No train departures and arrivals at Budapest railway station on first weekend in November

The Hungarian Railway Company (MÁV) will not operate trains at Budapest’s Déli railway station on the first weekend of November, due to maintenance work.

Mávinform announced on Wednesday that it will not operate trains at Budapest’s Déli railway station on Saturday and Sunday, the first weekend in November, due to complex maintenance work.

The majority of trains will arrive at Budapest-Kelenföld instead of the Déli railway station, and start from there to rural, suburban destinations, the announcement said. The works will be noisy both day and night, so the railway company asks for the patience and understanding of people living around the station, they added.

On 4 and 5 November, the Déli railway station will not operate trains. However,

some Friday evening and Monday morning trains will be affected.

Replacement buses will run all day between Déli railway station and Budapest-Kelenföld station, departing every half hour from dawn until late in the evening. The changed timetables are now available on the MÁV website, as well as in the timetable search engines and the MÁV app, the statement reads.

Major innovation at MÁV

The data of railway station displays, i.e. the traffic changes, running times, track numbers and warnings caused by extraordinary situations, can now be displayed on smartphones, reads the Tuesday announcement on the website of MÁV.

The QR codes can be used to access the interface, and the service can also be used via the new web address mikorindul.hu, by typing the name of the chosen station after the address, for example: mikorindul.hu/nyugati. QR codes can also be found on an increasing number of stations, with almost all of the Budapest lines now having them.

Passengers are advised to save links to the stations that are important to them. They can also put them on the home screen for direct access.

According to the announcement, the railway company’s online systems now provide timetable data and special information for 1,300 stations and stops, and departure track numbers for almost 150 stations. They also plan to extend the deployment of QR codes to less busy regional stations and stops where there are currently no digital displays, the statement said.

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