Train travel in Hungary: train types, tickets, fares, discounts & other info

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1 Country info: Hungary (Magyarország) Rail companies: MAV ( Magyar Államvasutak ) How to Buy train Tickets in Hungary? We offer a Step by Step Guide How to Travel from Budapest to Vienna? or How to Travel from Budapest to Prague? or Ho w to Travel from Budapest to Poland (Warsaw, Krakow, etc.)? Hungarian Rail Network Map Currency: 1 euro = app. 315 Hungarian forints (HUF) Train travel in Hungary: train types, tickets, fares, discounts & or info National Train Service: Train types in Hungary: Passenger, Express, Rapid, InterCity, RailJet and EuroCity/EuroNight /International trains 1 / 7

2 trains should Passenger trains ( in Hungarian szemely, marked long-distance tariff Rapid Express that be range prepared stop trains service, trains / from at Fast all (in that 150 trains no Hungarian carriages stations, stops seat 735 (in reservation only Hungarian HUF) no sebes, in Hungarian seat applies major marked reservation required, gyors, stations, szemely in marked green but no required, special seat trains on black red MAV reservation might however tariff or on website): green supplement MAV not potential be required, website): very medium MAV (depending new passengers website): but and (or special clean) required include gyors category), paying certain InterCity supplement two carriages (ranging MAV which different connections means without from applies prices 330 mainly that obligatory (depending HUF (e.g. potential Budapest blue 1035 seat passenger on reservation HUF distance MAV to depending Szeged) website): can ranging (those de-facto nominally long-distanc from will distance travel 150 be InterCity listed to & 735 service, purchase HUF) trains same seat also channel). reservation can whilenb: on connections channel) reservation depending Hungarian within One illogical specific regular example, Sourn train RailJet Hungary (marked in ), red while - domestic journeys of cost EuroCity Hungary, MAV and international let's se Hungary Railways tricks obligatory strange? journeys: domestic within same distance take / days neverless EuroNight - a Hungary time Szeged. (MAV) discounts trip 3705 Maybe, rely on fare. & to return all purchase on Austria, HUF does (marked (from international Full-fare re but picturesque buying ticket journeys (or MAV not Germany 330 channel) are 7410 offer Budapest-Horgos website): one-way ticket some HUF case red within HUF discount tickets and to to and of tricks return, abroad 1035 MAV ticket high-speed Hungary. rar Switzerland, even for allowing website): HUF for making popular purchase destination if (first most you (from Absurdly depending international potential travel it common seat international among 330 roughly of might reservation return within HUF enough, passengers tourists 24 daytime be distance Hungary. tickets this 1035 trains, cheaper but destination route obligatory because HUF trains & save seat Sounds connections purchase than express As money an of paying all station. passenger euro basically Serbian What trip does near station out Budapest-Szeged-Budapest can Szeged) it of all save nothing instead mean? about can just of It ordinary means 3 by purchased smartly that MAV (and for domestic 20,90 entirely ticket. legally) byuing international ticket till first And instead nearby re of are more Croatian, many expensive or Slovenian, destinations domestic Slovak return where or Ukrainian tickets it can (e.g. be border) cheaper same trick to buy can international work for many ticket stations International Train Service: a) Regular discounts - 60% off SCIC-NRT fare for any return ticket from Hungary to Croatia or - 60% off SCIC-NRT fare for any return ticket from Hungary to Serbia (30% off for one-way tickets Hungary- Serbia, except Subotica-Szeged route, where 60% discount is valid for one-way tickets as well) or from Hungary to Montenegro 2 / 7

3 - 60% off Hungarian part and 55% off Slovak part for any return journey between Hungary & Slovakia - 60% off Hungarian part and 50% off Slovenian part for any return journey between Hungary & Slovenia (NB: for "Istria" summer seasonal train discount for SZ part is 65%) - 60% off Hungarian and Croatian parts & 50% Slovenian part for any return journey between Hungary & Slovenia via Croatia - 60% off Hungarian part and Croatian part & 20% off Bosnian part for any return journey between Hungary & Bosnia and Herzegovina via Croatia. - 50% off Hungarian part and Romanian part for any return journey between Hungary & Romania connection (NB: for one-way tickets discount is 35%) - 40% off Hungarian, Slovak & Czech parts for any return journey between Hungary & Czech Republic via Slovakia - 40% off Hungarian, Slovak, Czech & Polish parts for any return journey between Hungary & Poland via Slovakia & Czech Republic - 50% off Hungarian & Serbian parts and 30% off on Bulgarian part for any return journey between Hungary & Bulgaria via Serbia - 50% off Hungarian & Romanian parts and 30% off on Bulgarian part for any return journey between Hungary & Bulgaria via Romania - 50% off Hungarian, Romanian, Bulgarian part for any return journey between Hungary & Turkey via Romania - 50% off Hungarian, Serbian, Bulgarian part for any return journey between Hungary & Turkey via Serbia - 50% off East-West tariff fare for Hungarian & 40% for Ukrainian part on any one-way or return ticket between Hungary & Ukraine - 50% off Hungarian part & 30% off Russian part East-West tariff fare for return journeys between Hungary & Russia via Ukraine - 3 / 7

4 number years fare Agreement (CD), (MAV), (CFR), (PKP), (ZSSK), (BZD), (ZS) (MZ)) Though bilateral (those tickets Czech Hungary Romania Poland Slovakia Bulgaria Serbia FYR Passengers on and Macedonia old might to Republic any of at agreements and Czech Central ( return turn as same 50% well Republic out ticket European for time between can to groups purchased take potential, cheaper railway Hungarian advantage more passengers for at than companies. connections Railways 6 of end). passengers) need In special It case (MAV) allows between to be of Multilateral discount and Hungary to careful countries get rail 30% from and companies it's Agreement (or also participants regular cheaper 40% consider in for SCIC-NRT between to or youth<26 purchase of possible countries a Romania tariff with, (Budapest-Brno/Prague Macedonia a help of or discounts (Special, offers Poland and, for Serbia Slovakia for Slovakia bilateral agreement, (Budapest-Krakow/Warsaw), Bulgaria bilateral Czech SparSchiene PolandRepublic connections),, for Serbia Romaniagreements for and FYR Macedonia FYR ) b) Ticket day Bulgaria Special CityStar offers offers with for or 43 additionally (39 - Austria : so unlimited called ( validity period Vienna - SparSchiene "Excursion (33 number ) of (Tourist) tickets Ticket" per each (in departure including for two Hungarian days), from : euro ),from called Bad euro), Ischl, or 49 Bad euro Gastein, to with Linz Salzburg Vienna (39 Zell (45 city am See, transport Kitzbühel pass), (69 from Budapest to Graz Debrecen Kirándulójegy) to Vienna (39 with 4 ). from Budapest to Klagenfurt, Innsbruck, Jenbach, Villach, Radstadt Lienz (89(79 euro euro Budapest-Split-Budapest yvalidity 49 or including Croatia Czech Republic : : so for called 77 to euro Zagreb "Excursion "Zagreb (Tourtist) Spezial" Ticket'" (29 euro (in Hungarian return ticket); 4 period - from Budapest to Prague ( called day 59 Montenegro: Romania validity Prague period : so city 'Montenegro called - transport from "Excursion Budapest pass); Spezial' to Budapest (Tourtis) Arad Budapest-Bar (21 Ticket" to Brno (in return (39 Hungarian euro) ticket for called 66 euro Kirándulójegy) Kirándulójeg ) with 4 with day from euro ), Ciuc Cluj-Napoca Slovakia, sleeper, day from (53 Russia Slovakia Budapest 262,60 euro), Czech (29 : from to Budapest for so Republic, euro) to Oradea Timisoara called double Cluj-Napoca Targu-Mures to "Excursion (21 Poland sleeper Brasov (27 euro), to Moscow (36 (43 and &(55 294,60 euro), (Tourtis) Belarus), euro), (currently Budapest for Debrecen Ticket" single "global a direct (in to sleeper) price" Sibiu to Hungarian Oradea through (46 tickets euro), (14 carriage called (174,90 euro), Budapest Kirándulójegy) once euro Debrecen a to for week Miercurea 3 bed to validity Slovenia Serbia period : from - from Budapest Budapest to Ljubljana to Tatras "Ljubljana-Spezial" region (Poprad, Strba) (39 euro - 36,50 one-way euro or 49 euro with via : from Budapest to Belgrade "Beograd-Spezial" (15 euro one-way 4 return) "Bacska-Spezial" ticket Budapest "Basel "Bern ("Lausanne "Genf ), - 141,80 Switzerland & from to Basel euro Budapest (12 :( from Bern euro 176,20 164,80 to Budapest ( one-way Backa region to or Zurich 20 (Backa euro (one-way return) Topola, 71,90 Vrbas, euro Sombor, or "Zürich Novi Spezial" Sad) or 26 Luzern Spezial", Geneva return 210,80 196,60 ( euro return euro from Montreux return EURegio Győr Budapest to 125 Spezial", Vienna Special ("Montreux euro) to and return to (4 Luzern back day Spezial", 158,40 validity 23 (" euro euro), return ticket): (27,8 200,20 euro Austria with euro); (Tatabánya Vienna from Budapest city to transport Vienna to Chur pass) and ("Chur back 26 Spezial", euro; ), from Mosonmagyaróvár (23,8 with 19 euro ; Szombaly ) Ticket from etc. - transport); Austria offers with to from Graz Vienna limited to and Vienna and number back back and of back tickets euro per each departure (purchase in advance required): from Gyor 9 2nd : from Budapest to Vienna (one-way 13 euro 1st class); to Vienna ( 2 19 Nyíregyházá 19 or Debrecen to Vienna (one-way 19 euro 2 nd class or 29 from Budapest to Graz ( euro 1 st class); from 2nd euro 1st class), (one-way couchettes or Bulgaria Szombaly euro (via 12 to Romania Graz (Muenchen ): ; from 39 euro & sleepers SparNight SparNight couchettes - Germany 29 Spezial/ from : from 49 Munich Budapest to Berlin from 54 and from euro) Dresden Budapest ( SparNight to Sofia :(seats from 29 euro, Dresden sleepers from Budapest Spezial: 45 from Budapest in 69 1 to seats Dresden to from Berlin 29 ( ( euro; Berlin nd class); from :seats, )+10 euro 21 and Spezial: for couchette from 65 to Budapest-Vienna; : nd class) SparNight SparDay 3 seats bed and from sleeper 60/55 39 from 39 Hamburg, euro, from 59 from in 79 couchette in from 2Hannover Budapest 1 Budapest from via to Frankfurt/Stuttgart 59 Vienna to euro, Frankfurt, ( 3 bed Cologne sleeper ( via from Vienna 79 euro)+10 ( euro for 4 / 7

5 oin ('Metropol' Budapest class), Czech Republic from nd 1 : from Budapest to Prague ( SparNight & train) seats from 19 euro, couchettes from SparDay 29 euro from and 19 SparDay or from euro to euro Budapest Brno 2 in ( 1 to Ostrava ( sleepers euro in from 2 nd 49 class euro); or 35 & couchettes Pisa Italy : from euro; & sleepers Venice Budapest from (via to 79 Vienna) Verona euro; seats and Budapest Milan from 39 (via euro, to Vienna) Rome, couchettes seats Florence, from 39 Bologna 59 euro, from eur uro- ); : ;, euro SparNight seats sleepers from (via Poland Budapest from Vienna) from 29 : from to seats 39 Warsaw/Katowice Budapest from 49 euro, Krakow couchettes ( ( SparNight from : seats 69 euro from & sleepers 25 euro, from couchettes 89 euro; from 35 e& Miercurea Budapest (couchettes sleepers Romania to Ciuc, Brasov, Bucharest Sighisoara, "Fortuna 29 Sibiu, (seats Tickets" Cluj-Napoca, Sighetu from 29 Marmatiei, euro). Budapest 49 Targu euro), From Mures, Craiova to from Budapest Timisoara Budapest etc. (seats to (seats Sighisoara, to from Bucharest/Craiova, from 1915 euro ) euro, Slovenia Switzerland 1st from from class 79 : from 39 : 35 from euro, Budapest Budapest sleepers to Ljubljana to from Zurich 59 with (by 'Wiener direct daytime Walzer' EuroCity euronight euro, "Citadella" 466/467, euro), Brasov euro), couchettes euro from etc. - seats from 2nd and Sinaia offer nd class) st SparDay or for daytime RailJet train - 39 euro (2 class c) CityStars or 59 euro 1 from 53,7 OeBB>100km<400km); OeBB>401km); 41,7 Austria : 183,6 OeBB<100km); euro 75,6 101,6 without euro (MAV>251km use (MAV>251km) euro use of 113,6 ICE (MAV<100km of ICE Austria): trains euro 875,6 & trains (MAV>251km 193,6 & euro & 171,6 OeBB>100km<400km); OeBB>401km); euro (MAV>251km euro & OeBB>401km) 47,7 107,6 & OeBB>100km<400km) euro euro 199,6 81,6 177,6 (MAV>100km<250 euro euro euro & OeBB<100km); & & euro (MAV>251km) without Germany use use fo (via ICE of ICE Slovakia trains trains and euro Czech euro Republic): euro euro ,6 (MAV>251km) Romania): 122 euro (MAV<100km); 128 euro (MAV>100km<250); Bulgaria (via BDZ<70km) Serbia): BDZ<70km); 88 euro BDZ<70km); 94 euro 104 Romania euro : BDZ>71km) BDZ>71km); 110 euro BDZ>71km); euro 116 euro (MAV>251km CD>100km<300km); euro - (MAV>251km (MAV>251km Czech 61 euro Republic & (MAV<100km CD<100km) & 95 CFR<400km) CFR>401km) : CD>301km) euro & &(MAV>251km CFR<400km); CFR>401km); CD>100km<300km); CD<100km); CD>301km); 67 & CD>100km<300km) euro euro 89 euro (MAV>100km<250 & CD<100km); CFR<400km); & CFR>401km); CD>301km); & euro Cross-border Kosice Sturovo return ticket) Budapest "Bacska-Spezial" Norrn euro; Salonta 6,1 6,4 to Slovakia (20 euro); fares : to neighboring Miskolc to to Kosice Bratislava countries: It is Chop - euro also from Austria Serbia Romania Ukraine (3,80 (28,50 return (one-way possible or Serbia to Békéscsaba return euro, Novi ::: euro); from (6,50 see : from (see to Sad 92 5,4 2,10 EURegio euro; day purchase euro); Budapest from Püspökladány (23 above) euro to validity from Budapest Arad euro or from or Austria to turns Rail Mátészalka to return ticket); (one-way Subotica Vac Chop Plus out 7,8 above to 4,20 from Nove Oradea (one-way to euro); return card or 5,6 (15,70 be euro, to 26,3 Szob return Zamky cheaper euro to in from (6,50 (Nagyvárad), Carei euro 4 19,60 to day or (17,50 Debrecen euro); Sturovo return). one-way (Nagykároly) when validity euro euro); (10,50 from (8,50 8,2 traveling return or one-way NB: to period) or euro); 39,10 Budapest Carei from euro); 18 note one-way (1,80 euro Budapest from 6,70 (Nagykároly) that from euro, to Budapest return); Békéscsaba newly euro 4,4 Vac Poprad Budapest 2 to euro or day to introduced Kosice from return Sturovo one-way to return validity or to Zahony return to9,60 via international euroo pean Prices: countries) <26 and ticket >60 between 15 euro almost and all 25 euro for adults. Hungary (allows 25% discount on any 5 / 7

6 How to Buy Train Tickets in Hungary: National (domestic) and many international tickets (including discounted offers) can be purchased online via MAV website - www. elvira.mav-start.hu (or tickets should be purchased at International/Domestic counters, travels agencies (Wasteels etc.) or MAV ticket machines) Step-by-step guide on how to purchase ticket via MAV Online Ticket Shop - europetrainsguide.com/advice/how-to-buy-train-tickets/hungary-mav.html 6 / 7

7 For short trips (e.g. Budapest to Szolnok, Esztergom, Szob etc.) it is possible to purchase tickets via MAV ticket machines located at all major train stations Do you still have furr questions or want to share your own travel experience? You are welcome on our Forum Disclaimer Information contained on this website is for general information purposes only. While we make every attempt to manage and update all data regarding ticket fares, discounts, travel options etc., EuropeTrainsGuide.com gives no assurance or warranty regarding accuracy, timeliness, or applicability of any of content or information on site. EuropeTrainsGuide.com is not a profit oriented company or travel agency, we just a small website created by group of rail fans in order to share knowledge & expertise about traveling by train in Europe. Therefore, we ll appreciate any help/corrections from your side, in case you ve noticed a mistake or know some additional information that might help or fellow travelers please contact us at [email protected], lets toger make European rail travel easier & cheaper 7 / 7