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Train fares and tariffs / Re: Budapest-Lvov ticket bought in Slovakia? Possible? Cheaper?

« on: January 05, 2013, 06:37:28 pm »

p.s. traveling few time via Chop we can say that it's not the best place to spend time in that region of Ukraine, so if you arrive early, it might make sense to think about going to Uzghorod or Mukachevo right away, those places have much more things to see and it is convenient since you can as well catch your 601/14 trains there, thus without need to come back to Chop

Great idea! I've been to Mukachevo before and it's indeed a lovely town, but this would be the perfect oppurtunity to visit Uzhhorod aswell. The earliest train from Budapest arrives at 12:58 in Chop, perfect time to catch the 13:18 elektrichka to Uzhhorod, provided there are no serious hangups at border control.

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Train fares and tariffs / Re: Budapest-Lvov ticket bought in Slovakia? Possible? Cheaper?

« on: January 05, 2013, 04:27:18 pm »

Thanks for the answer.

So it seems that this "Slovakia-trick" won't work anymore.

I have another plan to cut prices then: I book a platzkart Chop-Lviv ticket online for the domestic Ukrainian train that leaves Chop around 23:00 and arrives in Lviv the next morning. Earlier that day, I travel from Budapest to Chop though Záhony with regular Hungarian trains. Once I enter Ukraine, I get my pre-booked tickets from the Chop railway station counter, and board the train to Lviv.

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Train fares and tariffs / Budapest-Lvov ticket bought in Slovakia? Possible? Cheaper?

« on: January 04, 2013, 07:18:49 pm »

Hi everyone!

I've been reading the blog of Helmut Uttenthaler (the guy who went from Vienna to Pyongyang by train)

http://vienna-pyongyang.blogspot.hu

and he wrote that for example tickets bought in Slovakia for domestic trips inside Russia are even cheaper than in Russia itself.

I'm planning a trip from Budapest to Lvov on the "Tisza-Express" night train. If I try buying tickets for this trip in Slovakia instead of Budapest, can I expect a significantly lower price?

Is it even possible to buy a Budapest-Lvov ticket+place reservation from inside Slovakia?


The ideal place for me to buy it would be the railway station of Sturovo, as it's less than 90 minutes away by train from Budapest and a return ticket costs only 6 Euros.