Budapest’s network of public transport services includes buses, trolleybuses, trams, underground trains and over ground suburban trains (HÉV). Buses, trams and trolleybuses run daily from 4.30 a.m. until 11.00 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. 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). The ticket is validated by a punch- or electronic machine on board. Validate your own ticket (with daily / weekly / monthly passes it is not necessary) in the orange boxes at Metro entrances, or the manually operated red punch boxes located on buses and trams. Put your ticket in the slot with the arrow pointing down, then pull the black knob toward yourself. Types of tickets: single ticket, transfer ticket for the underground, day ticket, 3-day tourist ticket, 7-day travel card. Season tickets with photo for 14 or 30 days are also available. Remember that the Budapest Card entitles to free travel for two or three days within city limits.

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. Keep in mind that in the city center and on crowded public transportation there is a higher probability of pick-pocketing. There is a 24-hour English-language hotline that was specifically set up to help English speakers report crime. It is: 438-8080.

Customer care:

Address: Akácfa utca 18.,1980 Budapest Pf. 11.
Tel: 461-66-88

Opening hours:
Monday, Tuesday, Thurday, Friday: 8:00 – 17:00
Wednesday: 8:00 – 18:00
Saturday – Sunday: closed

More information about transport can be found on Budapest public transport website.

HÉV (suburban railway)

The HÉV lines are part of the Budapest transport system and connect the city with the surrounding towns and villages, like Szentendre, Gödöllo. The BKV tickets and passes are valid on the vehicle, but you have to buy an additional ticket when leaving Budapest borders.

Budapest metro system

M1-yellow line		Time/min		M2-red line		Time/min		M3-blue line		Time/min
Mexikoi ut		0		Ors vezer tere		0		Kobanya-Kispest		0
Szechenyi furdo		2		Pillango utca		2		Hatar ut		2
Hosok tere		3		Nepstadion		4		Pottyos utca		4
Bajza utca		4		Keleti palyaudvar		6		Ecseri ut		5
Kodaly korond		5		Blaha L. ter		8		Nepliget		7
Vorosmarty utca		6		Astoria		10		Nagyvarad ter		8
Oktogon		7		Deak Ferenc ter		11		Klinikak		10
Opera		8		Kossuth ter		13		Ferenc korut		11
Bajcsy-Zsilinszky ut		9		Batthyany ter		15		Kalvin ter		13
Deak Ferenc ter		10		Moszkva ter		16		Ferenciek tere		14
Vorosmarty ter		11		Deli palyaudvar		18		Deak Ferenc ter		16
								Arany Janos utca		17
								Nyugati palyaudvar		19
								Lehel ter		21
								Dozsa Gyorgy ut		22
								Arpad hid		24
								Forgach utca		25
								Gyongyosi utca		27
								Ujpest Varoskapu		29
								Ujpest Kozpont		31