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Railway
 All
international trains now arrive and depart from
the Keleti (eastern) station, Nyugati (western)
station and Deli (southern) station. As with
the buses, international train tickets can be
purchased with Hungarian forint. Travelers’
cheques and credit cards are not accepted.
MÁV, who are responsible for Hungary's
railway network, carry over 155 million passengers
each year both on commuter and InterCity routes
around the country. In recent years, comfortable
new (air-conditioned) trains have been introduced
on InterCity Rapid routes running between Budapest,
Debrecen and Nyíregyháza - together
with those serving other large towns such as
Szombathely, Miskolc and Zalaegerszeg (classed
just as InterCity). A third InterCity category,
cutely named InterCity-Pici or 'little InterCity'
covers routes between larger towns (that do
not originate or travel to Budapest).
Western Europe
 Vienna
is with Budapest (3 hours) linking via Hegyeshalom.
Most of them leave from Vienna’s Westbahnhof,
including the Orient Express from Paris (18
hours) via Munich, the Euro City Bartok Bela
from Frankfurt (12 hours) via Salzburg, the
Euro City Liszt Ferenc from Dortmund (15 hours)
via Frankfurt, the Dacia Express and the Avala
bound for Belgrade (7 hours). The early-morning
Euro City Lehar, however, departs from Vienna’s
Sudbahnhof. None requires a seat reservation,
though they’re highly recommended in summer.
Up to 10 trains leave Vienna’s Sudbahnhof
every day for Sopron (75 minutes) via Ebenfurth;
as many as a dozen a day also serve Sopron from
Wiener Neustadt (easily accessible from Vienna).
Some trains daily make the three-hour trip from
Graz to Szombathely.
Hungarian State Railways official timetable:
www.elvira.hu
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