Belgrade-Bratislava

[Momchil]

Dear Serbian Travelers,

In few weeks I must go from Sofia to Bratislava by train. And I am thinking that I should buy the tickets separately Sofia-Belgrade and Belgrade-Bratislava, because probably the Bulgarian railways will give me much higher price if I buy it all at once. Still havent checked though.

Anyway my questions are regarding the direct train that leaves Belgrade daily and goes directly to Bratislava Hlavna Stanica.

Beograd-Bratislava hl.st- 06:48-18:06

Do you know how much is the price of the ticket? In Serbian dinars or Euros?

Can I buy the ticket from Belgrade Station (does the ticket office work at night) in case I arrive from Sofia around 4 am at the morning?

Or I have to buy it from inside the train? Are there any change bureau at the station working at night (I know the station but dont remember now).

I would appreciate any further information regarding this Belgrade-Bratislava train ?

Thanking you in advance,

Best regards,

[Pretender]

Hi friend,

first of all, in my personal opinion, you should buy ticket from Belgrade to Budapest (ask for one way Budapest special, price is 13 Eur) and then in Budapest ticket to Bratislava. That combination is cheaper than direct train and you still go with same 6:48 train.

Ticket office works  at that time. You have exchange office just accross the side station entrance.

Best rgrds

[Momchil]

Pretender, thanks for the info.

Below I post the stops of this train. And if I buy ticket to Budapest it arrives there 14:45 and 15:25 (Ferencvaros and Keleti).

But after I buy ticket to Bratislava do I go with the same train from Belgrad or another train Budapest-Bratislava?

Beograd         dep 06:48  

Novi Beograd dep 06:59

Stara Pazova dep 07:28

Indija         dep 07:39

Novi Sad         dep 08:36

Vrbas         dep 09:20

Backa Topola dep 10:01

Subotica         dep 11:28

Kelebia         dep 12:10

Kiskunhalas dep 12:41

Soltvadkert dep 13:00

Kiskörös         dep 13:12

Fülöpszallas dep 13:34

Szabadszallas dep 13:40

Kunszentmiklos-Tass          dep 13:59

Budapest-Ferencvaros      dep 14:45

Budapest-Keleti pu dep 15:25

Vac                 dep 16:09

Nagymaros-Visegrad dep 16:23

Szob                 dep 16:34

Sturovo         dep 16:48

Nove Zamky dep 17:15

Bratislava hl.st.        arr 18:06

Pozdravi,

[Pretender]

I think you will have just enough time to get out of train, buy ticket and get back on same train. Even if you do not manage that, you have trains to Bratislava very often from Keleti station (every 2 hours).

[Momchil]

Fellas,

I just called the Bulgarian railways and if you buy the ticket Sofia-Bratislava is 138.50 levs, around 70 euros...

Just to compare Sofia-Belgrade is around 20 euro, and if Belgrade-Budapest is 13....you can imagine is 33 so far...and I am sure Budapest - Bratislava or even Belgrade-Bratislava (with the direct train) would be much less thah 37......euros...

Railways are strange thing in different countries

Cheers

[Pretender]

Just one suggestion for Sofia-Belgrade train. Cheapest method is to just sit in train in Sofia and when conductor arrives to check for tickets, give him 2 Euro. No talk, nothing, just give 2 Euro. That is enough to get you to Dimitrovgrad, which is first stop in Serbia. There you just buy ticket to Belgrade in one direction. Nothing new, everybody goes to and from Sofia that way.

[mbl]

Hi! My first post here

@Pretender: are U sure this is a good idea? I'm a little bit afraid of such an action, won't it cause any problems? I want to go from Sofia to Beograd at 20.15.

[Laza GNR]

@mbl:well,it works.

Especially if you travel with some local people.Just do what they do (you'll notice than NONE of them have ticket ).

And if I buy ticket to Budapest it arrives there 14:45 and 15:25 (Ferencvaros and Keleti).

Something looks wrong here to me.

'Cause,from Ferencvaros you need...something like 10,maybe 15 minutes maximum to get to Keleti.It can't be that it takes 35 minutes