Important: Major traffic restrictions near Heroes’ Square tonight due to event

Traffic restrictions will commence on Friday evening at Heroes’ Square, Kós Károly Promenade, and sections of Andrássy and Hermina Road due to a scheduled event. As a result, public transportation services in these areas will follow modified routes to accommodate the changes.

Traffic changes near Heroes’ Square due to an event

Híradó.hu reports that from 8 p.m. on Friday to 4 a.m. on Saturday, the “Night of Movement” will be held in Heroes’ Square and City Park. Budapest’s Public Transport Company (BKK) shares that due to the event, Kós Károly Promenade and Heroes’ Square will be closed from Friday evening at 6 p.m. until Saturday at 6 a.m., and from Friday at 9 p.m. until midnight, Dózsa György Street between Damjanich Street and Szondi Street, Andrássy Street between Heroes’ Square and Oktogon, and Hermina Street towards Ajtósi Dürer Row.

Restriction due to cyclists

During the cycling parade, scheduled between 12.15 a.m. and 2.00 a.m. on Saturday, major junctions will experience brief closures, allowing cross traffic to pass in sections. Traffic restrictions will be enforced along certain parts of the route. Here is the route the cyclists will follow: Dózsa György Road–Dráva Street–Népfürdő Street–Árpád Bridge–Margit Island ramp–Schulek Frigyes Promenade–Margit Bridge driveway–Margit Bridge–Arpád Prince’s Road–Bem embankment–Bem József Square–Fő Street-Clark Ádám Square–Chain Bridge–Széchenyi István Square–Apáczai Csere János Street–Petőfi Square–Belgrade Quay– Fővám Square–Vámház Boulevard–Kálvin Square–Múzeum Boulevard – Károly Boulevard–Deák Ferenc Square–Bajcsy-Zsilinszky Avenue–Andrássy Avenue–Heroes’ Square.

The affected routes

• Bus 20E will stop at the bus stops of buses 30, 901 and 32 at Ötvenhatosok Square, Kacsóh Pongrác Road and Vágány Street/Róbert Károly Boulevard instead of Heroes’ Square and Vágány Street/Róbert Károly Boulevard.
• Buses 30, 30A and 230 will stop at the bus stops between Zichy Géza Street and Gundel Károly Street instead of Damjanich Street/Dózsa György Road, Benczúr Street and Heroes’ Square, where buses 72 and 74 will stop.
• The 105 and 210 buses will not stop at the stops between Bajcsy-Zsilinszky Road and Heroes’ Square, instead, the 72 trolleybus will stop at the affected stops between St. Stephen’s Basilica and the Honvédkórház.
• Trolleybus 70 will not stop at the Olof Palme Promenade and Dvorák Promenade stops, but will instead stop at the 74 trolleybus stops between the Institute for the Blind and Ötvenhatosok Square. Trolleybuses 72 and 74 are expected to stop at Bethesda Street between 9 p.m. and 11.30 p.m., while they will stop at Ciklámen Street after the crossing of Zichy Mihály Street on the way to Ajtósi Dürer Row.
• From 9 pm, trolleybus 75 will stop at the stops of trolleybus 72 between Ötvenhatosok Square and Heroes’ Square. The 76 trolleybuses will stop between Jászai Mari Square and Nyugati Railway Station and between Keleti Railway Station and Károly Boulevard.
• The buses 909, 914, 914A, 950 and 950A to Deák Ferenc tér will temporarily stop on Üllői Road in front of Kálvin Square and at the Astoria tram stops of trams 47 and 49 between 01.20 a.m. and 2 a.m. The 990 bus will run from Friday midnight to 00.35 a.m. across the Erzsébet Bridge, stopping at the bus stops of bus number 5 between Széll Kálmán Square and Ferenciek Square

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