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Booking trains from Budapest to Vienna

  • 22-07-2013 07:06PM
    #1
    woodchuck
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,411 ✭✭✭✭


    I'm attempting to book trains from budapest to vienna on this site: http://elvira.mav-start.hu/elvira.dll/xslvzs/index?language=2

    But I can only get it to display the cheapest 13euro train for the date I want to travel, but it's in the wee hours of the morning and I want to go later in the day. I know for a fact that there are other trains available (presumably at a higher rate), but I can't figure out how to get it to display them for me to select. I can only see them in the timetable, but not the ticket selection.

    Does anyone who has used this website have any advice? Or is it only possible to buy the 13euro tickets through that site?


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  • #2
    Geuze
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,262 ✭✭✭✭Geuze


    www.seat61.com

    http://www.seat61.com/Hungary.htm

    http://www.seat61.com/Europe-train-tickets.htm#Budapest_&_Hungary


  • #3
    Geuze
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,262 ✭✭✭✭Geuze


    Budapest to Austria from €19: Vienna, Salzburg, Innsbruck...

    Regular Railjet trains link Budapest with Vienna throughout the day, taking just 3 hours. Some Railjets run direct to Salzburg and the odd one to Innsbruck, too. Reservation is not compulsory, so the trains can never sell out and you don't need to pre-book. It's easy to buy tickets at the station on the day for around €25-€35 one-way. However, if you want the cheapest deal from just €19, you can pre-book at the Hungarian Railways website www.mav-start.hu. Click 'EN' top left for English then enter 'Budapest' to 'Vienna' or 'Salzburg' or wherever in the journey planner. When the results appear, ignore them, enter your date of birth in format 'YYYY.MM.DD' and click 'Tickets and prices'. On the next page, click for 'Further information' then click 'Open'. Select the train you want and proceed with the booking. It will offer various types of reduced-rate book-ahead ticket, just pick the cheapest ticket. The MAV website is a little fiddly, but persevere, it will indeed book these trains! You pay online and collect tickets from the blue internet ticket collection machines at Budapest Keleti station (so only works for one-way or return journeys starting in Budapest) by tapping in your 10-digit booking reference number.


  • #4
    Lapin
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 18,184 ✭✭✭✭Lapin


    I did this trip last month.

    Purchased the ticket at Keleti Station, Budapest the day before I travelled for €25 return.


  • #5
    cson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,534 ✭✭✭✭cson


    Book a seat on those Railjet trains or you'll be standing.


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