Fastest€28.39
- Železničná spoločnosť Slovensko S882914:081h 27m15:35Žilina railway stationStaré Mesto station
Door to door 2h 11mCO2 6.4 kgChanges 0Refundable
Žilina to Old Town train
Trains from Žilina to Old Town start at €24.54 and take 2h 11m at their fastest.
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Fares and seats move by the day. Price Žilina to Old Town on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Žilina to Old Town starts at €24.54 and takes 2h 11m door to door, run by 1 operator over 195 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 2h 11mDoor to door
- 1h 27mMoving
- €29.49 to €56.99From
- 06:50 to 14:08First and last departure
- 6Per day
- 6.4 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 6, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€29.49 to €56.99 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.
Železničná spoločnosť Slovensko runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this trip
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €56.99Fri18
- about €49.29Sat19
- about €47.09Sun20
- about €35.54Mon21
- about €36.09Tue22
- about €39.39Wed23
- about €47.09Thu24
- about €35.54Fri25
- about €34.99Sat26
- about €33.89Sun27
- about €32.78Mon28
- about €29.49Tue29
- about €30.59Wed30
- about €34.99Thu1
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 cheapest and the fastest on October 6, 2026
Rail operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Železničná spoločnosť Slovensko | €23.44 | 2h 8m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power outlets, Wi-Fi |
The train gets you into Old Town. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Old Town for the night the train gets in
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When to book Žilina to Old Town
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €12.2890 days
- €10.0760 days
- €10.0845 days
- €11.7330 days
- €13.3821 days
- €15.0314 days
- €18.887 days
- €20.533 days
- €26.581 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 164 percent. The most expensive point is €26.58, 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.
- €16.68Sun
- €12.83Mon
- €12.83Tue
- €14.48Wed
- €15.03Thu
- €15.03Fri
- €15.03Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Žilina
Rail
- Žilina railway station
- Varín
- Railway station Bytča
What the journey looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 67% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 33% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 195 km against 170 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 Trnava, Nitra, Trenčín, Prievidza. The gap between arriving and leaving is 45 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 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 Žilina at 06:50 and the last at 14:08, 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
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 2h 11m | 1h 27m | 44m | €24.54 | 6.4 kg | 6 |
| Coach | 3h 28m | 2h 44m | 44m | €10.63 | 5.3 kg | 6 |
Questions about Žilina to Old Town
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 Žilina to Old Town take?
The Train from Žilina to Old Town takes 2h 11m door to door, of which 1h 27m is spent moving. The route runs 195 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 Žilina to Old Town cost?
The Train from Žilina to Old Town starts at €24.54 for one passenger, as of September 17, 2026. A typical fare is €27.84. 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 Žilina to Old Town?
1 operators run the Train from Žilina to Old Town: 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 Žilina to Old Town use?
The Train from Žilina to Old Town leaves from Žilina railway station and arrives at Staré Mesto 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 Žilina to Old Town?
Traveling from Žilina to Old Town by Coach costs €10.63 and takes 3h 28m door to door, against 2h 11m 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 Žilina to Old Town?
Fares for the Train from Žilina to Old Town bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €10.07. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 164 percent, measured on September 17, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Žilina to Old Town produce?
The Train from Žilina to Old Town produces about 6.4 kg of CO2 per passenger over 195 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 Žilina to Old Town?
Operators on the Train from Žilina to Old Town publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 11m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
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
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Žilina to Old Town on September 17, 2026: 195 km of route against 170 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €24.54, and 2h 11m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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