Travelling to Presov

Flying

If you are travelling from Lithuania, Denmark, England, Belgium or France, I definitely recommend using Ryanair and transport yourself either to Bratislava Airport or Budapest Airport. Budapest is closer to Presov; however trains from Bratislava go more often. The average price of return flight ticket is 30 – 100 EUR. Additionally, you may check flights from Hungarian company Wizz Air.

Please note that coming from Lithuania you would need to switch the flight; the best connections are again though England, Belgium, France or Italy.

Let me know if you require any assistance searching for your flight.

Transport from the airport in Bratislava (and back)

Please take bus No. 61 from the airport that goes directly to the Main railway station. The bus is going relatively often, two-four times per hour.  The trip is a bit less than one hour thus you need to purchase ticket in automat that says 0.90 EUR. Get out at the last stop.

Purchase train ticket at the Main railway station from Bratislava to Presov, you may also already purchase ticket for the return trip. I do not recommend using coaches; it takes ages to get to Presov as the bus has to climb through all mountains. Please take one of the following trains, Intercity is the fastest and the most comfortable train with restaurant. You would need to switch from Intercity to local train at Kysak, but no need to buy another ticket, just keep the previous one. Do not worry there is automated system in the train that announces stops and after you get out you would simply follow huge crowd also switching to the local train.

Train	Bratislava	Kysak	Train	Kysak	Presov
Intercity	05:34	10:22	Local	10:30	10:54
Intercity	09:34	14:22	Local	14:25	14:41
Intercity	13:37	18:22	Local	18:30	18:54
Intercity	17:40	22:22	Local	22:30	22:52

Train	Bratislava	Presov	Note
Sarisan R1505	14:25	20:16	This is a direct train.
Polana R801	23:45	07:34	This is a direct night train, I recommend purchasing ticket to sleeping car (10 EUR extra)

Train	Presov	Kysak	Train	Kysak	Bratislava
Local	05:10	05:33	Intercity	05:46	10:26
Local	13:06	13:30	Intercity	13:47	18:32
Local	14:46	15:03	Intercity	15:26	20:16
Local	17:04	17:30	Intercity	17:46	22:32

Train	Presov	Bratislava	Note
Domica R932	09:15	16:31	This is a direct train.
Sarisan R1504	15:44	21:22	This is a direct train.
Polana R800	21:33	05:31	This is a direct night train, I recommend purchasing ticket to sleeping car (10 EUR extra)

Transport from the airport in Budapest (and back)

Please take the train from Budapest Airport Ferihegy railway station to the train station called Keleti pu. also in Budapest. I have checked schedule, it goes really often.

Passengers can easily reach Ferihegy railway station (Budapest Airport Terminal 1) from the Budapest Nyugati Railway Station. On weekdays 110 and at weekends 89 trains ease the travelling from the city center to the airport within less than half an hour. There are 111 trains on weekdays and 92 at weekends from the airport to the city center.

The two platforms of the railway station are connected to the Airport Terminal 1 with a pedestrian footbridge of Ferihegy railway station equipped with lifts above the clearway. A short pedestrian path of just 200 meters takes the passengers from the terminal to the Ferihegy railway station.

Travelers who would like to get to Terminal 2A or 2B can travel by bus 200E from there.

You can find the train route planner at the website of the Hungarian railway company. http://elvira.mav-start.hu/elvira.dll

There are only two trains connecting Budapest and Presov, thus please try to take one of them. You would need to switch in Kosice, but do not worry, Kosice is the last station from Budapest and then even if you miss the connection to Presov, there is a connection between Kosice and Presov every 15 min.

You may also contact Noemi, MCP Lithuania 2011/2012 who is from Budapest and ask her for assistance. She is also planning to come to our wedding and I am sure she would be willing to help if needed.

Train	Budapest Keleti pu.	Kosice	Train	Kosice	Presov
EC532 Rakoczi	06:30	09:58	Local	10:12	10:54
EC536 Hornad	18:30	21:51	Local	22:12	22:52

Train	Presov	Kosice	Train	Kosice	Budapest Keleti pu.
Local	05:40	06:00	EC537 Hornad	06:10	09:30
Local	17:20	17:50	EC533 Rakoczi	18:03	21:30

If you would like to check some other connections please visit www.cp.sk. It is in Slovak, but straight forward, simply enter departure and arrival location and time of departure and it will show you some options.

Getting around in Presov

Presov is relatively small city, with only 100,000 inhabitants (though third biggest town in Slovakia). Therefore you can easily reach key points by foot, unless you wish to travel to some housing districts.

Following instructions are just in case, please let me know the time of your arrival and Janie would pick you up.

If you will be accommodated in Hotel Lineas, the transport is quite easy. You would need to walk by foot approximately 15 minutes (or if you do not feel like you may call taxi). Please go up the stairs and get out of the train station, then turn left towards the gas station Shell and walk straight approximately 500m to the first traffic light. Turn left on the traffic lights and walk down the hill again till next traffic light. Then turn left for the third time and walk approximately 100 m and you will reach Hotel Lineas. It is basically right below the railways, however as you cannot cross them you have to go around.

To reach dormitory of Presov University you would need to take a trolleybus. Get out of the train and continue through the railway station hall straight through the underground path – you will cross the street this way. Go up the stairs and you will be on the bus stop. Purchase a ticket for 10 min. (0.40 EUR) and get on the trolleybus No. 38. It goes every 30 min. Get out of the trolleybus on the second bus stop. You should see university and the dormitory on your left.

In emergency please take a taxi. The price is always the same; do not let them cheat you. If you take taxi that is standing in front of the station you would pay 5 EUR, if you call a taxi you would pay 3 EUR no matter where you go.

Number of Halo taxi: +421 51 16700