New Rail and Bus Travel Options to Hungarian Sea for Pre-Season Schedule

The improvements made in recent years make it possible for many people to travel to the Hungarian sea to choose competitive and environmentally friendly rail and bus travel. MÁV-BEGINNING a on his website.

From May 13 to June 21, travelers will wait again with a pre-season schedule: the largest settlements on the coast will be accessible with additional flights in addition to the usual trains, average per hour.

Compared to the off-season schedule – known as winter -, the bicycle transport options are expanded, there are more IC cars and motor trains in service, so there are more seats available for passengers in comparison in early spring.

• South Station and Fonyód and Balatonszentgyörgy, the South->Parti InterRégios runs twice already in the pre-season.
• Balaton, which runs every two hours between the capital and Keszthely throughout the year InterCityClass 1 carriages, and food carriages will also run part of the pre-season, from 25 May.
• In addition – a Lake Balaton You can also use the Tópart InterCity trains between Budapest and Nagykanizsa, which alternate with IC and provide hourly transportation, for a comfortable journey.
• The popular Jégmadár fast train runs between Szob and Fonyód on weekends and holidays in the pre-season as well.
• In addition, on Friday and Saturday nights, we return home safely with Bagolyvonots on the south coast between Keszthely and the Southern Railway Station.

From Monday, the Kék Hullám express, the Vízípó high-speed train and the weekend Katica InterRégios will return between the north coast and the capital.

• Balatonalmadei and Balatonfüred, as well as the settlements further away, can be reached faster with the fast two-hour Blue Wave trains between Budapest and Tapolca.
• Vizipók fast trains also run between Budapest and Balatonfüred every two hours, with them you can reach Balatonakarattya, Csittényhegy, Balatonkenese, Balatonfűzfő, Alsóörs, Csopak and Balatonarács faster.
• Katica InterRégios will be the main people of the weekend regarding the capital and Balatonfüred. The air-conditioned FLIRT motor trains stop at every station and stop from Székesfehérvár to Balatonfüred, so they also serve smaller stops.

The off season – called winter – timetableexpanding relative to bicycletransport options, several IC cars and motor trains are available.

• From the pre-season, you can get from Győr to Keszthely not only with the Helikon InterRégios, but also with the fast Tanúhegy trains.
• And from Szombathely, you can travel with the Lesence fast train without changing. The daily fast Kék Hullám train provides a direct connection between Szombathely and the northern coast (Badacsony, Balatonfüred).
• The high-speed train Fenyves connects Pécs with the west coast and the capital of Lake Balaton, which runs daily from the first of May until the end of the low season, and then until November 3 on weekends and holidays.

Cyclists can also take advantage of the pre-season schedule, which comes into effect from Monday, as an additional high-capacity bicycle transport vehicle will be put on the market from then.

There is a type of train that runs to and from stations on both coasts, on which bicycles can be transported in a car with a large capacity to carry up to 30 bicycles at the same time.

Bicycle transport on Balaton trains is possible by purchasing a bicycle seat ticket, which must be redeemed in addition to a national bicycle pass – this should be done as early as possible, in advance, the company rail says.

Starting from June 22, when the high season timetable is implemented, additional trains will be put into service: from this time on, the eastern part of the country (Miskolc region, Debrecen, Békéscsaba , Szeged and Szolnok) can also be connected to Lake Balaton by direct flights.