Lack of cross-border public transport links

This obstacle is not legal, but financial in nature. Any bus or train company can initiate the launch of a cross-border service, for this it only needs to obtain the necessary permission from the transport authority to start the international service on one side, and on the other side it has to request permission to use the relevant stops and stations. Since operating a Rajka – Bratislava bus route, for example, would cost around 250,000 euros, it depends on the financial capacities of the two municipalities whether they start the procurement. At the same time, the Hungarian and Slovak governments can decide to finance the operation of such lines despite the financial losses, primarily citing economic and social interests, for example, as the Slovak Minister of Transport Jozef Ráž recently announced plans to launch a total of 8 cross-border railway lines.