page_title: Reaction ferry
section_title: Slovakia
hierarchical_section_title: Reaction ferry / Worldwide usage / Slovakia
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Staatsgrenze zwischen Österreich und der Slowakei - Fähre über die March. Angern an der March, Niederösterreich. English: International border between Austria and Slovakia - ferry over the River Morava. Angern an der March, Lower Austria. Français&#160;: Frontière entre l'Autriche et la Slovaquie - Ferry sur la Morava. Angern an der March, Basse-Autriche.
context_page_description: A reaction ferry is a cable ferry that uses the reaction of the current of a river against a fixed tether to propel the vessel across the water. Such ferries operate faster and more effectively in rivers with strong currents.
  Some reaction ferries operate using an overhead cable suspended from towers anchored on either bank of the river. Others use a floating cable attached to a single anchorage that may be on one bank or mid-channel. Where an overhead cable is used a "traveller" is usually installed on the cable and the ferry is attached to the traveller by a bridle cable. To operate the ferry either the bridle cable is adjusted or a rudder is used, causing the ferry to be angled into the current, and the force of the current moves the ferry across the river.
  The ferry may consist of a single hull, or two pontoons with a deck bridging them. Some ferries carry only passengers, whilst others carry road vehicles, with some examples carrying up to 12 cars.
context_section_description: Strečno Ferry, across the river Váh, between Strečno and Nezbudská Lúčka in Žilina District
  Vlčany-Selice Ferry, across the river Váh, between Vlčany and Selice in Šaľa District
  Záhorská Ves Ferry, across the river Morava, between Záhorská Ves, Malacky District in Slovakia and Angern an der March, Gänserndorf district in Lower Austria, Austria
caption: Border-crossing ferry, Záhorská Ves in Slovakia and Angern an der March in Austria
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