You can travel in a country neighboring Hungary for free, just must be registered

According to the information of MTI, the discounts providing free rail travel for wide groups, and which were introduced in Slovakia last autumn, are popular among foreigners too, femina.hu said.

The free rail travel for pensioners and young people may be available with prior registration, almost 13 and a half thousand Slovak citizens have used the option.

The registered foreigners have traveled about  20 thousand journeys, 1.7 kilometers under the free passenger transport so far, which means an average of 85 km-road per capita. According to the data of the Slovakian railway company, the largest shares of foreigners receiving free travel are Hungarian and Czech citizens.

Prime Minister Robert Fico’s cabinet has decided on the introduction of the very extensive rail travel discount package, which is unprecedented in the history of the country, last autumn, the measure has into force on November 17.