Budapest public transport
Budapest’s network of public transport services includes buses, trolleybuses, trams, underground trains (Metró) and over ground suburban trains (HÉV). Buses, trams and trolleybuses run daily from 4.30 a.m. until 11.0 p.m. All three Underground lines connect at Deák tér Station, and service frequencies range from 15 minutes late in the evening to every two minutes at peak times. The HÉV runs to and from Csepel Island and Ráckeve in the south, Szentendre in the north, and Gödöllő in the east.
Tickets have to be bought before boarding; you cannot usually buy them from the driver and there are no conductors. They are available at Underground stations, tobacconists and newsagents, and from vending machines at many bus and tram stops in the city centre. They are valid for one single journey of any length (without changing) on all routes (including the Cogwheel Railway, but excluding those parts of the HÉV that lie outside the metropolitan boundary of Budapest). Special tickets can be purchased that allow a change of route, and that cover the HÉV outside Budapest. There is also a range of pre-paid books of tickets and value-for-money passes (e.g. 1-day and 3-day) - further detailsA new ticket has to be validated at the beginning of each journey, and this is done by inserting it into the slot in the small red box situated at waist height near the doors of buses, trolleybuses, trams and HÉV trains. Please note, on the Underground system these boxes are in the stations at the escalator. There are lots of ticket inspectors: some are uniformed and others plain-clothed, but they always wear a red armband and carry a photographic identification badge. They can ask to see tickets and passes on any vehicle and anywhere on the Underground system, including after you have got off – so please remember to validate your ticket and keep hold of it!
Hungarian citizens as well as citizens of other Member States of the European Union over the age of 65 years can travel free of charge on BKV Budapest public transport services.
Important!
The traffic order around the Margaret bridge will be changed from the beginning of August
BKV Zrt. will renovate the tram lines on the Nagykörút (tram Nr 4-6) until August 19. Accordingly, trams will be running only between the Móricz Zsigmond körtér and Fehérvári út end stops and Blaha Lujza tér. Busses will replace the trams on the section between Blaha Lujza tér and Moszkva tér. Following the track reconstruction,trams #4 and #6 are operating without interruption during the Margaret bridge renovations, with the exception of a few days in autumn and spring, and a few weeks next summer. The necessary track-construction works will be carried out at this point. Busses #91, #109, #191, #206, #291 and the night busses #906, #923 and #931 will be running during the entire reconstruction.
We would like to request car drivers to use public transportation while Margaret Bridge is closed. Traveling with the least delay can be accomplished by trams #4 and #6 running on the Nagykörút, Metro Line 2 and Trams #1 and #1A on Árpád Bridge.
Margaret Island can be accessed by public transportation from the Árpád Bridge side. Bus #26 will be operating between the Pest-side end of Árpád Bridge and the Centennial Monument, while bus #134 will run on a longer line, also up to the Centennial Monument.
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