BKK (Public Transport for Budapest)
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Notice: BKK seems to have redesigned their website, and possibly changed some links. Links to references currently redirect to the newer pages.
Notice: BKK has reduced prices for passes and consolidated all metropolitan passes into 2 passes, a Hungary pass and a Pest County pass. Metropolitan tickets/passes have been discontinued, and this wiki has mostly been updated.
Finding the best fare
If you want the best fare, take a look at https://bkk.hu/en/tickets-and-passes/find-the-best-fare/.
Tickets
Tickets are something you can use once, or for a short time after first validation.
Single tickets
- Single ticket
- Single ticket bought on the spot
- Block of 10 tickets
- Airport shuttle bus ticket
- Single ticket for public transport boat
- Single ticket for children for public transport boat
- HÉV suburban railway ticket (includes discounts)
Time based tickets
Passes
Passes are longer term than tickets. They can be used until they expire.
- 15 day Budapest-pass
- Monthly (1 month) Budapest-pass
- Quarterly (3 months) Budapest-pass
- Semester (6 months) Budapest-pass for pupils
- Semester (6 months) Budapest-pass for students
- Discounted Annual (1 year) Budapest-pass
- Annual (1 year) Budapest-pass (monthly fee)
- Pest County pass (includes discounts, monthly)
- Hungary pass (includes discounts, monthly)
Travelcards
Travelcards are just passes but on the scale of hours or days, instead of months or years.
- 24 hour travelcard
- 72 hour travelcard
- 24 hour group travelcard
- Pupil group travelcard
- BudapestGO birthday ticket