Travel to Žilina

Every way to reach Žilina: 2 modes compared, with fares.

Žilina is reachable from 29 places across 4 countries by 2 modes, on services run by 6 operators. The cheapest arrival costs €10.07 and the fastest takes 1h 13m door to door. The nearest origin is 51 km away.

Checked October 3, 2026Priced for October 3, 2026One passenger, all fees included

Arriving

How people reach Žilina

Every mode that actually calls at Žilina, with the cheapest fare and the fastest journey on each.

One row per mode that actually calls here. Reach is the furthest origin that mode serves in a straight line.
ModeOriginsFromFastestReachOperators
Train34€11.881h 13m192 km2
Coach46€10.071h 36m196 km4
  • 29Places you can arrive from
  • 29Places you can leave for
  • 4Countries
  • 6Operators

The train gets you into Žilina. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

Where to stay in Žilina

Sort by distance from Žilina railway station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Catchment

How far people travel to get here

Every origin we sell, grouped by how far it is in a straight line.

Straight line distance from each origin we sell, not the distance the route runs.
DistanceRoutesShareNearest of them
Under 200 km80100%Prievidza, 51 km
Origins

Which countries you can arrive from

Countries with at least one route into Žilina that we sell.

Counted by route, so a country with several cities on the corridor counts once per route rather than once per city.
CountryRoutesShare
Slovakia4455%
Hungary2430%
Czechia1013%
Poland23%
Terminals

Stations, airports and ports in Žilina

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Žilina

Rail
  • Žilina railway station
  • Varín
  • Railway station Bytča
Bus
  • Autobusová stanica Žilina
  • Žilina
Fares

The cheapest journeys into Žilina

Priced from the same engine that answers the search box, on the next three weeks of departures.

Cheapest fare and fastest journey into Žilina, over the next three weeks.
RouteFromFastestDistance
Nitra to Žilina bus€10.072h 34m113 km
Banská Bystrica to Žilina bus€10.071h 47m62 km
Trenčín to Žilina bus€10.071h 46m62 km
Prievidza to Žilina bus€10.071h 36m51 km
Trnava to Žilina bus€10.632h 44m126 km
Poprad to Žilina bus€10.632h 44m115 km
Prievidza to Žilina train€11.881h 13m51 km
Banská Bystrica to Žilina train€12.441h 19m62 km
Trenčín to Žilina train€12.441h 20m62 km
Bratislava to Žilina bus€12.833h 21m169 km
Petržalka to Žilina bus€12.833h 22m170 km
Old Town to Žilina bus€12.833h 25m170 km
Frýdek-Místek to Žilina train€13.541h 18m58 km
Budapest II. kerület to Žilina bus€14.483h 51m191 km
Óbuda-Békásmegyer to Žilina bus€14.483h 47m188 km
Budapest IV. kerület to Žilina bus€14.483h 40m187 km

We cannot promise Žilina railway station still has a baggage check, because plenty of stations closed theirs.

Left luggage lockers

Somewhere to drop the bags in Žilina?

Stores, cafes and hotels that take luggage, with the hours on the map so you know what is still open when you come back.

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Popular trips to Žilina

Common questions about Travel to Žilina

How can I get to Žilina?

Žilina is reachable by 2 modes on our network, from 29 places, across 4 countries, on services run by 6 operators. The table on this page compares those modes on the cheapest fare, the fastest journey, how far each reaches and how many carriers run it.

What is the cheapest way to get to Žilina?

The cheapest way into Žilina is by coach, from €10.07 for one passenger. That is the lowest fare across all 29 origins we sell into Žilina over the next three weeks, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee.

What is the fastest way to get to Žilina?

The fastest journey into Žilina is by train, at 1h 13m door to door. The nearest origin we sell is 51 km away in a straight line, which is why a short fast journey exists at all on this list.

Which stations and airports does Žilina have?

Žilina has 5 named terminals on our network, including 3 rail stations and 0 airports. Among them are Žilina railway station, Varín, Railway station Bytča. Every journey time on this page allows for reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

Where can I travel to Žilina from within 200 km?

80 of the routes we sell into Žilina start within 200 km. The nearest is Prievidza, 51 km away in a straight line. Short corridors like these are usually the ones where a train or bus beats a flight door to door.

Where else can I go from Žilina in Slovakia?

Žilina connects to 29 places on our network across 4 countries, the furthest of them 196 km away in a straight line. Slovakia routes are listed on this page, and the country pages carry the rest of the network around it.

Where these numbers come from

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 Catchment, Fares, Door to door, Distances

Elsewhere in Slovakia

The wider region

The train is the simple part. What you do once you are in Žilina is somebody else's catalog.

A guided tour group

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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