Illustratory image. (source: SME - Marko Erd)
Quiet zones, women's compartments, extended lines. These are just a few of the new services introduced on June 9 by the national carrier ZSSK in order to increase the comfort of passengers.
Select express trains (Ex 600 - 613, 621, 622, 623, 624, 626, 627) will offer special compartments solely for women. With the exception of boys under the age of 10, men are not allowed inside. These compartments are designated with a pictogram and in 2nd class cars.
For passengers who desire to travel in quiet circumstances, without any noise created by other passengers, ZSSK offers the silent zone service in the 1st class cars of select express trains - E.g. 600 - 613 and 622 will offer the service on a daily schedule, others in certain conditions. Again, the compartments will bear a pictogram.
In order to make the nature in the Orava region in northern Slovakia more accessible, ZSSK has started to connect cars with bicycle stands to trains from the Kraľovany station, which connect to express trains on the Bratislava - Košice line. These cars will run on weekends and holidays.
In a similar vein, two fast trains in the Horehronie region in central Slovakia have had their lines extended, again to make the region more accessible to tourists.
For the full list of changes to trains, click here.
The national carrier also claims that it has managed to decrease the average time of delays to 2 minutes, a 21 percent improvement year-on-year.
