South Coast train in 2022: here’s the news
Over the weekend, Dávid Vitézy, the interim head of the National Transport Center (NKK), will take five trains on the southern shore of Lake Balaton on the five trains of Kiss, on the new expansion and timetable development decisions.
Some of the developments are non-seasonal, for example, many settlements are getting denser, usually paced connections in important directions, and train-bus co-operation is improving in several places in the country, he reported. in his position Vitézy.
As for the summer season, from June 18 to August 28, you can travel to Lake Balaton from several previous regions without a transfer, in several places by Kiss motor train, writes the NKK CEO.
Where, where, when?
Kiss flights: Szolnok – Újszász – Nagykáta – Budapest – Fonyód; Nyíregyháza – Debrecen – Budapest – Siófok; Szob – Vác – Budapest – Fonyód; Szolnok – Cegléd – Budapest – Siófok; Fonyód – Budapest (only on Sundays).
- There will be a completely new, local, Kiss train service from Vitorlás express, from the eastern agglomeration of Budapest, taking passengers directly from Szolnok to Újfász, Nagykáta, Sülysáp, Maglód, Ecser to Fonyód – only on weekends.
- As a local Panorama express, a two-storey Kiss goes from Nyíregyháza to Siófok on weekends. With few stops, it allows quick access to the southern coastal city from Nyíregyháza, Debrecen, Hajdúszoboszló and Szolnok.
- The Aranypart express runs every day, but not only from Nyíregyháza, but again from Záhony to Fonyód.
- On Sunday evening, we can go from the southern part of Kelenföld to Kőbánya-Kispest with a ticketed reliquary called the Evening Kiss, also issued from the Kiss train. Departure at 6 pm from Fonyód, the flight is scheduled to be in Kelenföld at 8 pm.
- The Icebird Kiss, which travels from Vác and Dunakeszi via Budapest to Fonyód, will be open this weekend in the pre-season.
- There will be more free flirting this year, the South Coast Interregions from Budapest to Fonyód and Balatonszentgyörgy will also be modern, air-conditioned motor trains.
Further timetable developments at Lake Balaton According to Vitézy, there will be more night trains, new dining cars will be introduced, and that there will be more class 1 trains on the north shore.
Will 2022 be a record year?
Vitézy also summed up that
- last year, the total turnover of Lake Balaton increased by more than 22 healthy compared to 2020,
- and the number of passengers per year of 2 million 134 thousand is barely lower than in 2019,
- moreover, in the two weeks of the pre-season this year, compared to the same period in 2019, it is +48, and compared to the same period in 2021, it is +116,
- so Vitézy says there is every hope that it will be a record this year.