Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
ROAD RULES
You must drive on the right-hand side of the road.
Speed limits are 50km/h in built-up areas, 90km/h on secondary and tertiary roads,
110km/h on most highways/dual carriageways and 130km/h on motorways.
The use of seat belts is compulsory.
Motorcyclists must wear helmets at all times.
Drivers must dip their headlights throughout the day outside built-up areas, and mo-
torcyclists at all times.
There is a 100% ban on alcohol when you are driving, which is strictly enforced.
All cars must bear a motorway pass ormatrica(vignette) to access Hungary's motor-
ways. Passes, which cost 2975/4780Ft for a week/month are available at petrol sta-
tions, post offices and some motorway entrances and border crossings. A Hungarian
rental car will have one already.
Motorists anywhere in Hungary can call the
Hungarian Automobile Club
(Magyar
Autóklub; 188;
www.autoclub.hu
; 4 or 6)for roadside assistance.
Metro & HÉV
Budapest has four underground metro lines. Three of them converge at Deák Ferenc tér
(only): the little yellow (or Millennium) line designated M1 that runs from Vörösmarty tér
to Mexikói út in Pest; the red M2 line from Déli train station in Buda to Örs vezér tere in
Pest; and the blue M3 line from Újpest-Központ to Kőbánya-Kispest in Pest. The city's
long-awaited green M4 metro runs from Kelenföldi train station in southern Buda to Keleti
pályaudvar in Pest, where it links with the M2. It links with the M3 at Kálvin tér. All four
metro lines run from about 4am and begin their last journey at around 11.15pm.
The HÉV suburban train line, which runs on four lines (north from Batthyány tér in Buda
via Óbuda and Aquincum to Szentendre, south to both Csepel and Ráckeve, and east to
Gödöllő), is almost like a fifth, above-ground metro line.
