Mountain route
Budavári Sikló
Budapest (Clark Ádám tér) → Buda Castle · Hungary
Budavári Sikló in pictures
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- Distance
- 0.1 km
- Fastest time
- 2 min
- Average speed
- 3 km/h
- Operator
- BKV
- Countries
- Hungary
- In service since
- 1870
- Train
- Replica 19th-century wooden cars Margit and Gellért (1986)
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
Opened 1870 as Europe’s second funicular; destroyed in WWII and rebuilt in 1986, it climbs to Buda Castle inside the UNESCO Danube panorama.
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
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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