Mountain route
Budavári Sikló
Budapest (Clark Ádám tér) → Buda Castle · Hungary
Opened 1870 as Europe’s second funicular; destroyed in WWII and rebuilt in 1986, it climbs to Buda Castle inside the UNESCO Danube panorama.
- Distance
- 0.1 km
- Fastest time
- 2 min
- Average speed
- 3 km/h
Stations
- 0 kmClark Ádám tér
- 0 kmSzent György tér
The stations OpenStreetMap maps along this line, in order along the line as drawn here, with the distance along it. Not every train stops at every station.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 16111079: the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 159 m from it
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: BKV, a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the Budavári Sikló?
The Budavári Sikló runs 100 m from Budapest (Clark Ádám tér) to Buda Castle.
How long does the Budavári Sikló take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 2 min for the 100 m. That is an average of 3 km/h end to end.
Who runs the Budavári Sikló?
BKV, with replica 19th-century wooden cars Margit and Gellért (1986).
How old is the Budavári Sikló?
The line has been in service since 1870. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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