Sales of train tickets Prague – Rijeka – Split have started with high demand

The Czech railway company Regiojet has started selling tickets for this season’s railway line from Prague to Rijeka, but from this year also to Split.

Namely, this year, as already announced last year, Regiojet re-introduced a very successful railway line from the Czech capital, which last year connected Prague and Bratislava with Rijeka.

This year, the route has been slightly changed, so Regiojet’s trains will pass through Budapest and Zagreb on their route from Prague via Bratislava, and continue on towards Rijeka and, according to the new one, towards Split.

Trains will depart on the 28th of May and run until the 27th of September, arriving in Croatia daily in July and August, and three times a week in May, June and September, departing from Prague/Bratislava on Fridays, Sundays and Tuesdays and returning from Croatia on Saturdays, Mondays and Wednesdays.

Rail connections will have a similar timetable as last year. Departures from Prague are in the afternoon at 04:46 pm, from Bratislava at 09:17 pm and from Budapest five minutes after midnight.

The novelty is a much larger number of bus connections, so passengers in Rijeka, Gračac and Split will be met by buses that will continue to reach practically all destinations on the Croatian coast – from Istria to Dubrovnik. In addition, buses will connect the resorts of Kotor in Montenegro and Neum in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

High demand and affordable prices

Tickets for Regiojet’s trains were therefore put on sale a few weeks ago, and judging by last year’s experience, demand will be high. The Regiojet hopes that Croatian citizens will also use this opportunity.

And like last year, ticket prices are extremely affordable. Namely, a one-way ticket to Rijeka in a car with seats that includes reservations and all services can be obtained from 22,9 euros, while the price of a ticket for sleeping cars starts from 30,9 euros.

On the route to Split, prices start at 34,9 euros for a seat and 41,9 euros for a trip in a sleeping compartment.

RegioJet trains to Croatia operated for the first time last year during the summer season. In total, they carried more than 60,000 passengers. The average occupancy of the lines was more than 90%, meaning trains operated with a capacity of 500 to 560 passengers per line.

This completely new line was also a great gain for this private Czech transport company, considering that, in the year when Europe also faced restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic, it became their most successful new route in terms of demand.

Source: Novilist.hr