Special Toll in Slovenia
The special toll applies to certain special toll routes. These are usually tunnels or mountain pass roads, the construction and maintenance of which involve particularly high costs. Tunnel projects in particular pose major technical challenges and require the use of specialized machinery and modern technologies. These increased expenses make a separate toll levy 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 requirement or the distance-based toll, they remain independently subject to tolls.
This means: regardless of whether you have already purchased a vignette or paid the distance-based toll (also called the route-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 relevant 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 does the special toll apply to?
In Slovenia there is one special toll route for which an additional fee is charged: the Karawanken 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. For a car up to 3.5 t (with or without a trailer), the one-way trip has cost €9.00 incl. VAT since January 1, 2026, while a card for 14 trips costs €40.40. Payment can be made on-site in cash or by credit card. Alternatively, digital toll route tickets – for example through ADAC sales outlets – can be purchased. With a digital toll route ticket, you can use the toll lanes marked in green, and payment at the toll station is not required.
The direction of travel is important here: when traveling from Slovenia to Austria, the toll is collected in Hrušica on the Slovenian side. When traveling from Austria to Slovenia, ASFINAG collects the toll in St. Jakob. A digital toll route ticket from ASFINAG or ADAC is therefore only valid in the southbound direction, i.e. for the trip to Slovenia. For the return trip to Austria, you pay the toll at the toll station in Hrušica.
The Europamaut team wishes you a pleasant journey!
We wish you a pleasant trip to Slovenia. You can find detailed information on the toll in Slovenia and on vehicle classes in our guide. For 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 anytime by email.
