(University of Zilina, 2017) Záhumenská, Zdenka; Gašparík, Jozef; Škorupa, Milan; Vladimirovich Kurenkov, Petr
Nowadays, great emphasis is placed on the quality of services provided in rail passenger transport, which is
influenced by several factors. The competition between operators in the public tender when ordering paths in long-distance
rail passenger transport is very significant. The aim of this article is to analyse steps of the Slovak government in the announcement
of the first public tenders to provide subsidized transport of a selected line and to determine conditions for this
tender. During 2015, Slovak Ministry of Transport began to take steps towards the liberalisation of the long-distance domestic
rail passenger service on the Bratislava to Banská Bystrica line, which opened up the market for domestic passenger
services to a new railway company. The Bratislava to Banská Bystrica line was chosen because of the provision of sufficient
transport performance and passenger flows. The liberalisation process of the Bratislava to Banská Bystrica line is still
ongoing, and has entered competitive conditions and criteria stage, although the tender had yet to be concluded in 2015.
