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Within its time validity, a prepaid ticket allows to make an unlimited number and length of journeys using any lines within the territory of the relevant tariff zones. Prepaid tickets (season tickets) are especially advantageous for regular passengers travelling daily. The longer is their validity, the more advantageous is their price.

  • Zone prepaid tickets are valid only within the territory of purchased tariff zones chosen by the passenger. Passengers are able to purchase zone prepaid tickets for maximum of 7 zones.
  • Network prepaid tickets are valid within all the IDS Východ tariff zones (i.e. within the entire territory of eastern Slovakia)

Only with a transport card

Monthly, quarterly, semi-annual and annual prepaid tickets are uploaded exclusively on a transport card marked with a photography, name and surname of the passenger as well as the stated time validity of the card and the card identification number, and issued by one of the contractual carriers of the Košice and Prešov self-governing region (ARRIVA Michalovce, eurobus, SAD Humenné, SAD Poprad, SAD Prešov SK), Košice city public transport company, Prešov city public transport company or another carrier involved in the project Slovenský dopravný pas (Slovak Transport Passport. For using the prepaid tickets, the student card “ISIC” card is also usable as an alternative to the transport card.

How to buy a prepaid ticket?

Monthly, quarterly, semi-annual and annual prepaid tickets can be purchased via the e-shop at www.ubian.sk or mobile application UBIAN or in person in the customer centres of contractual carriers of the Košice and Prešov self-governing region (ARRIVA Michalovce, eurobus, SAD Humenné, SAD Poprad, SAD Prešov SK). Subsequently, it is possible to buy them again for the same period of time and tariff zones also from the bus driver.

A day network ticket can be purchased directly from the bus driver. It is not possible to extend the time validity of the day network ticket.

Types of prepaid tickets

  • Day network ticket
    • It allows to make an unlimited number and length of journeys within all the IDS Východ tariff zones (i.e. entire territory of eastern Slovakia) till the end of the day.
    • It is advantageous for passengers who plan to make a larger number of journeys within regional bus transport within a single day, e.g. for tourist visitors.
  • Monthly zone ticket
    • It allows to make an unlimited number and length of journeys within the purchased tariff zones for a period of 30 days.
  • Monthly network ticket
    • It allows to make an unlimited number and length of journeys within all the IDS Východ tariff zones (i.e. entire territory of eastern Slovakia) for a period of 30 days.
  • Quarterly zone ticket
    • It allows to make an unlimited number and length of journeys within the purchased tariff zones for a period of 90 days.
  • Quarterly network ticket
    • It allows to make an unlimited number and length of journeys within all the IDS Východ tariff zones (i.e. entire territory of eastern Slovakia) for a period of 90 days.
  • Semi-annual zone ticket
    • It allows to make an unlimited number and length of journeys within the purchased tariff zones for a period of 180 days.
  • Semi-annual network ticket
    • It allows to make an unlimited number and length of journeys within all the IDS Východ tariff zones (i.e. entire territory of eastern Slovakia) for a period of 180 days.
  • Annual zone ticket
    • It allows to make an unlimited number and length of journeys within the purchased tariff zones for a period of 365 days.
  • Annual network ticket
    • It allows to make an unlimited number and length of journeys within all the IDS Východ tariff zones (i.e. entire territory of eastern Slovakia) for a period of 365 days.

Travelling outside the prepaid zones (the zones recorded on the prepaid ticket)

In the case of a journey (route), a part of which will not lie in the zone or zones purchased and recorded on the prepaid ticket, the passenger shall purchase a single ticket for the entire route; however, the price of such a ticket is calculated only according to the number of zones on the route that are not included in the prepaid ticket. In other words, the fare will be reduced automatically by the number of zones purchased already within the prepaid ticket of the passenger.

Example:

Let us assume that the passenger purchased the prepaid ticket for all tariff zones on the route Košice – Prešov. If he/she wants to travel to Sabinov, for example, he/she will buy a single ticket from Košice to Sabinov. After placing the transport card on the card reader and identifying prepaid tariff zones, the on-board computer will automatically calculate the fare only based on the number of tariff zones on the route Prešov – Sabinov. However, time validity of the ticket will be determined according to all the tariff zones on the route Košice – Sabinov. If the passenger has an eWallet on the transport card with enough credit, the fare for non-prepaid tariff zones will be deducted from the eWallet of the transport card. If the passenger utilizes the transport card only for the purpose of the prepaid ticket, i.e. without the function of the eWallet, he/she will be able to pay for non-prepaid tariff zones in cash. The same principle will apply to cases when the prepaid tariff zones does not lie at the beginning of the journey but in any section of the journey – for the purpose of calculating the fare, the prepaid tariff zones will be always deducted from the total number of zones on the route.


The fare is applied in suburban regular bus transport operated by the following carriers: ARRIVA Michalovce, eurobus, SAD Humenné, SAD Poprad, and SAD Prešov SK. Detailed information are available in the Tariff of IDS Východ.