Bratislava ticket (from Vienna) logistics

Posted by Scotttyd (North Carolina) on 11/14/24 05:42 PM

I know the ticket is ~18 euro round trip, but I was told you have to buy at a train station (can't buy and print at home bc it won't work on bratislava buses).

Can you buy it at any metro station or does it have to be at the train station? We plan on buying the unlimited 7 day pass so would be nice to just get them all at once after we arrive
Is there a tutorial anywhere? I have heard it is a little confusing?
How do you use it on bratislava buses, do you have to scan it, or just "have on you"
It is not time specific, correct?

Thanks all

Posted by Scotttyd OP

North Carolina

11/14/24 05:43 PM

109 posts

another question- when I leave the station (Petržalka because of construction on the other line) - where do I go to catch the bus? Is it pretty obvious?

Posted by Nestor

Virginia

11/14/24 08:09 PM

630 posts

We just went to the Vienna train station and purchased the ticket the day before.
When we go to Bratislava station (probably the one that closed) we found the bus going to the center and showed the driver our tickets.
I can't tell you how to do that from Petržalka station.

Posted by acraven

Washington DC

11/14/24 08:44 PM

27974 posts

Walk out the front door of the station; the stop was slightly to the right, as I recall. I think the signage was fine, but be sure you know which bus you need to take and go immediately to the stop; you will be one of many people heading toward the center of town, and the bus I was looking for ran only every 15 or 20 minutes. I was ill-prepared (for no good reason), had to stop to ask for info inside the station, therefore missed the first departing bus, and even then ended up on the wrong bus for where I wanted to go. I'm sure it was my fault for not asking the right question. I could have just gotten the info from Google Maps or CityMapper while I was still on the train. Let's just say it was not my finest hour.

I'm afraid I don't remember what I did about tapping or scanning my ticket. I was only in Bratislava briefly on the day I used the Bratislava Ticket, because I was headed initially to eastern Slovakia.