Transport, page 9

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RegioJet puts more trains on Košice-Prague line

The step follows the carrier's decision to leave the main route between Bratislava and Košice.

The train schedule of the national carrier ZSSK changes as of Sunday, December 10.

Use railways, reduce air pollution

If state authorities want to shift people from cars to trains, they must dispatch more trains and improve services, experts say.

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Slovaks and Russians to make drones

Slovak company Litech plans to focus on the development and production of energy sources based on hydrogen-air fuel cells for the air industry and chemical hydrogen production.

One of the Yak-40 planes ended up in Košice.

Yak-40 to be displayed in Žilina

The plane will soon be put out of service as part of the modernisation process.

New ticket machines are now part of vehicles.

People get used to integrated transport

Most passengers praise travelling across Bratislava Region on one ticket, but experts still point to some deficiencies.

The possible line of teh cablecar.
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Brussels will contribute €1bn for Slovak railways

The money will go mostly to modernise the trains, but also to build terminals and parking lots.

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Wizz Air adds new Bratislava-Sofia route as of late June

The low-cost airline celebrates one year of operations at Bratislava airport.

Construction of the Valy bridge.

Hochtief chief: Slovakia lacks concepts for highway construction

One limiting factor is the lack of money for a more rapid construction of roads.

Jaguar Land Rover’s construction site

Germans will distribute cars from Nitra’s JRL plant

The state-run freight carrier Cargo did not succeed in its bid, but is still discussing the distribution of suborders with the German firm.

Road-blocking protest in Povina, Kysuce, demanding completion of highway bypass - February 16.

Kysuce highway stalled due to missing money

Money is missing to finish the section of highway between Žilina and Poland, stopping the completion of the D3 highway project.

Transport Minister Árpád Érsek

Érsek made concession to Kažimír in Prešov bypass

After wrangling within the Slovak cabinet, the transport minister yielded to pressure from the finance minister and changed the project of the northern bypass of the city of Prešov; the state will not spend €900 million as it had originally planned.

Completion of D1 Bratislava-Košice highway still far away

Future financing of highway construction remains in question.

Slovaks lose trains between Bratislava and Košice

Now only state-run ZSSK operates the route.

ZSSK to replace RegioJet on the Bratislava-Košice route

The carrier prepares for the departure of RegioJet from the route; there will be less trains.

The new state application

EU does not require state traffic system

The project has been criticised for being slow, expensive and offering no new information.

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RegioJet will clear the Bratislava-Košice track

As a result, it will be possible to replace the yellow trains with those operated by state as of the beginning of February.

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Bus drivers threaten with strike

Trade unions call for higher wages.

The yellow trains will disappear from the main railway track.

RegioJet scraps its IC trains

The state will become the only IC train operator on the Bratislava-Košice route, despite predicted losses.

Transport Minister Árpád Érsek

State starts its own “Google Maps”

Experts criticise new system costing €14.2 million.

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