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The daily capacity of the new bus station will be 20,000 passengers.

The daily capacity of the new bus station in the Niva complex in Bratislava, which will open to the public on Thursday (September 30), is 20,000 passengers and 1,100 connections. However, the maximum capacity of the terminal can be up to five times greater. This was announced on Tuesday by the CEO of the bus operator Slovak Lines, Pavol Labant. This company will manage the station for the next 40 years.

Labant has ranked the bus station, which will serve passengers on Thursday, among the most modern in the world, not only for passengers but also for carriers. “Maybe we motivate people to use bus transport more. They can get directly to the shopping center from the surrounding towns and villages and remember things at the post office, shop for groceries or spend free time with children,” said Labant. He declares that all major carriers will travel to the station.

The operating time of the terminal will be continuous. Passengers will find there 36 platforms (of which 25 for regional and 11 for international and long-distance connections) and seven exits. “In addition to the camera system, the security service will be supervised here. The state police will also have its smaller branch here,” Labant said. The station is located on the minus first underground floor. According to him, there is no need to worry about air quality. “The air exchange is secured. Its quality will be like in the exterior,” he said.

There is also a luggage storage room for passengers. Departures and arrivals of connections will be displayed, for example, on an eight-meter-long digital wall of the airport type. There will also be self-service digital information kiosks and a free Wi-Fi network. Services for carriers are also to be improved. A gas station, car wash, express service or vehicle maintenance and cleaning section are ready for them.

The project of the Nivy complex is a combination not only of the mentioned international bus terminal but also a shopping center, a market and a high-rise administrative building. The green roof offers a jogging track, exercise or picnic areas, a community garden and children’s playgrounds. The building will also operate the first automated parking cycle tower in Bratislava.

“The project is exceptional in its complexity and that it combines various functions. The main function is the transport function from the point of view of an international bus station of the highest standards. developer HB Reavis, which built the project.

Construction began in May 2017 on work on the Niva Tower office building. Sanitation work on the site of the old bus station on Mlynské nivy began in October 2017 and was completed in January 2018. The function of the existing bus station is performed by a replacement bus station on Bottova Street in Bratislava. The last connection from this station leaves on Wednesday at 2.30 am to Prague. The developer will build a new project focused on housing, offices and services on the land of the temporary station.