Travelcards and tickets

Use of tickets

There are often checks on the tickets and I am sure you do not wish to get into any unpleasant adventures with the ticket inspectors.

At metro stations there are validating machines as you enter (coloured orange). These print the date on your ticket. Do not forget to validate your ticket when you change metros!

On other public transport you will either find the old-fashioned punch-device (red coloured) or the new, modern orange machine. Regarding the former you have to insert your ticket and pull the black handle on it. This will punch holes in your ticket. Again if you change to another vehicle you will have to validate another ticket unless you have a transfer ticket!

Make sure you purchase the right amount of tickets for your planned journey once you arrive at the metro station. Please validate one of them in a machine BEFORE you enter the metro area. Once off the train that ticket is no longer valid but you will need to keep it until you exit the area, otherwise you will face a fine if the ticket inspectors check on you.

Further advice is printed on ticket!

See more here.

Tickets are valid on the entire length of bus, tram, trolley bus lines, metro lines, the Millennium Underground, the cogwheel railway but are only valid on suburban railway (HÉV) lines within the administrative boundary of Budapest.

On the Millennium Underground and metro lines:
Passes are valid on the entire length of tram, trolley bus and metro lines, the Millenium Underground, the cogwheel railway but are only valid to the administrative boundary of Budapest on suburban railway (HÉV) lines as well as bus lines.

Prices of Budapest combined passes on tram and trolley bus lines, the Millennium Underground, metro lines, the cogwheel railway and on buses as well as on suburban railway (HÉV) lines for sections within the administrative boundary of Budapest are as follows: