How to reach Bratislava from Prague?

Hi, everybody!

Next spring my family and I will be visiting Prague, and then we are going to move to Bratislava. I%26#39;ve just found how hard it is to rent a car for an international one-way between those two cities: car rental companies simply don%26#39;t allow the transfer.

Would you give us any tip about the best way (charter, train, bus) to reach Bratislava, suitable for two young kids (5 and 8 years old) as well?

Thanks

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take the train. brand new fast trains go from prague to bratislava in just over 3 hours. you can do bratislava as a day trip (and you can see nearly all of bratislava in a day).

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Peb7, thank you for your prompt reply.

Are you so kind to give me a roughly idea about the cost in 2nd class?

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less than 20 euros each way

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Peb

when did these trains come into service and do they all run from the same station. When I took the train from Prague to Bratislava it was somewhere between 5 or six hours if my memory serves correct. Wish I would have known about this sooner. Thanks for the information though : )

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fast trains are the SC pendolino trains (there many are other normal trains which go from prague to bratislava but these take well over 4 hours). The pendolino trains go from holesovice station. Other trains go from either holesovice station or from the central station, hlavni nadrazi

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thanks peb, wished i had researched this earlier. I took the train station which is just accross the street from Wenceslas Square, I dont even know its name, it pays to do some research, thank again.

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train station near wenceslas square is the central station, called locally hlavni nadrazi. The new fast pendolino trains to bratislava have only been running since December 10th

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