Budapest Keleti Train Station
Budapest Keleti Station Guide
Budapest Keleti Station Guide
There are 3 stations in Budapest and the Budapest Keleti Train Station is the biggest. Having 18 platforms, the station serves a lot of international connections, as well as night trains. Conveniently, it’s located about 3 km (2 mi) from the city center where Rákóczi út divides to Thököly Avenue and Kerepesi Avenue. And, of course, there is a connection with Budapest metro lines 2 (Red) and 4 (Green), so you can easily reach it from any point in Budapest. |
| For the convenience of travelers, It has its own metro station called Hlavní nádraží as well. Though It used to be quite a dreary and unwelcoming place, the big reconstruction in 2006 gave a new lease of life to the area. The station has improved greatly turning into a modern travel hub with a number of different facilities. There are two main floors in the building that contain ticket and travel center, various shops and restaurants where you can spend some time before departure. |
Budapest Keleti Station Facilities
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FAQ: Prague Central Train Station
In total, there are four main train stations in Prague. The main and largest train station, Hlavní nádraží, is situated right in the city center. Masaryk's train station (Masarykovo nádraží) is a smaller one, located in Prague’s center as well. Smichov train station (Smíchovské nádraží) is a westerly located station at Smichov in the city’s part called Prague 5. And there is Holesovice train station (Nádraží Holešovice) in the northern city district in Prague 7.
All 3 Budapest train stations connected to the city’s metro system and are almost centrally located, so you won’t have problems with getting to any part of Budapest.
3 main railway stations provide international and intercity high-speed services. From these stations, trains operate a great number of European directions including Bratislava, Prague, Lviv, Kiev, Vienna, and many others.
If you need to get from Budapest to Vienna, take Railjet high-speed train or EuroCity express train. Totaled up, there are up to 15 departures per day, which gives you a lot of room for your plans. The ticket cost start from 60$ and the travel time is about 2 hours 40 minutes.
Budapest Keleti train station is the main and biggest railway station in Budapest. Meaning Western in English, the station serves trains towards many European cities including Munchen, Zurich, Vienna, Brasov, Graz, etc. Interestingly, some of the actions in the 2020 Marvel Cinematic Universe film Black Widow take place at this station. More information about routes from Budapest you can find at OBB trains.
Unfortunately, there is no direct high-speed train from Prague to Budapest. Nevertheless, you can use trains with 1 change that depart from Prague go to Kelenfoeld through Vienna Hbf. Such journey takes about 7 hours 20 minutes.
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