Timetables and tickets — in the search below
Travel time
≈ 7–8 h
Type
daytime services
Direction
international
Tickets
online, e-ticket by email
| Train | Departs | Arrives |
|---|---|---|
| № EC 146 «Tisza» | 07:50 Uzhhorod | 14:20 Budapest-Keleti |
Local time at each station. Source: MÁV (Hungarian Railways) timetable, valid until 12.12.2026. Check the ticket search before you travel.
Buy a ticket for this trainThe Uzhhorod — Budapest train covers the route in roughly 7–8 hours (via Chop and Záhony). There are daily departures; check the search above for the live timetable. Travel time includes the border — leave a buffer for tight connections.
There is both a day train (EC Tisza: leave Uzhhorod in the morning, reach Budapest in the afternoon) and an overnight sleeper that continues to Vienna. At Chop and Záhony, board cross-border trains at least 15 minutes before departure.
Times and prices are approximate — check the search above for live schedules and fares.
Getting from Uzhhorod to Budapest by train takes roughly 7–8 hours. Services run in the daytime, so the journey fits into a single day.
The alternative on this route is the bus: roughly 8–10 hours. The bus is usually cheaper and runs more often, but depends more on traffic and border queues.
This is an international route, so border control adds to the travel time — how much depends on the day and the crossing. Leave a buffer if you have an onward connection.
What a Uzhhorod — Budapest ticket costs depends on the date, the class and how far ahead you book: there is no fixed fare on this route and we do not invent one. Compare services, dates and prices in the search at the top of this page — it queries every carrier at once.
Roughly 7–8 hours depending on the service. The search at the top of the page shows the exact time for your date, straight from the carriers.
Yes, there are direct Uzhhorod — Budapest trains (per the MÁV timetable valid to 12 Dec 2026). Departure times and seats for your date are in the search at the top of the page.
There is no fixed fare: it depends on the date, the carrier, the class and how early you book. We deliberately do not show a “from” price — it is almost always unattainable. The search at the top of the page shows the real fare for your date.
For Ukrainian Railways trains to Hungary and Austria, sales open at 08:00 Kyiv time, 20 days before departure. If a date further than 20 days out shows nothing, sales simply have not opened yet; it does not mean there is no train.
Ukrainian citizens with a biometric passport can enter the EU visa-free for up to 90 days within 180, and a valid biometric passport is currently enough. Since 10 April 2026 the EU Entry/Exit System (EES) runs at Schengen borders: fingerprints and a photo are taken on your first entry, so allow extra time at the border. The European Commission plans to launch ETIAS — an online travel authorisation for visa-exempt nationals — in the last quarter of 2026, with the exact date to be announced (as of October 2026).
It depends on the day and crossing load: trains are usually faster and more predictable, buses can take from one to several hours. Leave a buffer for tight connections.
Ukrzaliznytsia opens sales 20 days before departure (10 for some eastern routes); European carriers set their own rules — RegioJet, for example, opens 60 days ahead. The best seats and fares go in the first days of sales. With flexible dates, also check 2–7 days before departure — returned tickets often reappear then.
Through the search at the top of this page — it takes you to tickets.ua, the official ticketing service: all carriers and departures in one query, time and price filters, card payment and an e-ticket by email.
