Budapest Airport to Eger

The train. I would take a taxi from the airport to the station just to make it easier. Cost you about $30. I would not take a train that leaves before 7:00pm

Visit this post to learn about bus and train options: https://community.ricksteves.com/travel-forum/hungary/taking-the-bus-from-budapest-to-eger

I visited Eger as part of a Rick Steves tour in 2022: It's a delightful town.

https://jegy.mav.hu/

Train is simple, easy (to understand and deal with), direct, cheap, comfortable

Departs 19:00
Budapest Keleti (Budapest-Keleti)
558 IR87 AGRIA InterRegio
Eger
1 hour 52 minute travel time
Arrival time: 20:52

Cost: 2.830ft (about $8) 2nd class

If you get to the station earlier have a coffee and something sweet. Look around, take a walk outside. Interesting station. Go down to the station under for food and drinks.

Thank you everyone! I like the idea of taking a taxi to the train station. Sounds like we should buy our train tickets before we leave Texas.

Download the MAV app as you can store your tickets and show your tickets using the app.

Buy your tickets a few weeks prior to be sure you get a good price, and don't forget to pay for a seat reservation. If by chance you are over 65 be sure to enter that in when buying the ticket .... cause it's maybe free plus a few euro for the seat.

At the airport go out the arrivals hall to the sidewalk. The taxi kiosk is on your left. Tell the clerk Keleti Station. Should take about 30 min.

Fyi, Global Entry will help you for departure from your home airport (through its TSA Precheck element) and upon your return to the United States, but it won't do anything to facilitate / make faster your entry into Hungary at the Budapest airport.

Keleti https://youtu.be/ylzKCYyQYwU?si=7bHMpHbOnoLDzJQ9

Airport taxi stand https://youtu.be/XqaFqixWTIc?si=SaE7-zLKjasZUTnY

Speaking of Texas, I am from Houston, Marshall, Bandera, Bryan, College Station, Lubbock, Corpus Christi, Harlingen, Midlothian and finally San Antonio.

I am assuming that after Eger you will spend some time in Budapest. If so, then when you arrive back in Keleti go to the front-center and down the stairs or escalator and on your right about 50 feet up is the BKK office where you can buy a travel pass for your stay. Unless you are over 65, then its all free. Near the office are the metro lines to take you to your accommodations.

To Kim's point, there are no direct US flights, so you are changing someplace ..... probably in Schengen, and that's where immigration checks you, and Global Entry won't help at all. In Budapest, watch the signs to the exit and baggage claim closely so you don't make a wrong turn, and if you don't have checked luggage, you will be in a taxi in 10 or 15 minutes.

Mr E - we lived in Austin for 30 years and are now in the process of moving to Belton.
Our first flight lands in Amsterdam, so we will be going through customs there.

Yes, we are planning to visit Budapest after Eger. I will probably have some questions soon. I have found a lot of great information from some of your posts to other questions on this forum.

Thanks again everyone.

Before one of the persnickety members gets hold of this, you aren't going through customs, you are going through immigration. Sort of like going from Texas to California. I'll send you a PM.