Means of public transport

Public transport within the cities

These kind of public transport services are connected in every city so if there ae more means of public transport you can use them with the same ticket/monthly ticket (e.g. you can use the buses, trams and trolley buses in Szeged with the same monthly ticket). The monthly ticket for students is 50% of the normal price and public transport is free for people older than 65 years and also for handicapped children. The types of public transport:

• buses: in every middle-size or large city you can find inside bus transportation
• tram: you can travel with tram in Budapest, Debrecen, Miskolc and Szeged
• trolley buses: in Budapest, Debrecen and Szeged
• subway: just in Budapest

Train

The Hungarian Railway company (MÁV) operates most of the railway connections in Hungary but there is another company (GYSEV) which operates mostly the in western parts of the country. The quality of this service depends on your location. Near to Budapest and from larger cities to Budapest the system is good enough but in the peripheries the system isn’t sufficient. Hungary also have limited number of railway connections with the neighbouring countries.

You can search for the schedule on this page:

• (in Hungarian): https://www.mavcsoport.hu/
• (in English): https://www.mavcsoport.hu/en
• (in German): https://www.mavcsoport.hu/de

You can buy the ticket on the train stations at the ticket office or from the machines. You also can buy ticket online:

• (in Hungarian): https://jegyvasarlas.mav-start.hu/eTicketV2/V2/Bejelentkezes.jsp?Lang=HU
• (in English): https://jegyvasarlas.mav-start.hu/eTicketV2/V2/Bejelentkezes.jsp?Lang=EN
• (in German): https://jegyvasarlas.mav-start.hu/eTicketV2/V2/Bejelentkezes.jsp?Lang=DE

If there is no possibility to buy the ticket on the station you can buy it on the train. But if there is ticket selling on the station but you buy the ticket just on the train you have to pay extra fee.

Buses

In Hungary it is obligatory by law to provide bus connection to every settlement, so by bus you can reach every city and village. There are six companies provide this service:

• DAKK Dél-alföldi Közlekedési Központ, (Southern Great Plain): http://www.dakk.hu/
• Dél-dunántúli Közlekedési Központ, (Southern Transdanubia): http://www.ddkk.hu/
• Észak-magyarországi Közlekedési Központ, (Northern Hungary): http://www.emkk.hu/index.php?lang=hu
• ÉNYKK Északnyugat-magyarországi Közlekedési Központ (Northwestern Hungary): http://www.enykk.hu/
• KMKK Középkelet-magyarországi Közlekedési Központ (Centrealeastern Hungary): http://www.kmkk.hu/
• KNYKK Középnyugat-magyarországi Közlekedési Központ (Centralwestern Hungary): http://www.knykk.hu/

You can search for the schedule on this link: https://menetrendek.hu/ (Hungarian)

• first gap: from where?
• second gap: to where?
• + the date

If you choose this: Volán, MÁV és Bahart járatok (above the first gap) it will provide not just buses but trains and ships as well. With the second option (csak Volán járatok) you will find just buses.

Ships and ferries

On the lake Balaton you can use ships and ferries. On this link you can search for the schedule:

• (in English): http://en.balatonihajozas.hu/
• (in German): http://de.balatonihajozas.hu/
• (in Hungarian): http://balatonihajozas.hu/