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I need to get to the airport in Budapest by 6:30 AM on a monday in April. Will the public transpatation be running that early?
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In Nov 2009, I have visited Czech and Hungary.
I lived near Deák Ferenc tér, below is my route from Deak Ferenc ter to Airport.
Deák Ferenc tér (M3; 10 stop; 16 mins)->Kőbánya-Kispest M (Bus 200E; to last stop; 26 mins)->Ferihegy 2 Airport; Transfer ticket 470Ft
I have checked the BKV website, Metro Line 3 is starting at 0430 hrs on weekdays (i.e. Monday) and Bus 200E is starting at 0438 hrs on Mon-Fri. I think it is enough time to take public transport from Budapest to Airport.
In addition, last year I visited Budapest I bought the 7 days pass, if you are using the pass the about journey (Budapest to Airport) is included no need to buy the transfer ticket.
Below links are for your reference:-
http://www.bkv.hu/english/metro/m3vissza.pdf
http://www.bkv.hu/english/busz/200e.html
If you catch the 4:30 at Deak ter and don't get lost along the way, you will surely make it by 6:30, assuming that that is when you must be there, not when your flight departs. I would not allow any less than 90 minutes for the trip, however, though on a good day it can be done in 50-60 door to door.
Mike, if I needed to be at an airport by 6:30AM... I'd go by cab. Sorry... I don't function really well at that hour of the morning to do that trip by public transportation! And... that's what I did when I had an early morning flight from Budapest.
Have a wonderful trip! Budapest is fantastic!
If I recall correctly we took a fixed priced shuttle taxi to the airport. I didn't find it outrageous nor was I worried about being overcharged. It was listed in a tourist guide I picked up at the hotel, plus i had seen this mentioned online by others. Sorry I don't remember the name, but there are many I am sure just as reliable.
Not a shuttle, but a fixed price taxi: Zóna taxis. http://www.zonataxi.eu/en/tartalom/varosrepter
Most hotels are in Zones 3 and 4.
Thanks everybody for your help.
I was able to get a 1:30 PM flight. More time to spend in Budapest! First time there.
In general. in a city like Budapest (or NYC) where airport access is ugly and unpleasant no matter what you do, there are taxi people and there are public transit people, and it's basically a matter of personality. The shuttle people tend to be frugal taxi people in this reckoning and in Budapest with 2 or more people the shuttles are more expensive than the taxis...
If you are a public transit person, by all means yield to your inner voice (especially having gotten the hang of the system for a trip to the airport on departure).
If you are a taxi person, Zona is a fixed price service and does a very good job, but is a collection of zillions of private taxi drivers and of course quality varies from driver to driver.
Over the years we have come to use a specific driver - Alajos Pulai - who also drives for Zona (we are in budapest 6 or more times a year). He meets us inside with a sign with our names on it (well, by now we recognize each other) just at the exit of the secure area. He's great, and he waits, and he translates if we have problems with bookings or the like... We also use him to head out to the airport. He charges a couple of Euros more than Zona, but we like the quality control and the security. pulai31@gmail.com Coming in from the airport it's 24 Euros, heading out perhaps 22 (haven't checked lately).