Transportation

Sunday, January 24, 2016 is the suggested arrival day, since the Conference will start on Monday, January 25, 2016 at 9:00. The airports in Bratislava (about 300 km from Liptovský Mikuláš), Vienna (about 60 km from Bratislava) and Prague (about 500 km from Liptovský Mikuláš) provide plane connections with major cities all over the world. There are very good and regular train and bus connections between Vienna and Bratislava.

Please, consult the following links for more details.

Bus lines from the Vienna Airport to Bratislava

Eurolines

Timetables (buses, trains)

The Railways of the Slovak Republic
www.cp.sk (in Slovak language, but on webpage you can switch it to English or German version)

More information about travel on Sunday, January 24, 2016. !!! Updated January 18, 2016 !!!

There are train arrivals to Liptovský Mikuláš (time of arrival and train's name):

- from the west direction:

12:18 - SC 241 UNION POISŤOVŇA Pendolino Košičan (from Prague main station)
13:39 - RJ 1003 RegioJet (from Prague main station)
13:51 - R 605 Dargov (from Bratislava main station)
14:53 - RJ 405 RegioJet (from Bratislava main station)
15:51 - R 607 FIXINELA (from Bratislava main station)
17:51 - R 609 Spišan (from Bratislava main station)
19:51 - R 611 INTERSPORT (from Bratislava main station)
20:32 - LE 1361 LEO Express (from Prague main station)
20:53 - RJ 409 RegioJet (from Bratislava main station)

- from the east direction:

12:08 - R 606 Liptov (from Košice)
13:08 - RJ 404 RegioJet (from Košice)
13:31 - EC 242 Roháče (from Košice)
14:08 - R 608 Spišan (from Košice)
16:08 - R 610 NOVOFRUCT (from Košice)
16:34 - SC 240 Pendolino Košičan (from Košice)
16:50 - R 1604 Chopok (from Košice)
18:08 - R 612 OKAY ELEKTRO (from Košice)
19:08 - RJ 408 RegioJet (from Košice)
20:08 - RR 762 Cassovia (from Košice)

Note that for FSTA participants we have organized special buses for the transfer to the hotel (and on Friday to the railway station in Liptovský Mikuláš). These buses will wait on FSTA participants on the bus terminal (when going out of the railway station hall, go to the left around 70 meters), and they will have indication FSTA. The planned departures of our special buses are: 13:15, 14:15, 16:15, 18:15, 20:15, 21:15.

You can travel by regular bus from the bus terminal in Liptovský Mikuláš to Liptovský Ján (to bus stop "Ďumbier"). Travel takes approximately 25-35 minutes and 12-15 km. The bus terminal is beside of the railway station in Liptovský Mikuláš. The buses will depart from the bus station in Liptovský Mikuláš at 6:50, 8:20, 12:20, 14:17, 16:20, 18:35, 20:50.