Transport in Hungary

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1 Railways
2 Highways
3 Waterways
- 3.1 Ports and harbors
- 3.2 Merchant marine
4 Pipelines
5 Airports
- 5.1 Airports with paved runways:
- 5.2 Airports with unpaved runways
6 Heliports
7 Transport in cities
- 7.1 Transport companies of cities
- 7.2 Trams and Light Rail
  - 7.2.1 Cities with tram lines
  - 7.2.2 Cities with former tram lines
8 See also

[edit] Railways

Keleti Railway Station, Budapest

Main article: Hungarian State Railways

Total: 7,606 km
- Broad gauge: 36 km 1.524-m gauge
- Standard gauge: 7,394 km 1.435-m gauge (2,270 km electrified; 1,236 km double track)
- Narrow gauge: 176 km 0.760-m gauge (1998)

Note: Hungary and Austria jointly manage the cross-border standard-gauge railway between Győr–Sopron–Ebenfurt (GYSEV/ROeEE), a distance of about 101 km in Hungary and 65 km in Austria.

In Budapest, the three main railway stations are the Eastern (Keleti), Western (Nyugati) and Southern (Déli), with other outlying stations like Kelenföld. Of the three, the Southern is the most modern but the Eastern and the Western are more decorative and architecturally interesting.

Other important railway stations countrywide include Tiszai Railway Station in Miskolc and the stations of Pécs, Győr, Szeged and Székesfehérvár.

The only city with an underground railway system is Budapest with its Metro.

[edit] Highways

A motorway in Hungary

Total: 188,490 km
- Paved: 81,950 km (including 860 km of motorways, 2005)
- Unpaved: 106,523 km (1998 est.)

New motorway sections are being added to the existing network, that already connects many major economically important cities to the Capital City, and will be extended to Nyíregyháza and Debrecen by the end of 2006.

Motorway information (English)

[edit] Waterways

1,373 km permanently navigable (1997)

[edit] Ports and harbors

The most important port is Budapest, the capital. Other important ones include Dunaújváros and Baja.

[edit] Merchant marine

Total: 2 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 12,949 GRT/14,550 DWT
Ships by type: cargo 2 (1999 est.)

[edit] Pipelines

Crude oil 1,204 km
Natural gas 4,387 km (1991)

[edit] Airports

Ferihegy Airport

Main article: List of airports in Hungary

There are 43-45 airports in Hungary, including smaller, unpaved ones too. (1999 est.) The five international ones are Budapest-Ferihegy, Debrecen Airport, Sármellék Airport (also called FlyBalaton for its proximity to Lake Balaton, Hungary's number one tourist attraction), Győr-Pér and Pécs-Pogány. MALÉV Hungarian Airlines operates flights to over 60, mostly European cities.

[edit] Airports with paved runways:

Total: 16
- Over 3,047 m: 2
- 2,438 to 3,047 m: 8
- 1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
- 914 to 1,523 m: 1
- Under 914 m: 1 (1999 est.)

[edit] Airports with unpaved runways

Total: 27
- 2,438 to 3,047 m: 3
- 1,524 to 2,437 m: 5
- 914 to 1,523 m: 12
- Under 914 m: 7 (1999 est.)

[edit] Heliports

5 (1999 est.)

[edit] Transport in cities

[edit] Transport companies of cities

BKV (Budapest) (buses, trams, trolley buses and metro)
DKV (Debrecen) (trams & trolley buses only; buses belong to Hajdú Volán)
MVK Zrt. (Miskolc) (buses and trams)
SzKT (Szeged) (trams & trolley buses only; buses belong to Tisza Volán)
PK Rt. (Pécs) (buses)
KT Rt. (Kaposvár) (buses)

In the rest of the cities and towns local transport is provided by Volán companies that also provide intercity bus lines.

[edit] Trams and Light Rail

See also: Trams in Europe

The busiest traditional city tram line in the world is still route 4/6 in Budapest, Hungary, where 50-meter long trains run at 60 to 90 second intervals at peak time and are usually packed with people. A part of this route is the same as where electric trams made their world first run in 1887. Budapest has recently ordered 40 Siemens Combino Supra low floor trams. Trams began carrying the passengers on the 1 July 2006 but during the first weeks there were many technical difficulties.

[edit] Cities with tram lines

Budapest (since November 28, 1887)
Miskolc (since July 10, 1897)
Szeged (since October 1, 1908)
Debrecen (since March 16, 1911)

[edit] Cities with former tram lines

Szombathely (1897–1974)
Sopron (1900–1923)
Nyíregyháza (1905–1969)
Pécs (1913 – August 31, 1960)

[edit] See also

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