Most international trains stop at the main train station (Bratislava hlavná stanica) that has a good connections to buses. To get to the city centre, take bus 93 and get off at Hodžovo námestie or Zochova stops. Unfortunately, there is no tram connection starting from November 1, 2011 due to track damage. The other principal station is Bratislava-Petržalka, situated in a residential district, south of the river Danube. The station serves as a terminus for some of the trains from Vienna. Bus 80 (direction: Kollárovo námestie) departs from outside the station building or use the underground passageway in the station hall then hop on any of the buses that leave from the opposite side of the road. Buses 91 and 191 (direction: Nový most), 93 and 94 (direction: Hlavná stanica and Vazovova respectively) all go directly to city centre.
Vienna: 1–1¼h, hourly regional expresses. They go alternately via Marchegg and via Kittsee. The first service stops at the central station while the second stops at Bratislava-Petržalka, all trains starts at Wien Südbahnhof (Ostbahn). Tickets are valid for both routes. A day-return ticket called EURegio purchased in Vienna costs €14 and also allows use of all public transportation in town. Note that train tickets from Austria to Slovakia bought in Austria with ÖBB are considerably are more expensive than the same tickets bought in Bratislava with ZSSK due to government subsidy.
Prague: 4¼h, EC trains every 2 hours. Online tickets are much cheaper than the tickets purchased at the station, but you should buy them at least 3 days in advance. It is possible to get on a through sleeper car, attached to train R 719, however the journey only takes 6½ hours meaning you won't get too much sleep.
Berlin: 9h, two direct EC trains, another two with change in Prague and through sleeper cars attached to EN Metropol. Online ticket is much cheaper than ticket bought at station, but you should buy it at least 3 days in advance.
Budapest: 2¾h, six EC trains a day, departing from Budapest Keleti station.
Warszawa: 8¼h in through cars on EC Praha; 7¼ in two daily connections with change at Břeclav; 8¾h in through sleeper cars attached to train Chopin. There is a limited offer (SparDay for daytime trains, SparNight for sleepers) of discounted tickets to Budapest via Bratislava, they're much more cheaper that normal tickets to Bratislava.
Belgrade: 11½h with direct EC Avala, 12¾h with change at Budapest. The connection with change costs almost half of the direct train, because you can buy discounted tickets Belgrade–Budapest and Budapest–Bratislava. Trains from Serbia are often delayed, but at Budapest you have 2h gap to change.
Kiev: 28h, daily night train with through cars from Moscow (42 h). The train is often delayed.
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