Budapest
- Transport -
Travelling
by Train to Budapest
MAV is the Hungarian
Railways Company that operates in Hungary. There are several types
of train, Express, InterCity Gyorsvonat (fast trains), Szemelyvonat
(passenger trains). Budapest is well connected by this rail system
and the network of high speed inter-city trains that connects the
large towns and cities of the country. There are direct rail links
between Budapest and the major capitals and cities of Europe. Over
50 international trains arrive in and depart from Budapest daily.
Tickets are available at the train stations, MAV’s central
ticket office at VI. Andrassy út 35, and at Travel Agencies.
The best way
to travel between the stations or to anywhere else is to use the
rail-bus service operated by the MAV (The Hungarian Railways Company).
The stops of the 12 seater buses are displayed outside of each station.
Reservations can be made at each Intercity stations in Hungary.
Hungarian
State Railways (MAV)
Train Schedules
Budapest
Train Stations
Budapest has
3 main train stations for international and domestic trains. All
the stations are about 45 minutes from the airport and have connection
to the metro system and other public transport.
Keleti (Eastern)
Station
Red metro line, stop: Keleti pályaudvar.
Address: VIII. Baross tér 1-3
Phone: (+36-1) 313 6835
Most international
trains leave from Keleti. Tickets for domestic IC (InterCity) trains
can be ordered by phone 24 hrs. Domestic and international information
desk open 24 hrs.
Nyugati (Western)
Station
Blue metro line, stop: Nyugati pályaudvar
Address: VI. Nyugati tér
Phone: (+36-1) 349 0115
Phone: (+36-1) 349 8503 (ticket ordering for domestic IC trains
open 3:30 am-11:00 pm).
International
destinations from Nyugati are mostly eastward. Nyugati serves Visegrád
and Esztergom, the great plain and the Danube bend.
Deli (Southern)
Station
End of red metro line, stop: Déli.
Address: I. Krisztina körút 37/a
Phone: (+36-1) 375 6293
Phone: (+36-1) 355 8657 (domestic information, open 24 hrs)
Serves Transdanubia
and Lake Balaton. Domestic tickets window open 3:30 am-12:30 am.
International tickets window open 6:00 am-5:45 pm.
Suburban
Railway - HÉV
HÉV (suburban
railway) - to the south, local suburban trains (HÉV) run
between Csepel Island and Dandár u, while the route most
commonly used by tourists runs between Batthyhány tér
and Szentendre.
Runs between
Batthyány tér on the Buda side and Szentendre, stopping
at Aquincum and the camping site/baths of Római fürdo
en route. On the Pest side it runs from Örs vezér tér
to Gödöllo, from Vágóhíd to Dunaharaszti,
and from Boráros tér to Csepel.
Tickets are available at the stations.
HÉV
schedule
Cogwheel
Railway
Fogaskereku
vasút is the world’s third hill railway. From Moszkva
tér to the Buda hills and the Children's Railway.
Cogwheel
Railway Schedule
