Transport in Budapest.
The public transport in Budapest is well developed, which helps you to get almost everywhere in the city. You may buy tickets at kiosks or ticket machine labeled BKV, as well as in various subway stations, tobacco shops and post offices. In Budapest, all-transport ticket is spread for all kinds of transport. You should punch tickets at the entrance to the station, buses, trams, etc. If the ticket is not punched, you may be fined. Usually the usage of the tickets is limited only by the time from the moment of punching during which the ticket is valid for travel. For tourists the most interesting are the following types of tickets to Budapest. All tickets can be used for all kinds of transport within the administrative boundaries of Budapest from the first trip.
1. Single ticket (Vonaljegy, Eng. Single ticket).
2. Block of 10 single
tickets or 10 pieces discount coupon book (10 darabos gyűjtőjegy).
3. One-day travel
card (Napijegy) and three days (Napra / Turistajegy).
4. Seven-day travel
card (Hetijegy).
5. Family ticket
(Családi jegy).
The
cost of the ticket and the route you may count online in this site online at transport company BKV: www.bkv.hu
Metro in
Budapest.
Metro
in Budapest is - the oldest in Europe. The building of the metro began in 1880.
May 2, 1896 Metro started its work. The original name of the metro is known as
Feldalatti. The Budapest Metro is the third in the world after London and
Chicago, and the first on the European continent.
Metro in Budapest consists of 3-metro lines. All lines cross in the
center of the city in the Square Deak
(Deáktèr). The yellow line (M1) is mostly held under Andrássy street and runs
from the square Vörösmarty (Vörösmarti
tèr) to street Meksikoi (Mexikoi
út). The red line (M2) runs from east to west between the town square Ruff
Vezeyr (Örs Vezèr tèr) and South Station (Dèli pu). The blue line (M3) runs
from Kőbánya-Kispest (Kőbá nya-Kispest) to Ujpest (Újpest). The interval of movement between trains on weekdays is from 2 to 3
minutes, on weekends is from 4 to 10 minutes. The
working hours of the metro are from 4.30 to 23.00
Buses
and trams.
In
general there are about 200 routs by all these kinds of transport. Bus numbers
marked by red color are the expresses and don’t stop anywhere. The interval of
major routes is about 4-10 minutes. There are 30 numbers of trams with
different routes in Budapest; the interval between trams is about 5-10 minutes.
