Travelling by Train with a Bicycle - Cheaper this Week

By Ivana Zupan 19 September 2015

Some years back, my sister planed a trip through the Croatian coast, starting in Italy, ending on Hvar. She wanted to fly in to Italy, purchase a bike there and then head to Croatia by coast. She had 14 days of vacation - the first week should have been biking, the other one relaxing on Hvar.

She had a map prepared, with cities she will be going through and was looking forward to the bike trip. As it turned out, she, an inexperienced cyclist was only able to do a few kilometres per day (of course!!) before she fell of the bike totally exhausted in the evening.

After the first day - still in Italy, new plans needed to be done and she successfully travelled by train (with the bike) most of the route, stopping in some of the cities she planned. It wasn´t always easy to find a suitable train to transport the bike too, but with a dose of luck and some convincing of railways staff, she managed to arrive in Split after the first week and enjoyed the other week with us on Hvar.

She later told me how this experience made her appreciate cars - "It is only when you are sitting on a bike for the whole day and you see a road sign that says "IKEA 10 min" and after an hour, there is another one saying "IKEA 5 min", you realize how a car can be great!!"

(photo: http://www.hzpp.hr)

Anyway, if you find yourself travelling with a bike through Croatia these days, according to the www.h-alter.org website there is a special promotion going on until Tuesday (September 22, 2015) at the Croatian Railways:

"During the European mobility week (September 16 - 22, 2015) Croatian Railways offers all passengers with bicycles a ticket with a 50% discount within the internal transport for all trains, which are able to transport bicycles. The ticket for the bicycle itself will be free of charge this week!!"

So, travel for half the price and take the bicycle for free until Tuesday. Check out which trains can transport bicycles here.

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