At night in Budapest there are only bus lines operating (as well as a few night trains on MAV Hungarian State Railway lines). Most daytime services finish around 11-12 pm, including bus, tram, trolley-bus and metro. Night operation starts around 10pm-12am and ends around 4am. Most important services: instead of metro M2, take 78E for […]

The metro/underground system of Budapest is operated by BKV & consists of 3 lines: M1 (yellow) Millennium Underground Railway operates between Vorosmarty Square (Inner City) and Mexikoi Road, running under Andrassy Avenue and Varosliget (City Park). M2 (red) East-West Line operates between Deli palyaudvar (Southern Station, Central Buda) and Ors vezer tere, running under Rakoczi […]

“HÉV” stands for “Railway Serving Local Interests” – that is, suburban railway. The HÉV system of Budapest and Pest County (Region of Central Hungary) consists of 4 line groups. The Szentendre line links Szentendre, a nice medieval town (just north to Budapest) with the capital. Budapest tickets are valid as far as “Bekasmegyer” station. Some […]

Public buses in Budapest are operated by two major operators: BKV Budapest Transport Limited operates the blue (or red-blue, grey-blue) – mostly local -buses, and Volanbusz Bus Transport Limited operated the yellow vehicles in suburban traffic. Tourists almost always use BKV buses – tickets can be bought at all metro stations and at major junctions. […]

There is bus, there is tram and there is the hybrid thing: the electrical trolley bus!:) And actually they have been here for quite a while, and some of them, working on certain lines in the city (mainly in the 6th and 7th district) are really giving an old school feeling. Don’t be afraid and […]

The Nyugati Station was the first in Budapest and is still a very busy one. The present building was built in 1874-77 on the site of the original station of 1846. It was designed by the firm of Gustave Eifel; the iron roof-structure of the great hall is a characteristic feature of it’s architecture. Since […]

Night travel especially in the center of Budapest is relatively good. There is substitute for the M2 (78E) and M3 (50E and party 14E) underground lines and also for the tram No 4 and 6 (6E). “E” is standing for “Ejszakai” which means “night” by the way. These 3 run like every 15-20 minutes. Are […]

The M1 underground line was the first underground of the Continental Europe (the first one in Europe was built in London). In 1870, the Hungarian parlament decided on building an Avenue starting from the city center, which was named Andrássy Avenue (and it still is:). But they didn’t wanted to have fixed ground transportation (trams), […]

The best website to use for train schedules throughout Hungary is http://www.mav-start.hu/. It has updated train schedules for all trains within Hungary as well as international trains coming from or going to stops in Hungary. The schedules are clear, and the site tells who if and when you have to change lines on a trip. […]

Budapest is very proud of the fact that it was the first city “on the continent” that built metro line back in 1896. The “on the continent” phrase is used to say that it was the second metro in Europe, after London – which is not “on the continent” after all. Today there are three […]