Classic route
EC Hornád
Budapest → Košice · Hungary · Slovakia
EC Hornád in pictures
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- Distance
- 270 km
- Fastest time
- ≈ 3 h 25 min
- Average speed
- 79 km/h
- Top speed
- 120 km/h
- Operator
- MÁV · ZSSK
- Train
- EuroCity
- Countries
- Hungary, Slovakia
- In service since
- 1860
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
Budapest’s only direct reach into eastern Slovakia: the little EuroCity that grows at Miskolc, bound for Košice’s Gothic cathedral square.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 16803090 — 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 5 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of IC 184
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
How long is the EC Hornád?
The EC Hornád runs 270 km from Budapest to Košice. It runs through Hungary and Slovakia.
How long does the EC Hornád take?
The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 3 h 25 min for the 270 km. That is an average of 79 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 120 km/h.
Who runs the EC Hornád?
MÁV and ZSSK, with EuroCity.
How old is the EC Hornád?
The line has been in service since 1860. 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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