Unfortunately no common timetable tool is available for city and rural, regional and far-distance transport. Integration between the rather dense bus and train networks is poor, possibilities for intermodal change are coincidental. Here is a collection of timetable links, presently the best we have on offer.
Rail |
Bus |
Boat |
City |
Narrow-gauge
- Route planner for Hungary
Includes 'public transport' and 'by foot' options. English and Romanian(!) interfaces can be switched by clicking on Magyar in the right top corner. Data for Volán coach lines have been recently added although for some test searches resulted in rather illogical routes. 'On foot' produces exactly the same routes as for cars, except motorways; bike sometimes produces quite meandering routes. Anyhow, next to Google the best we've got for Hungary.
- 'Elvira' railway timetables:
English and German interface, Hungarian and European rail timetables. If you prefer, Austrian Railways timetable or reiseauskunft.bahn.de is also up to date on Hungary. Be aware that foreign systems do not handle all or any Hungarian special letters (if your destination does not shop up, type o instead of ő etc.). This Slovakian timetable with English and German interface contains European rail timetables, Czech and Slovak bus timetables and Slovak city transport.
- Volán-Bus domestic lines
Only in Hungarian: honnan-hova-keresztül = from-to-through
- Volán-Bus international lines
Only in Hungarian, PDF timetables. English company information.
- Volánbusz online booking and timetable search (for international lines)
Excellent English interface
- Orangeways - a private coach company
English / multi-language interface
- Danube Boats
English / German interface
- Balaton Boats
English / German interface
- Budapest City Transport
English interface; click on a line and then a station to get departure times, to screen click on a 'mode of transport' icon. Underground (M1), metro (M2, M3), HÉV (suburban trains operated by BKV), boats, tramways (cog railway = tram 60), trolley buses, buses, night buses, funicular, chair lift. Within city boundaries BKK transport titles are also valid on passenger and suburban trains (not valid on EC/RJ/IC trains) and coaches; a 150 HUF supplement must be paid for rides on long-distance trains and coaches.
Budapest Transport Services website (timetables were moved from here to the BKK "Transport for Budapest" site)
Route planner Budapest: English interface, city transport only (no support for railway, Volán bus).
- Debrecen Transport Services
English interface
tramway, trolley-buses, buses, regional railway lines, narrow-gauge railway
- Kaposvár Transport Services
only in Hungarian
buses only; also regional Volan buses, rail links to 4 directions
- Kecskemét (Kunság Volán)
only in Hungarian
conventional and hybrid (soon to come) buses
- Miskolc Transport Services
English interface (timetables = "schedule"); well-organised homepage along with route planner
tramways, buses, narrow-gauge railway, two MÁV railway stations
- Pécs Transport Services
only in Hungarian (cultural capital 2010 ?!?)
buses (PK, Volán), MÁV railway stations
- Szeged Transport Services
English and German interface
tramways, trolley buses, buses, MÁV railway stations
- Timetables narrow-gauge
Hungarian surface (drop-down menu to choose railway, set date, Keres = search)
Extra information mostly in Hungarian and photo galleries, courtesy of Society of Friends of Narrow-gauge Railways.
Refer to Elvira for the timetable of Balatonfenyves–Somogyszentpál line (the only regular narrow-gauge line currently operated by MÁV-Start, to be taken over by local governments). Timetables of Children's Railway in Budapest which also belongs to MÁV.