Main Budapest railway station shuts down for the weekend

One of Budapest’s main railway stations, the Déli railway station on the Buda side of the city, will not launch and welcome trains during the weekend. That is because of a complex maintenance work scheduled to start on Saturday.

According to turizmus.com, Mávinform announced the change on the official website of the Hungarian State Railways (MÁV). Most trains’ final stop will be Kelenföld railway station instead of the Déli railway station closer to the city centre. Furthermore, they will also start their journey from there to the suburbs.

That is because of a complex maintenance work starting on Saturday. Ongoing work will be loud even at night. Therefore, the state-owned company asked for the patience and understanding of the locals. The change will considerably affect some Friday night and Monday early morning trains, but they did not share further details.

Between the Kelenföld railway station and the Déli railway station, replacement buses will commute during the weekend. They will carry passengers between the two stations from dawn until late at night in every half hour. Their travel time will be 16 minutes. You should search for the S300 sign to find them. The first morning buses will start at 4.05 from the Déli railway station and 4.25 from the Kelenföld station. The last buses will depart at 11.50 PM from the Déli station and 11.55 PM from the Kelenföld station. The modified timetables are available on the official website of MÁV and in the MÁV app. You can find them HERE.

People may use the waiting room, the customer’s office, and the ticket vending machines at the Déli railway station even during the closure.

We wrote HERE that provided you would like to evade the railway chaos between Budapest and Vienna, you should travel by bus. In THIS article, we wrote that the Hungarian railway system will be separated from the Western railway network longer than expected before.