Advice on travel from Budapest to Hungaroring
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I thought I'd make a few notes here to help others for next year and also act as a diary to remind me.
We went all three days and tried various schemes. Here is our summary:
Day 1: We were staying in central Budpest so first caught the M2 metro eastbound to its termination at Örs Vezér Tere. Just across the road is a free shuttle bus all the way to gate 3 of the Hungaroring. There was a massive queue so we jumped on the regional train that leaves from H8 or H9 also on the other side of the road. (direction Gödöllő). On this occasion we alighted at Kerepes and caught a free shuttle bus to gate 3. On the return we did the reverse
Day 2: First M2 metro but this time caught the shuttle bus. There was a queue but the big bendy buses were frequent. Coming back was different. The queues to leave the circuit at gate three were massive. (We subsequently found out over an hour). We left at gate six & walked to the train. It's about 30 minutes. Here you follow the crowd & get on at the station before Kerepes. Tip: buy your tickets in advance. They are only about a quid per ride.
Day 3: As day 2
You can obviously take a taxi, but be careful. Whilst they are all yellow some are fully licensed and some are not. We heard horror stories of aggression and on board price hikes up to 150 euro. Our licensed taxi driver told us (on the way to the airport) she got stuck & the timer clicked up to about 60 euro and the journey was an hour and a half. (about the same as the train, but in air conditioned luxury rather than squashed like a sardine.)
As I said train tickets are about £1 per journey. But! remember to validate them. We didn't on one journey and copped for proper aggression from an inspector & a £20+ fine. (Even though the advice at the other end was not to bother to keep the crowds moving)
Taxi is easy, but I actually enjoyed the experience of metro/train/bus.
Disclaimer: Next year is not guaranteed to be the same!
We went all three days and tried various schemes. Here is our summary:
Day 1: We were staying in central Budpest so first caught the M2 metro eastbound to its termination at Örs Vezér Tere. Just across the road is a free shuttle bus all the way to gate 3 of the Hungaroring. There was a massive queue so we jumped on the regional train that leaves from H8 or H9 also on the other side of the road. (direction Gödöllő). On this occasion we alighted at Kerepes and caught a free shuttle bus to gate 3. On the return we did the reverse
Day 2: First M2 metro but this time caught the shuttle bus. There was a queue but the big bendy buses were frequent. Coming back was different. The queues to leave the circuit at gate three were massive. (We subsequently found out over an hour). We left at gate six & walked to the train. It's about 30 minutes. Here you follow the crowd & get on at the station before Kerepes. Tip: buy your tickets in advance. They are only about a quid per ride.
Day 3: As day 2
You can obviously take a taxi, but be careful. Whilst they are all yellow some are fully licensed and some are not. We heard horror stories of aggression and on board price hikes up to 150 euro. Our licensed taxi driver told us (on the way to the airport) she got stuck & the timer clicked up to about 60 euro and the journey was an hour and a half. (about the same as the train, but in air conditioned luxury rather than squashed like a sardine.)
As I said train tickets are about £1 per journey. But! remember to validate them. We didn't on one journey and copped for proper aggression from an inspector & a £20+ fine. (Even though the advice at the other end was not to bother to keep the crowds moving)
Taxi is easy, but I actually enjoyed the experience of metro/train/bus.
Disclaimer: Next year is not guaranteed to be the same!
we also tried a variety of soutions, Day 1, they forgot to put on more than 1 bus in the morning, We got lucky and ended up on the first additional bus but the following days the ques are large and the train is much more pleasant, got a seat each day. Also got off at kerepes, the busses are timed with the train and a nice hop off at gate 3.
We also tried the 30 minute walk from the next station on, Dont do that, its a huge hill and will knacker you by the time you get to the top, We had some drunk fins amusing us up the hill with their kimi raikkonen/mika hakkinen song though.
Getting out is the challenge, but we cracked it for race day to get to the airport in plenty of time.
Come out of gate 3 and walk straight on a 20 minute walk to mogyorod, This is the first stop of the train really for race people and wasnt too busy. Most people walked 20 minutes the other way and tried to get on the next stop, Maybe 100+ people waiting when the train was already nearly full, as many squezed on as they could,
DO NOT get the bus after the race to Kerepes, this is the 3rd stop on the way back from the track and I think one small person managed to squeze onto the train. Theres no point going here as the train is full by this point, I honestly dont know what the point of the buses going back there is.
once back in the city, taxis return to normal and we got a taxi from outside the trainstation to the airport for about £15.
so the ideal solution for me would be:
getting to track: Train from ors vezer tere, off at kerepes, shuttle bus to the track.
getting back: walk to Mogyorod station, enjoy a seat all the way back to ors vezer tere.
Hire car would also be an idea, Parking seemed plenty and getting out didnt look too bad for traffic from what I seen, Although I think getting out of the track is the easy bit, The roads getting into the city looked abit busy with traffic.
We also tried the 30 minute walk from the next station on, Dont do that, its a huge hill and will knacker you by the time you get to the top, We had some drunk fins amusing us up the hill with their kimi raikkonen/mika hakkinen song though.
Getting out is the challenge, but we cracked it for race day to get to the airport in plenty of time.
Come out of gate 3 and walk straight on a 20 minute walk to mogyorod, This is the first stop of the train really for race people and wasnt too busy. Most people walked 20 minutes the other way and tried to get on the next stop, Maybe 100+ people waiting when the train was already nearly full, as many squezed on as they could,
DO NOT get the bus after the race to Kerepes, this is the 3rd stop on the way back from the track and I think one small person managed to squeze onto the train. Theres no point going here as the train is full by this point, I honestly dont know what the point of the buses going back there is.
once back in the city, taxis return to normal and we got a taxi from outside the trainstation to the airport for about £15.
so the ideal solution for me would be:
getting to track: Train from ors vezer tere, off at kerepes, shuttle bus to the track.
getting back: walk to Mogyorod station, enjoy a seat all the way back to ors vezer tere.
Hire car would also be an idea, Parking seemed plenty and getting out didnt look too bad for traffic from what I seen, Although I think getting out of the track is the easy bit, The roads getting into the city looked abit busy with traffic.
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