Want to travel by train from budapest to prague May 23, 2015. I see that some tickets can be as cheap as 19euros. However, the Hungarian train website has no English section so am a little concerned about trying to navigate and getting the right tickets. Suggestions? Any problem with getting tickets the day of or the day before? I checked out the German rail site as that was recommended but it indicated I couldn't book this travel. Am confused. Any help appreciated.
Posted by
Vienna, Austria
5507 posts
You can select English in the top left corner by clicking on the EN. Here are some good instructions:
http://www.seat61.com/international-trains/trains-from-Budapest.htm#Budapest-Prague
Buying the day of or the day before travel will be 2-3X the price of tickets purchased online, in advance.
Posted by
Rick Steves' Europe
16895 posts
There is no problem with buying tickets at a train station or travel agency in Europe, but advance discount rates are likely to sell out. If you book an international ticket online at http://www.mav.hu/english/, you must pick it up in a Hungarian train station. FYI, I'm not having any luck getting into a ticket booking on that site, at the moment, so try again another day.