Fastest€21.24
- Železničná spoločnosť Slovensko S524506:3158m07:29Nitra railway stationŽilina railway station
Door to door 1h 42mCO2 4.3 kgChanges 0Refundable
Nitra to Žilina train
Trains from Nitra to Žilina start at €17.94 and take 1h 42m at their fastest.
The Trains from Nitra to Žilina starts at €17.94 and takes 1h 42m door to door, run by 1 operator over 129 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 1h 42mDoor to door
- 58mMoving
- €17.94From
- 4.3 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 21, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Rail operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Železničná spoločnosť Slovensko | €15.19 | 1h 42m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power outlets, Wi-Fi |
The train gets you into Žilina. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
Where to stay in Žilina
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When to book Nitra to Žilina
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €10.0890 days
- €10.0760 days
- €10.0745 days
- €10.0730 days
- €10.0721 days
- €10.6314 days
- €11.187 days
- €11.733 days
- €12.831 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €10.07.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 27 percent. The most expensive point is €12.83, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €10.63Sun
- €10.07Mon
- €10.08Tue
- €10.08Wed
- €11.73Thu
- €11.73Fri
- €11.18Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Nitra
Rail
- Nitra railway station
- Nové Sady station
- Zbehy train station
Žilina
Rail
- Žilina railway station
- Varín
- Railway station Bytča
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 71% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 29% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 129 km against 113 km in a straight line, a detour of 14 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Prievidza, Banská Bystrica, Trenčín, Zlín. The gap between arriving and leaving is 51 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 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.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Nitra at 06:31 and the last at 14:18, across 6 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Trains against the other ways to make this journey
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 1h 42m | 58m | 44m | €17.94 | 4.3 kg | 6 |
| Coach | 2h 30m | 1h 46m | 44m | €10.07 | 3.5 kg | 8 |
Questions about Nitra to Žilina
The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 the Train from Nitra to Žilina take?
The Train from Nitra to Žilina takes 1h 42m door to door, of which 58m is spent moving. The route runs 129 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Train from Nitra to Žilina cost?
The Train from Nitra to Žilina starts at €17.94 for one passenger, checked on September 13, 2026. A typical fare is €25.37. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Train from Nitra to Žilina?
1 operators run the Train from Nitra to Žilina: Železničná spoločnosť Slovensko. Between them they file around 6 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Train from Nitra to Žilina use?
The Train from Nitra to Žilina leaves from Nitra railway station and arrives at Žilina railway station. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
Is the Train the best way from Nitra to Žilina?
Traveling from Nitra to Žilina by Coach costs €10.07 and takes 2h 30m door to door, against 1h 42m by Train. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Train from Nitra to Žilina?
Fares for the Train from Nitra to Žilina bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €10.07. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 27 percent, measured on September 13, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Nitra to Žilina produce?
The Train from Nitra to Žilina produces about 4.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 129 km, which works out at roughly 33 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Train from Nitra to Žilina?
Operators on the Train from Nitra to Žilina publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 1h 42m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
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.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Nitra to Žilina on September 13, 2026: 129 km of route against 113 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €17.94, and 1h 42m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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The train is the simple part. What you do once you are in Žilina is somebody else's catalog.
Things to do in Žilina
Day trips that leave Žilina in the morning and cover a good part of Slovakia by evening.
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