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Keleti Station

by DueSer

Keleti is the other main station in Budapest (besides Nyugati) and this is most likely where you will arrive as Keleti is where the majority of international trains pull into town. It is located south and east of Nyugati just south of the big city park, Varosliget. It's not a large station but it is pretty and a nice welcome to Budapest.Because this is where most of the international trains arrive, there is a tourist center here (there may be one at Nyugati as well but I didn't see it). They have maps and other information (get your hotel info here, not outside from one of the guys who hang around attempting to convince you to stay at certain hotels). When a train pulls into Keleti, however, this tiny tourist office can get pretty crowded. If you have a reservation somewhere just grab and map and slip out. You can always go back at another time when it's less busy to get other tourist...

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Nyugati Station

by DueSer

Only a few international trains arrive at this station, which is a shame because it would be a terrific welcome to Budapest. Designed in the 1870s by Mr. Eiffel (of the Eiffel Tower) this is a beautiful train station with an amazing restaurant inside (see my restaurant tips) as well as a Blue Line stop on the Metro. So, if you don't arrive into this station, take the metro over to see it sometime during your stay.

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Trains in Hungary

by tierecke

Trains in Hungary are usually in bad condition and are totally overpriced.The train between big cities are still bearable, for instance the train from Budapest to Szeged takes 2 hours but it's quite long distance.Nevertheless, forget about finding any air conditioning in their crazily hot summer. The train is still deep into the communist time - dirty, not comfortable and costs 2780 Forint which is around 12 euro.The situation is much worse in small train lines. I had to take the train Szeged-Békéscsaba twice - it's very not so far - less than 100km. But the trip takes around 2 hours in a very old train, stops at every station, makes a lot of noise, hot and dirty. And still it was over 7 euro. It is around the price you'd pay in The Netherlands, but for much better train experience (and much faster one).The train staff has no idea of English or any other language other than Hungarian....

keleti station

by expatteacher

Regarding English at Budapest's Keleti Station - very little English is spoken. All the station announcements are in Hungarian and, from what I read in one of the local newspapers, few staff can speak English, even in the ticket office. The best source of information in English is from your fellow travellers who are having to overcome the same obstacles as you!

Luton to Budapest

by grayfo

Luton (LTN) to Budapest (BUD) by easyjetAircraft – 737 (Daniel Swaddle – G-EZKE)Cost - 172.93 GBP (Return)Mileage – 804Duration – 2 hours and 30 minutesService – AdequateLegroom – AverageEntertainment – NilMeals – Payment requiredOnline Booking – Good

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Budapest to Split train price

by GyuriFT

Just buy Budapest-Split train tickets. Now it is possible to go within a day if you use the morning trai from Budapest to Zagreb and from Zagreb you use the tilting ICN Zagreb-Split train.The price of the round-trip is 20% LESS than the price of the one-way and if you buy your ticket in Zagreb, the total will be MORE than if you buy it the simplest way!So the simplest way is the cheapest one: travel round-trip, the round-trip ticket is an open-ended ticket with 60 day validity and the price is well under 70 Euro. More precisely: 62.56 Euro +/- 1 Euro depending on exchange rate. The one-way price is 78.20 Euro.

ORANGEWAYS.COM scam? Going from Vienna to Budapest

by jola_m

I am upset I want to write about this "experience" and warn others. Still hoping against hope that somebody will give me some explanation. And I will be more than happy to apologise for my imptience. I used "services" of orangeways.com to go to Vienna for a weekend and I had problems coming back. Because there was no bus. My bus was scheduled at 7:00 on Sunday, I was waiting from 6:00 pm till almost 8:00 pm and there was no orangeways.com bus in sight. And nobody to explain the situation, anything. I tried also on Monday (stayed the night), again waiting over an hour, hoping that maybe something happened and there will be no problem with the Monday bus. I stayed the night and because there was no bus I decided not to wait any longer (according to orangeways.com website there are two busses a day going Budapest-Vienna-Budapest) travelled back by train. Good and reliable trains. I thought...

How to beat one-way international train tickets?

by GyuriFT

Hungary uses two-price system: one price is for the domestic, the other price is for the international tickets. Like in "good" old days of Communism, these are VERY different. There is a questionable law - according it passengers traveling internationally may not combine cheaper domestic tickets with international ones. Hungarian conductors not just enforce it, but sometimes collect fines in their pocket. All this can be beaten if we know the rules and how to go around. Hungarian Railways are aware, these prices are unreasonable compared with the local salaries. No one would use the trains under such circumstances, so there is a widespread system of discounts to international tickets - but only on ROUND-TRIPS (rarely one-ways):60%: Slovakia, Serbia, Croatia, Macedonia, Crna Gora, BiH, Slovenia50%: Russia, Ukraine, Belarus (Hungarian portion, others 30%-40%) 50%: Bulgaria, Romania40%-30%:...

The Budapest Tram

by Paul2001

Personally I enjoy traveling by city trams more than any other means of local travel. Usually they are a bit more spacious than a bus and you can see the city out the window. Budapest is no exception. I took the tram here from the station by the Parliament Buildings to my hotel in Budapest. As in Prague, Budapest has a good tram line that goes along the river bank and is very swift and efficient. The ticket plan is tied into the Metro and city buses and include all kinds of passes for different periods of time. There are also single fares that based on how many stops you go through.

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Hungary by Train

by Paul2001

Hungary has a very efficienct train system. The trains are reasonably comfortable and usually leave exactly on time. Train tickets can be easily bought but outside of Budapest you might find that English is rarely spoken. Timetables are you posted in an easy to locate spot at the the train stations. Just remember that indul means "departure" and érkezik means "arrival." My only complaint about traveling my train in Hungary is the scenery is rather dull as much of rural Hungary looks so much like the American Midwest. I can stand only so many fields of wheat.

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