Who is entitled for zero-fare transport services?
- Students and seniors under 62 years of age who are citizens or permanent residents of EU
member states: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia,
Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Netherlands, Italy, Ireland, Lithuania,
Latvia, Luxemburg, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain,
Sweden - Children under 15 years of age and seniors over 62 years of age without limitation by EU
citizenship or residence
Terms and Conditions
- Passengers entitled for zero-fare transport services are required to register at ZSSK cash
desks - Upon registration, they will obtain their rail customer cards that will allow them to get zero-fare
tickets for travelling by trains - Zero-fare tickets are passenger-specific and train-specific (for long distance trains only), i.e.
the tickets are non-transferable and bound to a specific train - Zero-fare tickets are bound to long-distance trains of R, Ex, EN, EC, SC category
What documents do we need?
In order to register zero-fare passengers and issue rail customer cards for them, passengers need the following documents depending on their category:
Children under 15 years of age
- Children under 6 years of age do not need any customer card or train ticket to travel
for free - Children aged 6-15 years are required to submit their passport (+ profile picture as
a non-mandatory item)
Students
- For full-time students under 26 years of age who are enrolled in study programs
equivalent to study programs available at schools and universities in Slovakia - Students are required to submit confirmation of enrolment for the current academic
year together with an official translation to Slovak language ( for documents in Czech
language translations are not necessary) and an ID card or passport (+ profile
picture as a non-mandatory item)
Retired persons receiving social security income under 62 years of age (excluding
military service pensioners)
Retired persons are required to submit confirmation of social security income not
older than 30 days together with an official translation to Slovak language and an ID
card or passport (+ profile picture as a non-mandatory item)
Seniors over 62 years of age
Seniors are required to submit their ID card or passport (+ profile picture as a nonmandatory item
