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Budapest to Bratislava...Did I buy the right train ticket?

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We (3 people) are traveling from Budapest to Bratislava on September 13. Has anyone purchased the €9 tickets online from https://www.mavcsoport.hu/en? I wanted to buy tickets in advance (but not reserve seats) because I heard it was cheaper. However, my confirmation does not have a specific departing and arriving train station or a specific train time. Are these good on any train from Budapest to Bratislava on the valid day?

I understand I need to pick up at the train station machines on the day and am planning to depart Budapest-Nyugati at 9:41am.

Below is part of the email confirmation I received.

The code entitles you to collect the following tickets:
BUDAPEST* - BRATISLAVA*
3 ticket(s) MÁV-START- ZSSK viszonylati kedvezmény one way 2. class
Valid: 13/09/2018 - 14/09/2018
Price: 8,775 Ft (27 €)

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The capital letters and asterisks mean that your ticket is valid to/from any train stations in those cities. But the stations that the direct EuroCity trains happen to use are Budapest-Nyugati and Bratislava hl. st. They depart most hours at :41 after, but not in the 10:00 a.m. hour. You can't use these tickets on reserved InterCity and RailJet trains (which also require connections, so you'd have little reason to choose them). I have not used this ticket but agree with your reading that you can use it for any one of those EC departures on your travel date.

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