MAV

MAV’s route map features the following stations:

• Vienna Central Railway Station
• Budapest Kelenfold
• Budapest Deli
• Frankfurt am Main Central
• Innsbruck Central
• Zurich Central
• Vsetin
• Barlad
• Kyiv Pass
• Kurim
• Torun Glowny
• Stuttgart Central
• Vocklabruck
• St Valentine
• Gyor Gyarvaros
• Sopron
• Grygov
• Fagaras
• Gunskirchen
• Prerov Railway Station
• Oswiecim
• Graz Liebenau Murpark
• Gherla
• Piestany
• Gyor
• Kempten Central
• Targu Jiu
• Marburg Lahn
• Zidani Most
• Vatra Dornei
• Veszprem
• Kysak Railway Station
• Oldenburg
• Sopot
• Essen Central
• Ludwigsburg
• Klagenfurt West
• Csorna
• Hall in Tirol
• Schwandorf
• Frankfurt Oder
• Berlin Friedrichstrasse
• Tokaj
• Gyorszabadhegy
• Karlovy Vary
• Paderborn Central
• Bratislava Main
• Sighisoara
• Krakow Glowny
• Koblenz Central
• Golling an der Salzach Golling Abtenau
• Achau
• Traun OO
• Chrudim
• Petrosani
• Melk
• Hanau Central
• Vintu de Jos
• Fonyod
• Sighetu Marmatiei
• Bytom
• Nove Mesto nad Vahom
• Salzburg Parsch
• Przemysl Glowny
• Scharding
• Vidin
• Bydgoszcz Main
• Caracal
• Orsova
• Ostrava Railway Station
• Forchheim Oberfr
• Balatonfoldvar
• Dresden Neustadt
• Trnava
• Pilsen
• Fot
• Gdynia
• Berlin Sudkreuz
• Deda
• Huedin
• Stade
• Presov
• Lanzendorf Rannersdorf
• Theresienfeld
• Tarnow
• Salzburg Aigen
• Celle
• Fulda
• Devecser
• Baia Mare
• Tabor
• Amstetten Railway Station
• Chop
• Berlin Gesundbrunnen
• Kielce
• Berlin Spandau
• Recklinghausen Central
• Episcopia Bihor
• Bremen Central
• Vyskov na Morave
• Brussels Midi
• Liege Guillemins
• Kittsee
• Carei
• Hradec Kralove Central
• Zakopane
• Kematen in Tirol
• Osnabruck Main
• Banovce nad Ondavou
• Kolin Railway Station
• Kufstein
• Utrecht Centraal
• Gramatneusiedl
• Parndorf Bhf Central
• Nagymaros Visegrad
• Alsoors
• Wroclaw Glowny
• Oradea
• Szob
• Hof Hbf
• Brasov
• Constanta
• Munich East
• Prinzersdorf
• Oberhausen Central
• Filiasi
• Berlin Lichtenberg
• Olomouc Railway Station
• Dresden Central
• Muhldorf
• Erlangen
• Tubingen Hbf
• Stribro
• Toplita
• Erd
• Graz Don Bosco
• Sisak
• Offenbach Central
• Hranice Railway Station
• Pulgarn
• Gottingen
• Bad Hersfeld
• Most
• Erd Also
• Magyarboly
• Gyongyos
• Nuremberg Main
• Seefeld in Tirol Central
• Maglod
• Trier Central
• Medias
• Curtici
• Kromeriz
• Steyregg
• Simeria
• Duesseldorf Central
• Heilbronn Central
• Duisburg Central
• Balatonfuzfo
• Kaposvar
• Greifswald
• Cologne Central
• Kaufering
• Sarmasag
• Torokbalint
• Munich Central
• Arnhem Centrale
• Targu Mures
• Vratimov
• Caransebes
• Pforzheim Central
• Teltow
• Podivin
• Cheb
• Hamburg Altona
• Medgidia
• Ansfelden
• Kehl
• Goppingen
• Hoorn
• Brno Main Nadrazi
• Gorna Oryahovitsa
• Lublin
• Balatonvilagos
• Mannheim Central
• Ogulin
• Langenzersdorf
• Bucharest North
• Szekesfehervar
• Poznan Main
• Budapest Keleti
• Graz Central
• Schwarzach St Veit
• Cuxhaven
• Hallstatt
• Blaj
• Radom
• Dunakeszi
• Varna
• Buchs SG
• Miskolc Tiszai
• Leoben Central
• Zagreb Glavni
• Magdeburg Central
• Nagykanizsa
• Wuppertal Central
• Reutlingen Central
• Spisska Nova Ves
• Zalau Nord
• Siculeni
• Kitzbuhel Hbf
• Dobova
• Viseu de Jos
• Keszthely
• Jibou
• Villach Central
• Kassel Central
• Murakeresztur
• Garmisch Partenkirchen
• Worms Central
• Debrecen Szabadsagtelep
• Warsaw Central
• Herzogenburg
• Bad Schandau
• Frankfurt am Main Airport
• Valea lui Mihai
• Greinsfurth
• Abda
• Linz Central Station
• Tullnerfeld Hbf
• Limburg Sud
• Mukachevo
• Maria Lanzendorf
• Ujpest kozpont
• Banska Bystrica
• Marianske Lazne
• Bohumin Railway Station
• Studenka Railway Station
• Gyorszentivan
• Stara Zagora
• Kalsdorf b Graz
• Schwerin Central
• Lodz Fabryczna
• Bielsko Biala Glowna
• Budafok
• Balatonkenese
• Pezinok
• Boheimkirchen
• Aachen Central
• Erfurt Central
• Veliko Tarnovo
• Debrecen
• Arad
• Villingen
• Hamburg Harburg
• Opava vychod nadr
• Pecs
• Ceske Budejovice
• Razboieni
• Znojmo
• Uzhhorod
• Saarbrucken Central
• Beograd Central
• Lubeck Central
• Cottbus
• Stare Mesto Railway Station
• Suceava
• Sankt Anton am Arlberg
• Friedrichshafen Stadt
• Fuerth Hauptbahnhof
• St Poelten Hbf
• Horovice
• Zielona Gora
• Ulm Central
• Heidenheim
• Asten Fisching
• Braila
• Alba Iulia
• Bregenz
• Zlin stred
• Ebenfurth
• Satu Mare
• Rzeszow Glowny
• Gheorgheni
• Lepseny
• Memmingen
• Hamburg
• Uherske Hradiste
• Ebes
• Lviv
• Suhl
• Rotterdam Centraal
• Kiel Central
• Minden
• Apeldoorn
• Eger
• Freising Bahnhof
• Klosterneuburg Weidling
• Deva
• Videle
• Kaiserslautern Central
• Split
• Campia Turzii
• Prague
• Katowice
• Obertraun Dachsteinhohlen
• Karlsruhe Central
• Debrecen Kondoros
• Mlada Boleslav
• Siofok
• Coburg
• Rosiori Nord
• Dej Calatori
• Baile Herculane
• Halle Hbf
• Gdansk
• Aalen
• Jindrichuv Hradec
• Ludwigshafen Central
• Buzau
• Russe
• Baden Baden
• Baile Tusnad
• Freiburg Breisgau Hbf
• Pecel
• Hanover Central
• Augsburg Hochzoll
• Elmshorn
• Mosonmagyarovar
• Erd Felso
• Traunstein
• Kosice
• Salzburg Railway Station
• Bohunovice
• Cluj Napoca
• Salonta
• Ploiesti Vest
• Dornbirn
• Offenburg
• Klagenfurt Hbf
• Budaors
• Bialystok
• Frydek Mistek
• Rijeka
• Bisamberg
• Warsaw East
• Sinaia
• Eisenach
• Galati
• Munster Central
• Elsbethen
• Giessen
• Berlin Main
• Sibiu
• Dunakeszi Also
• Fertoszentmiklos
• Liptovsky Mikulas
• Craiova
• Ecser
• Bamberg
• Kobanya Also
• Balatonfured
• Feldkirchen Seiersberg
• Pardubice Railway Station
• Vac
• Siegen
• Braunau Inn
• Hagen Hbf
• Sesvete
• Gotzendorf Bahnhof Gotzendorf Leitha
• Balatonalmadi
• Szeged
• Zilina
• Pragersko
• Alkmaar
• Esslingen
• Gunzburg
• Malbork
• Zurich Oerlikon
• Wurzburg Central
• Copenhagen Central
• Klagenfurt Annabichl
• Bonn Central
• Iasi
• Nurtingen
• Amberg
• Vienna West
• Chemnitz Central
• Wels Railway Station
• Timisoara Nord
• Ravensburg
• Simbach
• Czestochowa
• Felixdorf
• Trebic
• Hallein Central
• Rosenheim
• Rakospalota Ujpest
• Hajduszoboszlo
• Gyomro
• Sebes Alba
• Innsbruck Westbf
• Obereggendorf
• Braunschweig Central
• Amsterdam Central
• Plovdiv
• Vienna Hbf
• Ostrava Svinov Railway Station
• Sofia
• Salzburg Sud
• Bochum Central
• Lugoj
• Ansbach
• Budapest Ferencvaros
• Dortmund Central
• Miercurea Ciuc
• Veseli nad Moravou
• Attnang Puchheim Station
• Darmstadt
• Heidelberg
• Otrokovice Railway Station
• Ruzomberok
• Strba Railway Station
• Breclav nadrazi
• Ceska Trebova
• Poprad Tatry
• Warsaw West
• Aschaffenburg Central
• Augsburg Central
• Chomutov
• Gelsenkirchen Central
• Gera Central
• Gliwice
• Ingolstadt Central
• Jihlava
• Leipzig Central
• Mainz Central
• Munich Pasing
• Passau Central
• Prague Holesovice
• Regensburg Central
• Rostock Central
• Rybnik
• Vienna Meidling
• Wiesbaden Central
• Solingen Central
• Neumunster
• Teius
• Hegyeshalom
• Worgl
• Zell am See
• Jenbach

Here is the list of routes covered by MAV which are always in high demand with the travellers:

• Budapest - Vienna
• Prague - Budapest
• Vienna - Budapest
• Budapest - Prague
• Bratislava - Budapest
• Budapest - Bratislava
• Krakow - Budapest
• Budapest - Krakow
• Budapest - Bucharest
• Bucharest - Budapest
• Budapest - Timisoara
• Budapest - Salzburg
• Budapest - Warsaw
• Salzburg - Budapest
• Brno - Budapest
• Budapest - Cluj Napoca
• Budapest - Brasov
• Timisoara - Budapest
• Budapest - Brno
• Wroclaw - Budapest
• Cluj Napoca - Budapest
• Budapest - Sibiu
• Sibiu - Budapest
• Brasov - Budapest
• Poznan - Budapest
• Linz - Budapest
• Graz - Budapest
• Nuremberg - Budapest
• Stuttgart - Budapest
• Budapest - Sighisoara
• Frankfurt - Budapest
• Sighisoara - Budapest
• Budapest - Nuremberg
• Budapest - Zagreb
• Arad - Budapest
• Split - Budapest
• Budapest - Split
• Budapest - Arad
• Zagreb - Budapest
• Budapest - Stuttgart
• Deva - Budapest
• Budapest - Zurich
• Budapest - Deva
• Zurich - Budapest
• Budapest - Munich
• Munich - Budapest
• Innsbruck - Budapest
• Zagreb - Siofok
• Kurim - Budapest
• Budapest - Gottingen
• Elsbethen - Gyor
• Gyor - Dresden
• Gyor - Gdansk
• Sinaia - Maglod
• Sesvete - Budapest
• Visegrad - Gdynia
• Budapest - Banska Bystrica
• Pecel - Wurzburg
• Gyor - Campia
• Ecser - Bratislava
• Suceava - Debrecen
• Ulm - Budapest
• Budapest - Ulm
• St Poelten - Budapest
• Mannheim - Siofok
• Visegrad - Lublin
• Galati - Budapest
• Ecser - Vienna
• Nurtingen - Budapest
• Budaors - Sisak
• Budapest - Opava
• Zurich - Pecel
• Bohunovice - Mosonmagyarovar
• Siegen - Budapest
• Budaors - Aiud
• Erlangen - Vac
• Berlin - Debrecen
• Balatonkenese - Zagreb
• Pecel - Sighisoara
• Zagreb - Balatonkenese
• Paderborn - Budapest
• Budapest - Monchengladbach
• Raaba - Debrecen
• Ecser - Ploiesti
• Timisoara - Ecser
• Freiburg im Breisgau - Budapest
• Budapest - Kosice
• Gyomro - Arad
• Pecel - Targu Mures
• Budapest - Osnabruck
• Pardubice - Maglod
• Pecel - Nuremberg
• Wuppertal - Budapest
• Ecser - Jibou
• Budapest - Coburg
• Valea Lui Mihai - Debrecen
• Lviv - Budapest
• Gyor - Olomouc
• Maglod - Salzburg
• Czestochowa - Visegrad

To get most of your train ride to choose the class of your ticket wisely. Consider the length of your trip, the time of the day, and your own preferences. For longer travels by night, first or second-class tickets in a sleeper coach might be the best solution. Both options allow you to sleep your night away as comfortably as it gets on a train and save the precious daytime of your vacation. Note that sometimes first-class tickets cannot be booked for short couple-of-hours trips on a longer itinerary. They are often reserved for travellers who cover the whole route from departure to the terminal station. Yet second-class sleepers of sometimes soft seats are a decent alternative if 4-5 hours bring you to your point B. Check what is included in the price. Linen and towels may or may not be provided for overnight trips as water, snacks, or toiletries. It is always a good idea to bring some layers on board as air-conditioning or heating may fail to meet your standards.

Pros of Train Travel

• Railway travel is an ideal solution to beat traffic. While delays are sometimes possible for various reasons, in general, neither rush-hour, long weekends nor high season fever will ruin your timing with railways.
• Online booking of railway tickets saves you a lot of time. For many destinations, tickets can be booked as long as 90 days before your travel date which brings planning to a new level. Yet last-minute deals are often available, too. There is no need to go to the train station to book either – do it wherever you want.
• In many cases, train tickets are much more affordable than air tickets. On certain routes, the length of travel by high-speed trains equals or even beats air travel if you consider the time you spend in the airport for check-in and going through security and/or customs formalities.
• Very often, railway stations are located in the center of the city. It saves you a lot of time to reach your accommodation. Older railway stations often have the added bonus of being super atmospheric occupying historical buildings. Travelling to/from such stations can be considered a worthy point of your whole travel plan.
• Besides saving you daytime for other more enjoyable things, a night on a train is a good way to cut your hotel expenses. If it is a sleeper you opt for, you may expect to sleep quite well, too. Well, better than on a sleeper bus for sure!
• There are luxury trains serving some routes, and it is definitely an experience to try at least once in your life.

Cons of Train Travel

• The longer the distance – the longer the train ride, and if you have to cover a considerable mileage, it will be very time-consuming. So sometimes air travel is a better alternative even if costlier.
• Connections with your onward transport should be planned with extra care. Though the timetables are normally set, delays and cancellations are always possible due to a variety of reasons. Another thing to consider is the location of the station where your train arrives or departs from. There is more than one train station in certain cities and locations, which sometimes causes confusion.
• One of the most common complaints about trains on certain routes is cleanliness. It mostly concerns the cheapest class coaches and toilets.
• Stops are not always clearly announced or marked during some train trips. Electronic screens do solve this issue easily but are not present everywhere. So ensure you track your stop with GPS or just ask a conductor if any.