late 19th century The railway makes it easyŽeleznica to zjednoduší

Under Austria-Hungary the spa became an established one with a season, a park and a clientele that came back year after year. What made that possible was the railway along the Hron between Zvolen and Banská Bystrica, which put the spa within minutes of two towns and within a day of Budapest or Vienna. Spas everywhere in the empire grew in exactly this pattern: the line arrives, and the guest list stops being local.Za Rakúsko-Uhorska sa zo Sliača stali zavedené kúpele so sezónou, parkom a klientelou, ktorá sa vracala rok čo rok. Umožnila to železnica popri Hrone medzi Zvolenom a Banskou Bystricou, vďaka ktorej boli kúpele na pár minút od dvoch miest a na deň cesty od Budapešti či Viedne. Kúpele v celej monarchii rástli presne podľa tohto vzorca: príde trať a zoznam hostí prestane byť miestny.