Budapest - Metro Line 4. Map

New Metro Line 4. links Kelenfold railway station with Keleti railway terminal.
M4 Line has a transfer point for M2 at Keleti pályaudvar and for M3 at Kálvin tér station.

EUROLINES links BUDAPEST and VIENNA

Buses are very frequent between these two beautiful cities. For instance, you could leave in both directions between 7:00 and 19:00 pm at least five times. Buses to Vienna leave from Népliget central bus station. You can easily get to Nepliget central bus station by taking the metro (red metro line) and getting off at Népliget station (approx. 15-20 min from the city center, Deák tér station). In Vienna bust stops at Erdberg - stop of metro line U3. Bus travel time is an average 3 hours. You can see Eurolines for more details, and or by your ticket online.

Eurolines operates most of the international and domestic coaches from Budapest, and also the regional lines and the ones traversing the agglomeration. There are coaches to 14 different countries (Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Czech Republic, Croatia, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Montenegro, Netherlands, Poland, Serbia, Slovakia, ) from Népliget station.

River Ride Amphibious bus in Budapest

Budapest - Vienna trains

Budapest-Vienna trains leave from Keleti railway station (Keleti pu.), and arrive to Wien Westbf. You can easily get there by taking the metro (red metro line) and getting off directly at Keleti pu. station (approx. 10-15 min from the city center, Deák tér station). You can also take the bus number 7, whose route goes from the Buda side to the Pest side and touches upon Gellert Spa Bath, Elisabeth Bridge, Vatci utca, Astoria square, Blaha square.

Train tickets can be bought at any railway stations in Budapest: e.g. Nyugati Pu (on the Pest side – accessible easily by blue metro line), Deli pu (on the Buda side – accessible easily by red metro line) or at Keleti pu (on the Pest side – accessible easily by red metro line). All 3 major railway stations are quite in the city center, and are the names of given metro stops, so you can’t miss them.

Trains leave almost every two hours! So trains are very frequent between these two beautiful cities. For instance, on a weekday you could leave Budapest for Viena at approx. 6am, 7am, 9am, 11am, 1pm, 3pm, 5pm, 6pm, 7pm, 8pm, 9pm.

Buses to Vienna leave from Népliget central bus station. You can easily get there by taking the metro (red metro line) and getting off at Népliget station (approx. 15-20 min from the city center, Deák tér station). Bus rides are also quite frequent.

Bus and Bus Stations, Timeables

Hungary’s national bus network is operated by Volán Association. If you arrive to Budapest from another Hungarian city, bus is often the best option.

Eurolines offers cheap tickets to and from Austria, Czech Republic, Croatia, Germany, Netherlands, Poland and Slovakia.

Bus stations

Budapest’s long distance bus stations are located outside the city centre, but are very well connected to the rest of the city. The main stations are:

* Népliget Bus station (Népliget autóbuszállomás, metro 3, Népliget station). Buses from abroad and most of Western Hungarian destinations arrive and depart here. It is a fairly modern station with reliable facilities. Do not forget to check-in if you travel abroad.

* Stadion Bus Station (metro 2 Stadionok station). This is the biggest hub for Eastern Hungarian destinations, quite modern but somewhat dirty station built underground.

* Árpád Bridge Bus Station (metro 3 Árpád híd station). This is a smaller station for some Northern destinations and suburban traffic; use it to and from Szentendre, Esztergom or Visegrád.

* Etele tér Bus Station (Etele téri autóbuszállomás, bus 7E, 173E). This is a newly built station next to Kelenföld Railway Station, at the future terminus of metro line 4. Useful for getting to Statue Park and some suburban destinations.

Volan Bus Timeables, Mav Timeables, Gysev Timeables, BKV Timeables, Mahart Timeables

Useful tips

Metro 1, 2, 3
Connect the suburbs with the biggest transport hubs, numerous touristic highlights and central hotels.

Tram 2 runs along the river Danube on Pest side.
Tram 4, 6 follow Nagykörút, Pest's inner ring road.

Bus 7, 7E, 173 and 173E
Connect Keleti railway station with the city center and many points of interest in Buda and Pest.

Bus 16, 16A and 116 go to Buda castle.

Bus 105
Connect Hősök tere (Hero's Square), goes up and down Andrássy boulevard to Deák square/Erzsébet square before it goes across the Chain Bridge to Buda and passes by Déli pályaudvar (Southern railway station).

Bus 200E serves the airport.

Ferihegy airport

Ferihegy airport has three main terminals: 1, 2A and 2B, and a smaller one for general aviation flights. A new air cargo base is to be built. Transfer between terminals 2A and 2B can be made on foot. The older Terminal 1, however, is located further away (i.e. closer to the city of Budapest) and must be reached by bus. From the city center, Terminal 1 can be reached by MÁV train directly and Terminal 2 is served by BKV bus.

On 30 March 2008, all Hungarian airports joined the Schengen Agreement and all Schengen flights moved to Terminal 2A, while non-Schengen flights moved to 2B. Terminal 1's low cost carriers were also separated by a glass wall into Schengen and non-Schengen traffic. On 26 July 2010 Ferihegy Airport temporarily lost its EU Schengen Zone clear status and passengers flying out from Budapest may be subjected to repeat security screening when transiting to other flights.

An open-air viewing platform for relatives and spotters is located at Terminal 2, currently closed for the duration of "Sky Court" expansion works. A large balcony with free entrance is available at Terminal 1 and offers good view of low-cost carrier fights boarding, as well as most aircraft taking off, when the wind prevails from the west.

Terminal 1

From 1 September 2005, re-opened Terminal 1 serves all low-cost carriers. This terminal is divided by a glass wall into Schengen and Non-Schengen destinations.

The terminal was totally renovated in full compliance with the requirements of monument protection, since the building is one of the finest examples of architectural modernism in Hungary as well as in Europe. The Terminal 1 building is unusual in that it resembles the shape of an aircraft, when viewed from above.

Terminal 1 is unusual among low-cost airline destinations, being located within the premises of Budapest proper and offering better public transportation connections compared the 7 kilometers more distant Terminal 2. (Terminal 1 offers 15 minute direct train journey to Budapest city centre, while Terminal 2 requires busing or taxi cab / car journey to reach major Hungarian surface transportation hubs).

Terminal 2A

Terminal 2A (originally Terminal 2, then renamed in 1998) was inaugurated on 1 November 1985, served mainly the flights of Malév Hungarian Airlines, but from 30 March 2008, it serves all Schengen destinations.

Terminal 2B

Although connected to Terminal 2A, it is referred to as a separate terminal (opened in December 1998). It serves all non-Schengen destinations.

Terminal Sky Court

The newest terminal between the 2A and 2B terminal. Here can be found the passenger safety cheque, and the new baggage classifier and new Malév and SkyTeam (opening soon) business lounge. Much new shops, restaurant, cafe received place in the building. Like this the airport capable even yearly to receive 15 million passengers.


Ground transportation

Rail

Hungarian State Railways runs suburban and long-distance services between Terminal 1 and Nyugati Railway Station in Budapest city centre through Kőbánya-Kispest. The trip takes approximately 25 minutes.

Buses, mini buses and shuttles

The 200E Bus departes Terminal 2 every 10 minutes, providing connectivity with the Metro Line 3 terminus at Kőbánya-Kispest via Terminal 1. Journey time from Terminal 2 to the city centre (Deák Ferenc tér) is 50 minutes using the 200E bus and Metro 3. The price for a trasfer ticket is 490 HUF

Repülőtéri Expressz Autóbusz (REA) is a direct bus service (operated by a private company) between Terminal 2 and Roosevelt square via Terminal 1, Népliget bus station, Stadionok bus station, Keleti pályaudvar train station, Blaha Lujza square and Erzsébet square. Buses depart from the terminuses every 60 minutes, with a total journey time of 45 minutes. The one way fare is €5 or 1400 HUF.

The Budapest Airport Minibusz operates an airport shuttle service that takes passengers to any destination in the city. Other shuttle services also offer transport into the city from the airport.

Malév operates shuttle services to Miskolc, Pécs, Szeged, Debrecen providing connectivity to Malev flights. Only passangers traveling with Malev can use these shuttles. Tickets can be bought through the airline's website.


Source - Wikipedia

Budapest Nyugati pályaudvar

Budapest Nyugati pályaudvar (Hungarian for Budapest West railway station) is a railway station in the northern part of the Budapest City. It is one of the three main railway stations of Budapest (together with Keleti pu and Déli pu) and can be found in the 6th district.

The station was planned by August de Serres and was built by the Eiffel Company. It was opened on 28 October 1877. Previously another station stood in its place, the end station of Hungary's first railway line, the Pest–Vác line (constructed in 1846). This building was pulled down in order to construct the Nagykörút - Grand Boulevard which is now smaller than the outer ringroad (Hungária körút - Hungary Boulevard) and the recently opened motorway ringroad M0 (2008).

Picture from the end of 19th Century

The station gave name to the immediately adjacent Nyugati tér (Western Square), a major intersection where Teréz körút (Theresia Boulevard), Szent István körút (Saint Stephen Boulevard), Váci út (Váci Avenue), and Bajcsy-Zsilinszky út (Bajcsy-Zsilinszky Avenue) converge. The square also serves as a transportation hub with several bus lines, tram 4 and 6, and a station of the M3 line of the Budapest Metro.

Hungarian State Railways runs regular service between the station and Budapest Ferihegy International Airport's Terminal 1. The trip takes approximately 25 minutes, costs 365 HUF, and runs 2-3 times per hour.[1]

Beside the train station and partially above its open area there is the WestEnd City Center shopping mall.

Source - Wikipedia

Budapest Keleti pályaudvar

Budapest Keleti pályaudvar (often abbreviated Budapest Keleti pu), Hungarian for Budapest East railway station is the largest among the three main railway stations (together with Nyugati pu and Déli pu) in Budapest. It can be found in the 8th district (Józsefváros), on Baross Square.

The building was constructed in eclectic style between 1881 and 1884 and was one of the most modern railway stations of Europe in that time.

Picture from 1905.

Also, recently, almost all international trains serving Budapest call at Keleti station. From Budapest Keleti provides connections as well as international destinations :

* Belgrade (Serbia)
* Bratislava (Slovakia)
* Bucharest, Sibiu, Timişoara, (Romania)
* Ljubliana (Slovenia)
* Kiev, Lvov (Ukraine)
* Vienna, Graz, (Austria)
* Split (Croatia)
* Zagreb (Croatia)
* Berlin, München, Hamburg, (Germany)
* Prague (Czech Republic)
* Sofia, Varna (Bulgaria)
* Moscow, Bryansk, Kaluga (Russia)
* Venice (Italy)
* Zürich (Switzeland)

Source - Wikipedia


From Keleti station, you can go to airports Ferihegy1 and Ferihegy2 on two ways.

1) Red Metro line M2 toward Deli station, go three stations until Deak square. There take Blue Metro line M3 toward Ujpest until Nyugati station. From Nyugati station go railway toward Ferihegy1, ticket for the railway costs 300 forint.

2) Blue Metro line until last station Kobanya, and after with bus line 200E (this is for flights from Ferihegy2, but you can reach also Ferighegy1)


Near Keleti station is Arena Plaza. That is Hungary's biggest, most modern and only regional shopping centre and is conveniently located just 5 minutes from the Eastern Railway Station. Arena Plaza’s shops and restaurants are open from 10h to 21h from Monday to Saturday and from 10h to 19h on Sundays.

Arena Plaza has almost 200 stores, including many world famous brands such as Peek & Cloppenburg, Zara, H&M, Bershka, Stradivarius, Pull & Bear, Oysho or Gant - some of whom opened their first shops in the Arena Plaza. And there are almost 30 restaurants and cafés in the centre, including Pizza Hut, McDonald’s, Burger King as well as Häagen Dazs and Tchibo, who’ve opened their very first Hungarian shop in Arena Plaza.

Here you’ll also find the biggest Tesco hypermarket in Budapest , covering more than a 10,000 sqm. And Cinema City have opened Central-East-Europe’s biggest multiplex cinema in the centre - the only IMAX cinema in Hungary.

Map of Metro Stations

The Budapest Metro is the rapid transit system in the Hungarian capital Budapest. It is the second-oldest underground metro system in the world after the London Underground. Its iconic Line 1, dating from 1896, was declared a World Heritage Site in 2002.

The Metro consists of three lines, each designated by a number and a colour.

There is a single ticket 350 HUF, valid for a single ride on any public transport in Budapest. Transfers are allowed between the metro lines only, otherwise a new ticket is needed. There are further tickets available specifically for the metro: a section ticket for up to three stops, a transfer ticket for a trip with one transfer, and a section transfer ticket for up to five stops including one transfer.

Except for the section ticket (which is valid for 30 minutes) and single tickets on Line 1 (also valid for 30 minutes), all tickets are valid for 60 minutes, within Budapest. Passes are also available for one day, three days, one week, two weeks, 30 days, or a year, as are discount packs containing ten tickets. A Budapest Card is often recommended for tourists, enabling free public transport in Budapest, but it is only worthwhile if one intends to visit lots of sights and take part in many programmes within the given two or three days, thus for simple transport purposes, simply obtaining a regular pass for the desired duration of one's stay is generally a cheaper option as an accompanying photograph is only mandatory for passes of 1 month or longer.

The Budapest Metro trains start running at 4:30 in the morning, and the last train leaves at 11:10 p.m. from the terminus. The rush hours are between 6 and 8 a.m. and between 2 and 5 p.m. on workdays, when trains run every two or three minutes. Early morning and night trains run every 10 or 15 minutes. On Christmas Eve (December 24) trains usually run only until about 3:00 in the afternoon, and may also stop running early on other holidays, as advertised beforehand. Service time may be extended on New Year's Eve.

METRO LINE M4   -  Route of Metro4