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

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
• Hegyeshalom - Passau
• Budapest - Banska Bystrica
• Pecel - Wurzburg
• Gyor - Campia
• Suceava - Debrecen
• Ulm - Budapest
• Budapest - Ulm
• St Poelten - Budapest
• 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
• 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
• Czestochowa - Visegrad
• Olomouc - Budapest
• Budapest - Rzeszow
• Debrecen - Bucharest
• Duesseldorf - Gyor

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.