Košice to Budapest II. kerület

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Košice to Budapest II. kerület. From €25.64, fastest 2h 27m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Košice to Budapest II. kerület runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:47 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €25.64 and €41.04, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 2h 27m over 244 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.

Checked September 15, 2026Priced for October 5, 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 1 operator and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.

Typical fares

€25.64 to €41.04

  • 191%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Košice

No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.

  • 06:47First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 5Services per day
  • 20%Run direct

Železničná spoločnosť Slovensko runs this service and does not sell it here. Trainline takes the payment.

Buying this trip

Trainline lists departures for Košice to Budapest II. kerület on your date, and you pay on their side.

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Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €67.99Wed16
  2. about €92.74Thu17
  3. about €76.24Fri18
  4. about €60.29Sat19
  5. about €55.34Sun20
  6. about €56.44Mon21
  7. about €49.29Tue22
  8. about €41.04Wed23
  9. about €50.94Thu24
  10. about €53.69Fri25
  11. about €41.04Sat26
  12. about €48.19Sun27
  13. about €43.24Mon28
  14. about €42.14Tue29
  15. about €37.74Wed30
  16. about €36.64Thu1
  17. about €32.24Fri2
  18. about €40.49Sat3
  19. about €30.59Sun4
  20. about €25.64Mon5
  21. about €26.19Tue6

Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.

The train gets you into Budapest II. kerület. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Budapest II. kerület for the night the train gets in

The search opens on Budapest II. kerület with your nights already filled in, so it is one step to a real price.

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Booking window

When to book Košice to Budapest II. kerület

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €33.3490 days
  2. €32.2360 days
  3. €31.6945 days
  4. €32.2430 days
  5. €26.1921 days
  6. €42.1414 days
  7. €49.297 days
  8. €76.243 days
  9. €67.991 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €26.19.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 191 percent. The most expensive point is €76.24, 3 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 21 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€76.24€26.191371421304560

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 21 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Košice to Budapest II. kerület and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.

The shape of it

244 km

213 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs south-west.

Who lives at each end

225,04488,729

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

How we know

0/2

2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.

The route

KošiceKošiceBudapest II. kerületBudapest II. kerület
The journey

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 244 km against 213 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 Žilina, Petržalka, Miskolc, Nitra. The gap between arriving and leaving is 46 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 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.

Who runs this route

Budapest II. kerület is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.

Left luggage lockers

Where to leave your bags in Budapest II. kerület

Stores, cafes and hotels that take luggage, with the hours on the map so you know what is still open when you come back.

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Questions about Košice to Budapest II. kerület

The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 Košice to Budapest II. kerület?

The fastest journey from Košice to Budapest II. kerület takes 2h 27m door to door, of which 1h 58m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 2h 33m, 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 Košice to Budapest II. kerület?

The cheapest fare from Košice to Budapest II. kerület is €25.64, as of September 15, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €44.89. 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 Košice to Budapest II. kerület?

The cheapest way from Košice to Budapest II. kerület is by train, at €41.04 for one passenger on October 5, 2026. That journey takes 2h 42m 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 Košice to Budapest II. kerület?

Fares from Košice to Budapest II. kerület bottom out around 21 days before departure, at €26.19. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 191 percent, measured on September 15, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Košice to Budapest II. kerület?

Wednesday is the cheapest day to depart from Košice to Budapest II. kerület, at €41.04. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 15, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Košice to Budapest II. kerület?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Košice to Budapest II. kerület, 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 service from Košice to Budapest II. kerület?

1 operators sell services from Košice to Budapest II. kerület across 1 mode: 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 Košice to Budapest II. kerület?

20 percent of the services we sell from Košice to Budapest II. kerület are direct. The rest connect at Žilina, Petržalka, Miskolc, Nitra, with about 46 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 Košice to Budapest II. kerület use?

Services from Košice to Budapest II. kerület by train leave from Košice railway station and arrive at Budapest II. kerület 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 Košice to Budapest II. kerület?

1 of the 1 operators we sell from Košice to Budapest II. kerület 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

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

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.

Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Košice to Budapest II. kerület on September 15, 2026: 244 km of route against 213 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €25.64, and 2h 27m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

The train is the simple part. What you do once you are in Budapest II. kerület is somebody else's catalog.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Budapest II. kerület and across Hungary

Day trips that leave Budapest II. kerület in the morning and cover a good part of Hungary by evening.

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The two ends, compared

Košice reaches 56 places in 15 countries on services we hold, over distances from 77 to 2,619 km. Budapest II. kerület reaches 26 places in 7 countries, from 49 to 489 km.

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Leaving Košice

  • 56Places you can leave for
  • 15Countries
  • 21Operators

Arriving in Budapest II. kerület

Leaving Budapest II. kerület

  • 26Places you can leave for
  • 7Countries
  • 10Operators

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