Besides Rail Europe, which seems pretty expensive, is there any way to buy a train ticket directly from the Budapest train company before we leave the U.S.? We want to take an overnight sleeper from Budapest to Prague.
Posted by
Minneapolis, MN, USA
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You can book by phoning Hungarian National Rail. See the phone number at the bottom of this page. According to the timetables, you would take a train from Budapest to Hegyeshalom and connect there to a night train to Prague.
Posted by
OP
San Diego
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I tried Tim's link to the Mav - Start, which is the Hungarian Railway. I had searched this site the day before. It shows the schedule but didn't have a way to purchase a ticket.
Therefore, this morning I was able to phone them and they confirmed that you cannot buy a sleeping compartment ticket using their internet site, nor over the phone with them. If you want to buy a ticket directly through them, you have to go to the train station in Budapest. They were able to give me their price for 2 people - $388 U.S. dollars. In comparison, the Raileurope price for 2 people is $418.
I think it will be worth the extra $30 to be able to book now through Rail Europe and be sure that we have a reservation for a 2-person sleeping compartment. Especially since we will be traveling on a Sunday night.