The pros and cons of the international train Mukachevo-Budapest, – opinion of a traveler

The founder of the Transcarpathian travel school Viktor Stynych decided to find out all the pros and cons of traveling by a new train. He shared his impressions on the Facebook page. 

Among the advantages of the train, the professional traveler singled out the following: 

1. Direct train, without wheelset change, without transfers is great! 

2. Hungarian car is comfortable;

3. The fact that cars are attached to standard trains is also very good!

4. Price is within reason;

5. The train is almost full!

The man also shared the shortcomings he noticed during the journey:

1. Tickets can only be bought at the ticket office;

2. When buying tickets, you can not choose a seat. There were 9 of us and we all were scattered around the car;

3. Each ticket is a form for the route and a form for the seat. One copy for you and one for the cashier.

4. Tickets are printed on a matrix printer, one by one, but at least not by hand like they do it in Chop. 

And a few technical moments:

– Children are children untill they are 12 years old, after that they become adults;

– Children’s tickests are 45% cheaper;

– Tickets go on sale 30 days before departure;

– You can return a ticket with 72 UAH commission;

– Currently, the ticket to Budapest costs 668 UAH and is subject to changes of the exchange rate;

– The Hungarian Railway website sees this flight, the Ukrzaliznytsya site does not.

Reference: On December 9, 2018, the Ukrzaliznytsya, together with the Hungarian Railway, launched Intercity No. 34 "Latorytsya" Mukachevo-Budapest. The train runs for 7 hours via Mukachevo, Chop, Nyíregyháza, Debrecen, Ferenc Liszt Airport and Budapest. Approximate cost of a one-way ticket is 695 UAH.