MAV

MAV’s route map features the following stations:

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

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
• Visegrad - Prague
• 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
• Ecser - Brasov
• Kurim - Budapest
• Dornbirn - 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
• Bamberg - Gyor
• Budapest - Ulm
• Maglod - Pardubice
• St Poelten - Budapest
• Mannheim - Siofok
• Visegrad - Lublin
• Galati - Budapest
• Ecser - Vienna
• Nurtingen - Budapest
• Budaors - Sisak
• Budapest - Opava
• Zurich - Pecel
• Bohunovice - Mosonmagyarovar
• Seefeld - Budapest
• Siegen - Budapest
• 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

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.