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Vienna to Bratislava: The Rise and Fall of Austria-Hungary's Longest Tram Line

Vienna to Bratislava: The Rise and Fall of Austria-Hungary's Longest Tram Line

Vienna and Bratislava were to be connected by a tram line! Even though the idea represented an innovative transport solution, the implementation met with many obstacles, especially in the context of the political situation of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The line was also popular with the army.

15 / 05 / 2024
Technologies and infrastructure
How the Bratislava Metro Was Built: From Plans for a Million-Dollar Metropolis to Abandoned Ruins

How the Bratislava Metro Was Built: From Plans for a Million-Dollar Metropolis to Abandoned Ruins

The grandiose plan to build a Bratislava metro to connect the planned housing estates with the city center…

06 / 05 / 2024
Technologies and infrastructure
Historical Window: The First Railway in Slovakia Was Pulled by Horses!

Historical Window: The First Railway in Slovakia Was Pulled by Horses!

From Bratislava to Trnava in 3 hours? Unimaginable today, but in the past, it was an express mode of…

08 / 04 / 2024
Technologies and infrastructure
Travel with Ease: Transport Your Car or Motorbike from Bratislava to Košice and Vice Versa

Travel with Ease: Transport Your Car or Motorbike from Bratislava to Košice and Vice Versa

On 25 September, the Railway Company of Slovakia (ZSSK) suspended its car-carriage service on trains…

23 / 10 / 2023
Passenger
Reconstructing History: The Resurgence of the Legendary Slovenská Strela

Reconstructing History: The Resurgence of the Legendary Slovenská Strela

The Slovenská strela (Slovak for 'Slovak Arrow'), intended rather for the upper social classes, experienced…

25 / 05 / 2023
Passenger
Explore Slovakia by Train: ZSSK Highlights Online Sales Channels and Services at ITF Slovakiatour

Explore Slovakia by Train: ZSSK Highlights Online Sales Channels and Services at ITF Slovakiatour

On 20-23 April, the International Travel Fair (ITF) Slovakiatour will be held in Bratislava's Inchebe, where ZSSK plans to promote the 'By Train on a Trip'…

19 / 04 / 2023
Interviews and Events
When Will Bratislava Get a Modern Central Railway Station?

When Will Bratislava Get a Modern Central Railway Station?

Last year the Minister of Transport Andrej Doležal, the Mayor of Bratislava Matúš Vallo and the Director General of the Slovak Railways Miloslav Havrila…

16 / 03 / 2023
Technologies and infrastructure
Exclusive Photo Report from the DAC Conference in Bratislava

Exclusive Photo Report from the DAC Conference in Bratislava

On 23 November, the RailTarget editorial team attended a seminar on Digital Automatic Coupling (DAC). We bring you exclusive photos from the scene. The…

30 / 11 / 2022
Interviews and Events
DAC Seminar in Bratislava: If There Is No Consensus at the DAC, Rail Freight Transport May Suffer

DAC Seminar in Bratislava: If There Is No Consensus at the DAC, Rail Freight Transport May Suffer

Bratislava has become the capital of Digital Automatic Coupling this week. A seminar was held at the headquarters of ZSSK CARGO, attended by the leaders…

25 / 11 / 2022
Interviews and Events
Live: Seminar on Digital Automatic Coupling (DAC) in Bratislava Has Started

Live: Seminar on Digital Automatic Coupling (DAC) in Bratislava Has Started

A seminar on Digital Automatic Coupling (DAC) took place on Wednesday, attended by DAC ambassador Libor Lochman, ERJU chief Carlo Borghini and ÖBB technical…

23 / 11 / 2022
Interviews and Events
Dopravný podnik Bratislava expands its fleet: New two-way Škoda trams will run in Bratislava!

Dopravný podnik Bratislava expands its fleet: New two-way Škoda trams will run in Bratislava!

Dopravný podnik Bratislava (DPB or Bratislava Transport Company) will purchase 10 new two-way low-floor trams. The project Trams for Bratislava, to procure…

10 / 06 / 2022
Freight
Slovakian president Čaputová pays tribute to the victims of the first death train that left Slovakia 80 years ago

Slovakian president Čaputová pays tribute to the victims of the first death train that left Slovakia 80 years ago

The foundation stone of the future memorial to the victims of the Holocaust was laid on Friday last week on the site of the former munitions factory in…

07 / 04 / 2022
Interviews and Events
Rail Cargo Group: TransFER Bratislava-Koper's fifth anniversary

Rail Cargo Group: TransFER Bratislava-Koper's fifth anniversary

TransFER Bratislava-Koper RCG, which connects Central and Eastern Europe with the Mediterranean and the Far East, celebrated its fifth anniversary.

28 / 03 / 2022
Freight