Sunday, May 4, 2014

Transportation in Hungary

1. Water Transportation
  • Hungary is a landlocked country so it does not have a direct seaport. However, the closest seaport to Hungary is Senj in Croatia. Senj is about 530 km or 330 miles away from Budapest.
  • Hungary does have some local ports that navigate the waters of the Danube River. The most important port is Budapest, followed by Dunaujvaros and Baja. Hungary also has Csepel, Almasfuzito, and Mohacs.
2. Land transportation
  • Freight Railroads: Záhony Port Railway, AWT Rail HU, CER, Floyd, MMV, and Rail Cargo Hungaria are all of the Hungarian freight operators.
  • Passenger Railroads: Deli, Keleti, Nyguati, and Kelenfold, Gomori, Tiszai. The first four are in Budapest and the other two are in Miskolc.
  • Hungary has an extensive road system, centred in Budapest. 70% of the road traffic is passing through the motorways and main roads of the country. The length of the country's expressway network is 1,110 km. Hungary has a highway network and multiple four-lane motorways that link all of the major cities in Hungary. Motorways are marked by 'M', international roads (European transit roads) are marked by 'E'. Seven of the eight main roads start from Budapest and all of them link up with the European road network.
3. Air Transportation
  • International Airports: Budapest, Debrecen, Sármellék, Győr-Pér, and Pécs-Pogány.
  • Other Airports: Fertőszentmiklós, Nyíregyháza, Siófok, and Szeged are all domestic airports. Hungary also has a numerous amount of non-public airports as well. They also have about four military airports stationed throughout the country.

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