi said, the pylons are likely in an agricultural plane flight path. "Crop dusting" they called it here in the U.S. I don't know if it's still a thing.
Just reminds of the film 'Planes' 😅
I wish you will make such video from southern rout Bratislava-Zvolen-Kosice, though their technology is frozen somewhere in 1970
Some pylons are painted red and white for visibility. It's for low flying aircrafts to see them better. (It's also why you can see those big balls on some lines) It may be when there is heli search, nearby field airport, possible glider landing spot or near good spot for emergency landing
Thank you 🙏🏻
@@NonstopEurotrip no worry. Feel free to ask stuff, and if i'll know, i'll answer.
I don´t know someone comments but at ours fast train (Rychlik) is one more 1. class carriages and its call AMPZ, AMPZ is brand new our 1. class carriages which is more comfy and pretty
I have seen them 😄
Pylons are painted because of the airfield not far away from the railroad. Also for small agricultural planes used in this location. I've been flying on this airfield for a few years before I left Slovakia
Oh wow very interesting. Would love to see a video of that ☺️
@@NonstopEurotrip hah. That Was in 2009/10/11 so there is no Video. I háve only a few Photos from sailplane.
What are the accommodations like for tourists and at what price? Hotels, inns, B&B. Do people speak a second language like English, German, French? Interesting information on all the stops.
I am from Slovakia. We have a lot of hotels, Airbnb or others accomodations. Prices sre less than Western Europe, little cheaper than Czech, little higher than Poland and Hungary. People which work in railway, bus stations or hotels or tourist informations dont have problem to speak English. Only generation older than 50 ages probably will have problem. Because these generation have Russiam language on high school until 1989 because communism.
A lot of people speak English and good hotels start from €30/night, hostels from €10. A meal with a beer is €5-7
@@NonstopEurotrip thank you. That fills in some questions I have about the neighborhood.
@@lovecuba2 honestly, it's a lovely country and perfectly safe 👍🏻
Hi. I really enjoyed this journey (I may have missed your 1st video from Slovakia). I have two friends from Slovakia and it was good to see a little of the country. Red & white pylons: were you near any airports/airfields?
Thanks so much 😃 Yes others have said they're aeroplane related 🙏🏻
You should also mention trenčín and trnava that are on the same journey but great video anyway :)
Ah thanks 😄
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I love jingle in Košice and other in Zvolen. But I think that's changed it already. 😢
Iv'e been at these's places like 300 times i live ther and iv'e been on the trains Slovakia is a beutifele place to spend time
Absolutely yes 😊
It's nice to see a hoist to get wheelchairs ( and I guess prams) on and off the train. But considering from what I see , alot of European trains have steps, so it's a logical thing to have.
Absolutely Heather, yes 😃
What is average speed ? Maybe 110 km/h , in 2010 train had 160 km/h max
The Tatras are beautiful and are a great source of income for the slovakian people. Saving czech hikers in flip-flops counts for at least 50% of the country's GDP.
😂😂😂
Excellent vlog again, luving all of them, my favourite jingle is the French one, wish we had something like that in UK. Sure Slovakian rail travel is enjoyable and sensibly priced as good as anything else in Europe. As an oldie I'm grateful for your reports as I love rail travel. Hope you get a well deserved break at Christmas, enjoy.
in Slovakia, the monthly salary is around 600 euros, so it is quite expensive for Slovaks
Thank you Norman! Yes will be having time off at Christmas, but the videos will continue in earnest 😁✅
@@ASMR_StanTee according to Wikipedia, the Slovak average net salary is about 1200, but I might be mistaken.
@@ASMR_StanTee 600 € is under min. wage. And the students have discout or free of charge tickets.
Trains here in Slovakia aren't very fast due to mountainous landscape but I always enjoy my cross country journey looking out the window ☺
Me too! 😁
SKor by sa dalo poedat ze mame trate v velmi zlom stave.
@@marekpirsel3293 aj tak by nemohli jazdiť 350km za hodinu keď sú všade kopce/zákruty a k tomu nemáme veľká mesta, medzi ktorými by sa to oplatilo vôbec budovať. Rovinu máme len na juhu SK kde nie sú žiadne veľké mestá
@@vkdrk tak staci sa pozriet do Rakuska alebo Svajciarska, kde je kopec tam je tunel. Trate sa daju napriamit. Navyse trate su ovela lacnejsie ako dialnice, uz len klvoli sirke tunelov pre vlak oproti dialnicnym tunelom. Kebyze mame vysokorychlostnu trat medzi Bratislavou a Kosicami tak by sme v podstate dialnice ani nepotrebovali.
@@marekpirsel3293 všetko sa dá, len na to treba peniaze a momentálne je propaganda diaľnic a trate sa odsuvajú na neskôr a popritom by to malo byť opačne. len si predstav teraz tie tunely koľko by ich trebalo a kolko to stálo. Možno raz, ale to bude musieť byť dostavaná diaľnicná sieť.
red and white pillons are for voltage over 500kV. that means those pillons are for long distances electricity trasport. and also for safety, because thats the flypath for small planes, because they might cannot get enough altitude to be higher than moutains, so they have to fly visual in valley where these pillons are placed. just personal experience.
Great, thanks Gustav! 👍🏻😎
@@NonstopEurotrip I don't think it's Gustav himself 🙃
Slovakia may not have High speed rail network....bt the views are scenic.
Oh definitely 😸
LOL>I want whole wheat "toast" with my scrambled eggs.
😆😆😆
I think the red and white towers are in the valley where planes would land in an emergency and they could better see the colored towers
Excellent, thanks!
Kedy bolo to video natočené ? Júl ?
September
What is maximum track speed?
160kmh
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The thing about the name has its origin in history. The category "rychlík" has been introduced a long time before the category Intercity, which has been brought from western Europe. Rychlík is simply every train, which is stopping only in cities or important stations, which differs it from category "osobní vlak" (passenger train literally), which is stopping at every stop on the track. Intercity is like a special service, which is in Czechia (and I think also in Slovakia) not paid by government (unlike the "rychlík" category).
Thanks, that's very interesting 😁
Great train experience in Slovakia. Loved the old town in Bratislava but some of the communist era brutalist architecture was astonishingly bad. The climb up to the castle is worth while. The trains are amazing, dining cars excellent, clean and excellent value. I travelled on to Budapest by train, again beautiful, and what a wonderful city that is too.
I quite like fast trains in Europe. Including high speed trains used in Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden and other European countries. And high speed trains in China, Japan, South Korea and Russia. Slovakia probably would need high speed railways. And the UK is having HS2 which Phase 1 and Phase 2 is to be completed in the late 2020s and early 2030s.
Shame this isn't fast in the true sense of the word lol 😂
@@NonstopEurotrip True 😁😂
Were there covers for the toilets seats?
Ummmmmmm
Naturally there were.But in Slovakia is normat to pick them up before using.
I know people who could trace their family's lineage back to Medzev My own family is from Orava Provence, a small town near the Babia Gora named Zubrzyca Gorna.
Interesting!!!
2 Videos a week in December, thanks for the early Christmas Present.
You're very welcome John, feel free to reciprocate a present 🎁😂
What surprised me the most is that this is only a fast train, not an intercity.
I think they're of similar standard, just the IC makes less stops?
@@NonstopEurotrip Probably, I was just thinking with my Hungarian train hierarchy head.
I have travelled through many countries in Europe through my many Interrails and Slovakia is really a hidden gem. Linked hourly by the diesel train route via Marchegg to Vienna (Wien) which is a little over an hour and has some beautiful scenery. Banska Bytrica to Margecany is a beautiful route with just a few locomotive hauled trains over its length a day but well worth it. I love the journey from Bratislava to Kosice from the Valley after Zilina, the High Tatrys around Poprad and also the beautiful city that is Kosice. And yes those wonderful dining cars, good food and drinks at great prices!
Absolutely. I plan to try the southern route through Slovakia soon 😃
@@NonstopEurotrip done that as well going from Zvolen to Kosice on one of the R trains which is diesel with a 757/754. Not a wonderful journey and not as scenic as the electric route via the Tatrys. I want to do the route from Margecany to Banska Bystrica soon while there is plenty of light.
@@NonstopEurotrip I cant recomment you the southern route. It doesnt have any dining cart, tracks are not in a very good condition leading to delays and there is a rail work being done on a large part till mid october. If you want to try it out however, just check if they arent repairing anything major, and you will avoid the hassle of going by bus as a replacement for that part of the journey :)
I travelled from Trnava to Bratislava ,it cost 2.55 euros ,what !!!!
Bargain!!!
Hungarian Jingles are the best
Košice train station looks way better than Bratislava train station 🙈
Because, it is 😄
Pro tip: Don't visit the 2nd floor of Bratislava main station unless you MUST
I don't think I ever have, why? 😂
@@NonstopEurotrip I almost stepped into some homeles guys piss last time
Great trip, I just did a tour of Slovakia by trains myself! If you're just doing the scenic Kosice-Zilina part, I'd take RegioJet, especially the astra coach is great comfort compared to these ZSSK rychliks. That said, there's just something magical about travelling in a compartment, so I get people that prefer this as well! As for RegioJet, my advice only counts for their premium seating coaches... I also used the night train's sleeper cabin, and I gotta tell you, they're really bad comfort, especially on the sometimes rough Slovakian rail network... Not very suited for the weak-stomached. If you have time and already did the scenic Kosice-Zilina part, I'd also recommend people to take the southern route from Kosice to Bratislava (via Zvolen), it's really beautiful during the first half as well. And for the real enthusiasts, there is the Horehronec (Margecany-Banska Bystrica) train, which is somewhat in the middle of the two lines geographically. Unfortunately, can only take it from Margecany at 6 in the morning (or starting at 4 in the afternoon without dependable way to get from Banska Bystrica to Bratislava before nightfall), and I missed it because aforementioned Regiojet sleeper had a big delay! Departure times from Banska Bystrica are even worse.
Thanks for the interesting information 🙂
16:18 The coat-of-arms of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic.
Oh wow 😄