Cheapest€31.69
- Železničná spoločnosť Slovensko S205206:501h 57m08:47Budapest-KeletiKošice railway station
Door to door 2h 41mCO2 8.0 kgChanges 0Refundable
Travelling from Pest to Košice costs €31.69 at the cheapest and takes 2h 28m door to door at the fastest, across 1 mode and 1 operator. The route covers 242 km. Cheapest is by Train, fastest is by Train.
At a glance
- Distance
- 242 km
- Fastest
- 2h 28m
- Average
- 2h 36m
- Services per day
- 5
- Cheapest
- €31.69
- CO2 per passenger
- 8.0 kg
Every way to make this journey
Journey times below are door to door, so they include getting to the terminal and away from it at the other end. Fares are the cheapest we currently sell on 2 October 2026.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 2h 41m | 1h 57m | 44m | €38.29 | 8.0 kg | 3 |
- 2h 41mFastest, by Train
- €38.29Cheapest, by Train
- 8.0 kgLowest CO2, by Train
- 242 kmDistance travelled
The cheapest and the fastest on 2 October 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Today's real departures
Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modelled until our booking connectors are live.
No live timetable for this journey yet.
Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modelled until our booking connectors are live.
Prices over the next three weeks
Live from our own engine, refreshed on every request. The cheapest days for each way of travelling are marked.
| Cheapest fare by mode and day for Pest to Košice | Sat12 Sept | Sun13 Sept | Mon14 Sept | Tue15 Sept | Wed16 Sept | Thu17 Sept | Fri18 Sept | Sat19 Sept | Sun20 Sept | Mon21 Sept | Tue22 Sept | Wed23 Sept | Thu24 Sept | Fri25 Sept |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | €86.69 | €58.09 | €59.19 | €44.34 | €48.19 | €75.69 | €59.19 | €43.79 | €44.89 | €40.49 | €38.29 | €43.24 | €50.39 | €54.79 |
| Coach | €104.13 | €79.93 | €77.18 | €72.78 | €60.68 | €93.68 | €77.18 | €54.63 | €54.63 | €57.38 | €50.23 | €50.23 | €77.18 | €66.18 |
Cheapest day: 2026-10-02 · €31.69
Arriving in September changes what you want from a room in Košice. It is not a thing we sell, so here is who does.
Rooms within reach of Košice railway station
Hotels and flats near the centre, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.
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When to book Pest to Košice
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €36.0990 days
- €27.8460 days
- €25.6445 days
- €30.0330 days
- €31.6921 days
- €54.7914 days
- €59.197 days
- €59.193 days
- €86.691 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €25.64.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 238 percent. The dearest point is €86.69, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 45 days ahead. You are inside that window.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €44.89Sun
- €40.49Mon
- €38.29Tue
- €43.24Wed
- €50.39Thu
- €54.79Fri
- €43.79Sat
How the fare moves month by month
The same journey priced on the fifteenth of each of the next six months.
- €44.34Sept
- €33.34Oct
- €32.79Nov
- €32.79Dec
- €29.49Jan
- €25.09Feb
The route
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 242 km against 210 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Nitra, Bielsko-Biala, Miskolc, Žilina. The gap between arriving and leaving is 60 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 16 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Pest at 06:50 and the last at 07:30, across 3 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Pest
Rail
- Budapest-Keleti
- Kerepesi út
- Mogyoród HÉV station
Coach
- Budapest Nepliget Bus Station
- Örs vezér tere
Ferry
- Újpest-Megyer
Košice
Rail
- Košice railway station
- Košice-Predmestie railway station
- Barca
Coach
- Košice, AS
- Košice, Autobusová stanica
Air
- KSC
KSC is not in Košice, and the road in from it is the part of the trip nobody plans. We sell the flight and stop at the terminal door.
Getting from KSC into Košice?
Settled in advance, so the ride into Košice costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.
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Who runs this route
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Železničná spoločnosť Slovensko | €31.69 | 2h 28m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
What the fare is made of
Every part of the total, so the number at checkout is the number here.
| Part | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Operator fare | €27.00 | 85% |
| Taxes | €2.70 | 9% |
| Our service fee | €1.99 | 6% |
| Total you pay | €31.69 | 100% |
The train gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Somewhere to leave the bags in Košice?
Shops, cafes and hotels that take luggage, with the opening hours on the map so you know what is still open when you come back.
Check Košice on StasherOr try Bounce
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Questions about Pest to Košice
The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does it take to get from Pest to Košice?
The fastest journey from Pest to Košice takes 2h 28m door to door, of which 1h 57m is spent moving, on the Train. Most services take around 2h 36m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Pest to Košice?
The cheapest fare from Pest to Košice is €31.69, checked on 2 October 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €45.44. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Pest to Košice?
The cheapest way from Pest to Košice is by Train, at €38.29 for one passenger on 2 October 2026. That journey takes 2h 41m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
When should I book Pest to Košice?
Fares from Pest to Košice bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €25.64. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 238 percent, measured on 2 October 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Pest to Košice?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Pest to Košice, at €38.29. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, checked on 2 October 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Pest to Košice?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Pest to Košice, at €25.09 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs services from Pest to Košice?
1 operators sell services from Pest to Košice across 1 modes: Železničná spoločnosť Slovensko. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from Pest to Košice?
20 percent of the services we sell from Pest to Košice are direct. The rest connect at Nitra, Bielsko-Biala, Miskolc, Žilina, with about 60 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from Pest to Košice use?
Services from Pest to Košice by Train leave from Budapest-Keleti and arrive at Košice railway station. Allow about 44m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Pest to Košice?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Pest to Košice allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
Where these numbers come from
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modelled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Pest to Košice on 11 September 2026: 242 km of route against 210 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €31.69, and 2h 28m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Plenty of what is worth seeing sits outside Košice and elsewhere in Slovakia. None of it is ours to sell.
What to book in Košice before you go
The tickets worth having in advance, because the queue at the door is usually the whole morning.
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Other ways to make this journey
Arriving in Košice
Leaving Košice
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- 15Countries
- 21Operators
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