UNEXPECTED: Hungarian railways halved ticket price cost!
Unexpected turn concerning a MÁV ticket: the Hungarian State Railways reduced its cost by 50%, which is good news mostly for bikers.
According to infostart.hu, MÁV plans to introduce a new tariff system from 1 March. As a result, they would have modified bike transport prices, which would have meant a significant cost increase. Based on the original regulation, bikers could buy a national monthly pass for HUF 9,450 (EUR 24.2), which would have been an average 500-700% price rise for commuters using train+bike between the suburbs and their Budapest, Győr, or Debrecen workplaces. Közlekedő Tömeg, a public transport association, said the measure would make many people travel by car instead of bike and public transport.
Based on the new fares, you should have paid the same price to haul your bike between Vecsés and Budapest (5 kilometres) daily as between Budapest and Sopron (210 kilometres).
Several bikers’ associations were outraged because of that plan mostly because there was no alternative for them, only the national monthly pass.
Therefore, MÁV announced on Saturday that the monthly pass for bikers will cost only HUF 4,950 (EUR 12.7). The pass would allow you to transport your bike on every train without a compulsory seat reservation. However, they could not convince the decision-makers to lower the bike single ticket’s new price from HUF 500 (EUR 1.3) to HUF 400. Here is their announcement post:
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Is anyone required to buy a full-price train ticket anymore?!? If you’re young, it’s free. If you’re old, it’s free. If you’re a student, it’s free. If you’re disabled, it’s free. If you’re on welfare, it’s free. If… Is it any wonder the train company is hemorrhaging money!?!
Steiner Michael, speak or complain to your Demigod, the leader of the Political Party – Fidesz you hold Full Membership and present Prime Minister of Hungary – Victor Mihaly Orban – complain to him.
Your commentary is ludicrous.
@ Michael Steiner if you’re young, healthy, in work and paying full price, you can buy a month of nationwide travel for 18,900 Ft and that includes Budapest public transport. In other words, that’s the maximum you’ll pay. Affordable public transport is essential for a country to function well and it’s great that prices are so low in Hungary. The system is so heavily subsidised it’s almost arbitrary that many people receive a 90% discount and pay next to nothing.