Banská Bystrica to Košice runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:47 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €11.73 and €25.64, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 2h 1m over 178 km, on services run by 2 operators across 2 modes.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 2 operators and 2 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares · Priced for 5 October 2026
€11.73 to €25.64
- 153%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Banská Bystrica
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:47First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 5Services per day
- 20%Run direct
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Buying this journey
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TPO Pasztuscak runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this journey
Bookaway lists departures for Banská Bystrica to Košice on your date, and you pay on their side.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €25.48Sun20
- about €17.23Mon21
- about €15.03Tue22
- about €18.88Wed23
- about €17.78Thu24
- about €22.73Fri25
- about €14.48Sat26
- about €17.23Sun27
- about €12.28Mon28
- about €15.58Tue29
- about €13.38Wed30
- about €14.48Thu1
- about €14.48Fri2
- about €12.83Sat3
- about €12.28Sun4
- about €11.73Mon5
- about €11.73Tue6
- about €13.38Wed7
- about €12.83Thu8
- about €12.83Fri9
- about €14.48Sat10
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The coach gets you into Košice. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Košice for the night the coach gets in
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When to book Banská Bystrica to Košice
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €13.3890 days
- €11.7360 days
- €10.0745 days
- €10.0830 days
- €14.4821 days
- €12.8314 days
- €14.487 days
- €15.033 days
- €25.481 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €10.07.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 153 percent. The dearest point is €25.48, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
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This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Banská Bystrica to Košice and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
178 km
155 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services take. The bearing runs east.
Who lives at each end
74,590 → 225,044
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/4
4 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
The route
What the journey looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 178 km against 155 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Nitra, Poprad, Žilina, Trenčín. The gap between arriving and leaving is 48 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
The fare from KSC into Košice is the one price on this journey we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
A car waiting when you land in Košice
Settled in advance, so the ride into Košice costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.
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Who runs this route
The coach gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Left luggage near Košice railway station
Most of the points near Košice railway station open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Banská Bystrica to Košice
The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does it take to get from Banská Bystrica to Košice?
The fastest journey from Banská Bystrica to Košice takes 2h 1m door to door, of which 1h 20m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 2h 43m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Banská Bystrica to Košice?
The cheapest fare from Banská Bystrica to Košice is €11.73, as of 19 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €23.36. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Banská Bystrica to Košice?
The cheapest way from Banská Bystrica to Košice is by coach, at €11.73 for one passenger on 5 October 2026. That journey takes 3h 14m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
What is the fastest way to get from Banská Bystrica to Košice?
The fastest way from Banská Bystrica to Košice is by train, at 2h 4m door to door. Only 1h 20m of that is spent moving; the remaining 44m is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. The cheapest fare on that mode is €25.64.
When should I book Banská Bystrica to Košice?
Fares from Banská Bystrica to Košice bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €10.07. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 153 percent, measured on 19 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Banská Bystrica to Košice?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Banská Bystrica to Košice, at €12.28. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 19 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Banská Bystrica to Košice?
November is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Banská Bystrica to Košice, at €10.08 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs services from Banská Bystrica to Košice?
No operator record names Banská Bystrica to Košice directly. TPO Pasztuscak, Železničná spoločnosť Slovensko publish service areas covering both ends and may serve it, so we list them as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.
Is there a direct service from Banská Bystrica to Košice?
33 percent of the services we sell from Banská Bystrica to Košice are direct. The rest connect at Nitra, Poprad, Žilina, Trenčín, with about 48 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
How much CO2 does the journey from Banská Bystrica to Košice produce?
Travelling from Banská Bystrica to Košice by coach produces about 4.8 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Train produces about 5.9 kg, roughly 1 times as much for one passenger.
Which station or terminal do services from Banská Bystrica to Košice use?
Services from Banská Bystrica to Košice by train leave from Banská Bystrica railway station and arrive at Košice railway station. Allow about 44m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Banská Bystrica to Košice?
2 of the 2 operators we sell from Banská Bystrica to Košice allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Banská Bystrica to Košice on 19 September 2026: 178 km of route against 155 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €11.73, and 2h 1m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
The coach is the simple part. What you do once you are in Košice is somebody else's catalogue.
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The two ends, compared
Banská Bystrica reaches 16 places in 6 countries on services we hold, over distances from 62 to 1,614 km. Košice reaches 56 places in 15 countries, from 77 to 2,619 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Banská Bystrica
- 16Places you can leave for
- 6Countries
- 7Operators
Arriving in Košice
Leaving Košice
- 56Places you can leave for
- 15Countries
- 21Operators