All you need to know about Budapest’s nostalgia tram routes! – PHOTOS
See Budapest from a perspective you have never seen it before! Every weekend from 7 May to 31 October 2022, a cosy nostalgia tram will run in Budapest between Deák Ferenc Square and Katyń Martyrs’ Park, and another tram between Szent János Hospital and Csóka Street.
Tram N19
Nostalgia tram line N19 on 11 June 2022, in Budapest.
Source: MTI/Máthé Zoltán
Travel on the N19 nostalgia tram and discover the unrivalled panorama of the Buda Danube bank. On your journey, you’ll pass imposing buildings, famous baths and market halls, bridges and lush parks. At Deák Ferenc Square, you can visit the Small Underground Museum and reach the Buda Castle Hill Funicular as well.
- Running: the N19 nostalgia tram runs every weekend from 7 May to 31 October 2022 between 15:00 and 21:30.
- Route: Deák Ferenc Square-Szent Gellért Square-Danube bank on Buda side-Katyń Martyrs’ Park
Tram N18
Nostalgia tram line N18 on 11 June 2022, in Budapest.
Source: MTI/Máthé Zoltán
Get nostalgic with the N18 nostalgia tram running on the route Szent János Hospital-Széll Kálmán Square-Krisztina Boulevard-Szent Gellért Sqare-Bartók Béla Street-Csóka Street. From the shady trees of Városmajor, this line will take you to the Danube bank with its magnificent panorama, and then you can travel all the way to Csóka Street in Kelenföld.
- Running: the N18 nostalgia tram runs on the following Saturdays: 14 May, 11 June, 9 July, 13 August, 10 September and 8 October.
- Route: Szent János Hospital-Széll Kálmán Square-Krisztina Boulevard-Gellért Square-Bartók Béla Street-Csóka Street
Modern transport history and nostalgia services
Nostalgia tram line N18 on 11 June 2022, in Budapest.
Source: MTI/Máthé Zoltán
According to bkk.hu, the modern transport history of Budapest goes back more than a century. Almost all of the iconic examples of Hungarian vehicle manufacture have been on the streets of Budapest, many of which have been successfully rescued and restored in recent years.
These unique-looking vehicles, representing different eras and once part of everyday life in Budapest, have been available for regular nostalgia trips during the summer season for the last 12 year. During the nostalgia season, which lasts from May to October, visitors can travel back in time on the Danube Bank with tram N19.
The popularity of nostalgia and retro services is demonstrated by the fact that thousands of passengers took them last season.
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Source: bkk.hu
2 Comments
Beautiful.
Tourist and locals – Love them.
Running them in our wonderful public tram system, in Budapest, occasionaly mid – week and public hoildays but certainly at week-ends are an added bonus for ALL to enjoy.
The introduction on Tram 19 – tourist information on “Tram Rails” – inovative – Fantastic.
No doubt our historic tram fleet, will increase in time, and be in MAJOR part funded by, who ever the Government of the Day – may be.
They are Budapest, Hungary – History.
They are DESERVING – to be funded by use of tax payers money.
We must not forget, our World Class Railway Museum.
Wonderful facility – and WORTHY of its recognition – of being a Historic and World Class – Railway Museum.
Railway – Tram Museums – can’t ALONE financially exist – and MUST – be included in the budget of Governments, as part of the support of Governments – in the preservation of Historic items – that played ROLES to citizens and “others” – in the developement of Public Transport, in Budapest, Hungary.
They are TREASURES of the past, and Governments – should AFFORD them, that type of RESPECT.
That’s not a tick – to Increase our taxes, but to use our taxes in a broader or greater citizens picture, and not on numbers of WASTEFUL projects, that is occuring – Wrongfully.
Why not take this wonderful idea a step further and convert some of these beautiful trams into moving restaurants? It would create even more interest and participation. A great way to see the sights of Bp at dusk, enjoying a typical Hungarian dinner and local wine while on the move.