Special Toll in Slovenia
The special toll applies to certain special toll routes. These are usually tunnels or mountain pass roads whose construction and maintenance involve particularly high costs. Tunnel projects in particular pose major technical challenges and require the use of specialized machinery as well as modern technologies. These increased expenses make a separate toll collection necessary.
Who has to pay the special toll?
An additional fee must be paid for using special toll routes. Although these routes are not part of the vignette obligation or the distance-based toll, they remain separately subject to tolls.
This means: regardless of whether you have already purchased a vignette or paid the distance-based toll (also called the mileage-dependent toll), an additional fee applies for certain tunnels or mountain pass roads. The special toll must therefore be paid by all vehicle owners as soon as the corresponding route is used.
Please also note that most special toll routes can be reached via access roads subject to the vignette requirement or subject to the distance-based toll. In practice, this means that in addition to the special toll, you also need either a valid vignette or – for vehicles over 3.5 t – an electronic transmitter device for collecting the distance-based toll.
Which routes are subject to the special toll?
In Slovenia, there is one special toll route for which an additional fee is charged: the Karawanks Tunnel A11, which is operated by ASFINAG and DARS and connects Austria with Slovenia.
The amount of the fee depends on the respective vehicle class. Payment can be made on-site by cash or credit card. Alternatively, digital toll tickets can be purchased – for example, through ADAC sales outlets. With a digital toll ticket, you can use the toll lanes marked in green, and payment at the toll booth is not required.
The Europamaut team wishes you a pleasant journey!
We wish you a pleasant journey to Slovenia. Detailed information on tolls in Slovenia and on vehicle classes can be found in our guide. For your further planning, feel free to use our route planner. If you have any further questions about toll regulations, we are happy to help. Contact us at any time via email.
