Would someone mind posting an example (Pecs to Wien) of a Hungarian train ticket to check how to read it? I have 9 minutes to make the transfer in Budapest and don't think that is much time to sort out where to get transfer😁.
Thanks
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Republic of Texas / U.S.A. / Magyarország / Budapest
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Cant really help you with a copy of a ticket with a connnection on it. Sorry. But you want to buy the ticket from MAV and you want to use the MAV phone application. Everything is pretty straight forward that way. You will probably get one ticket for the train and two "tickets" which are the seat reservations. But its all on your phone.
Your transfer is in Budapest-Kelenföld. When you get off the train there are very large, very hard to miss display boards with the track numbers for all of the trains. I promise, its not hard, but I do know its a little unnerving the first time. Do get your things together and begin moving to the door before the train stops in Budpaest. Then if the train is on time the 9 minutes is adequate.
Now, if you miss the connection. Not to worry, there are trians every hour to Vienna. I think your ticket should be good on the next train but to be honest I am not certain the procedure. So go to the ticket office at the front of the tracks and they will get you a new seat reservation and confrim your ticket is good or give you a new one. This is a small station almost more like a bus stop than a station.
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Republic of Texas / U.S.A. / Magyarország / Budapest
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A few edits above
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Wengen
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A train ticket typically does not show where your next train will leave from, or often not even where you need to transfer. A train ticket is a receipt that you have paid to travel from A to B.
In Central Europe (which issues NRT tickets) often follow the usual standard and look similar. The ÖBB ticket is explained here:
https://help.raileurope.com/article/43474-obb-train-ticket-translation
When you purchase a ticket the railway may, or may not, print the connections you selected during the purchase process, but that is just to help remind you what trains you planned to take. That does not imply that you must take those trains.
9 minutes is ample time usually to sort out where your next train will leave from. You find out either by listening to announcements, looking at displays in the train, using an app, or the old fashioned way: By looking at displays at the station.
For international tickets there are layouts defined in the European standard, but most railways now use a flexible layout that is easy to display. European regulations require international tickets to use one of German, French, Italian or English in addition to the local language, which is why I learned what all the different railway terms were in those languages quite early...
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Republic of Texas / U.S.A. / Magyarország / Budapest
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Here is a map of the station. Between tracks you have to go down the stairs and cross under. The ticket office is on the track level.
https://www.mavcsoport.hu/sites/default/files/styles/width_1260/public/upload/mav_deli_lezaras_kelenfoldipenztarak_20181004-17.jpg?itok=AQyg6guo If it looks like its all outside, thats because it is. https://www.economx.hu/fototar/fototar/201906/orig/image1560851455.jpg/800/?v=2024012201
I hate to say this but I have been to Pécs exatly 3 times and exactly 3 times the train back was late.
I've been on the train to Vienna a number of times. Is your discount ticket good on any train to Vienna like is said above? Dont know. Im not willing to pay the penalty for you if I were wrong. So, my advice is go to the ticket office. Besides the Vienna train can be quite full and having a seat reservation makes a world of difference sometimes. For that, on the next train, your app may not work and you may need to go to the ticket office anyway.