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Public transportation
Official website: http://www.bkv.hu.
Budapest has an ageing but safe, extensive, efficient and inexpensive public
transport system. There are five types of vehicle in general use: metro trains
(blue-M3, red-M2, and yellow-M1), green HÉV trains on four suburban lines,
blue buses, yellow trams and red trolley buses. The daytime public transport
from 4 am to 11.30 pm, and there are night buses until 4 am, marked with “É”
after the designated number, running every 10 to 60 minutes, depending on the
line.
Every means of transportation require the self-validation of pre-purchased tickets,
which costs 185 HUF (children under the age of 6 is free and also for retired
people, residents of the European Union). Single tickets can be bought at the
metro ticket offices, newsstands and also at the tobacco shops. There are also
automated machines in most metro stations, and some bus and tram stops or at
major transportation hubs.
You can purchase a day pass or multiday pass tickets as well, and use for all
means of transportation in Budapest. Inspectors frequently checking the tickets,
particularly at the top or bottom of the escalators to metro platforms and fine
you for not validating your tickets.
By Train
Train schedule: http://www.elvira.hu
Budapest has 3 main train stations:
1.Keleti pályaudvar. Most international trains arrive and depart from
this train station (Eastern railway station, Kerepesi út 2-6, M2 Keleti
pályaudvar stop).
2.Nyugati pályaudvar (Western railway station, Teréz körút
55-57, M3-Nyugati pályaudvar stop)
3.Déli pályaudvar (Souther railway station, Krisztina körút
37, M2, Déli pályaudvar stop).
For 24-hour information on international train services call +36-1-461-5500
in Budapest.
All the stations are on metro lines, and night buses serve them when the metro
is closed.
You can buy tickets and reserve seats directly at all 3 stations, but the queues
are often long, passengers are in a hurry, and sales staff doesn’t speak
very well in any foreign languages. You can buy your tickets in some of the
travel agencies as well, or at MÁV central ticket office, on Andrássy
út 35, tel:461-5500 or 461-5400.
By Bus
All international buses and some domestic ones to and from southern and western
Hungary now arrive and depart from Népliget bus station (Ülloi út
131, M3 Népliget stop, tel: 264-3939, htpp://www.volanbusz.hu).
The international ticket office is in upstairs.
Népstadion bus station (Hungária körút 48-52, M2 Stadionok
stop, tel: 252-4498, 251-0125) serves cities and towns to the east of Budapest.
The Árpád Bridge bus station (Róbert Károly körút,
M3 Árpád híd stop, tel: 329-1450) the place to catch buses
for the Danube bend and parts of the Northern uplands.
The small Széna tér bus station (Széna tér 1/a,
tel: 201-3688, M2 Moszkva tér stop)handles some traffic to and from the
Pilis Hills and towns northwest of the capital. With a half-dozen departures
to Esztergom as an alternative to the Árpád híd bus station.
By Air
Ferihegy International Airport (296-9696) is 24 km southeast of the city centre,
has 3 terminals, Terminal 1, 2A and 2B, official website and time table: http://www.bud.hu
The main Malév ticket office is in Dorottya utca 2., tel:235-3534, 235-3417.
Malév has ticket issuing-desk at Ferihegy Airport Terminal 2A (296-7211)
and at Terminal 2B (296-5767).
By Boat
Official website: http://www.maharttours.com
Hydrofoils to Bratislava and Vienna run by Mahart PassNave (Belgrád rakpart,
tel: 454-4010, 318-1704) arrive at and depart from the International Ferry pier
on Belgrád rakpart. Hydrofoils run from April to October or early November
on the Danube to Szentendre, Vác, Visegrád and Esztergom. The
boats leave from the pier off Vigadó tér on the Pest side.the
first stop is usually at Batthyány tér on the Buda side, which
is on the M2 metro line.
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