Scenic route
Kék Hullám
Budapest → Tapolca · Hungary
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The Kék Hullám (Blue Wave) IC along Balaton’s vineyard-clad north shore: Balatonfüred, the basalt hills of Badacsony, then inland to Tapolca.
Stations
- 0 kmBudapest-Déli +1
- 4 kmBudapest-Kelenföld +2
- 67 kmSzékesfehérvár +3
- 99 kmBalatonakarattya
- 105 kmBalatonkenese
- 111 kmBalatonfűzfő
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- 116 kmBalatonalmádi
- 122 kmAlsóörs
- 126 kmCsopak
- 129 kmBalatonfüred
- 136 kmAszófő
- 138 kmÖrvényes
- 139 kmBalatonudvari
- 145 kmBalatonakali-Dörgicse
- 148 kmZánka-Erzsébettábor
- 149 kmZánka-Köveskál
- 153 kmBalatonszepezd
- 154 kmSzepezdfürdő
- 156 kmRévfülöp
- 161 kmBalatonrendes
- 162 kmÁbrahámhegy
- 166 kmBadacsonyörs
- 167 kmBadacsonytomaj
- 169 kmBadacsony
- 172 kmBadacsonylábdihegy
- 174 kmBadacsonytördemic-Szigliget
- 177 kmNemesgulács-Kisapáti
- 183 kmTapolca
The stations this train called at in the operator’s timetable (ÖBB Scotty, the D 9702 on 10 October 2026), in order along the line as drawn here, with the distance along it. Other runs of the train may skip some of them, and the timetable can change. A +N after a station: N other routes on this map stop or end there, and the map draws it as a station where lines meet.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 21309582 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: 96.5% of this line lies within 250 m of real track (median 4 m); the longest stretch away from it is 6.5 km
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of D 9702
Questions and answers
How long is the Kék Hullám?
The Kék Hullám runs 190 km from Budapest to Tapolca.
How long does the Kék Hullám take?
The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 3 h 19 min for the 190 km. That is an average of 57 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 100 km/h.
Who runs the Kék Hullám?
MÁV.
How old is the Kék Hullám?
The line has been in service since 1909. 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.
How often does the Kék Hullám run?
7 direct trains on a weekday (counted on 2 September 2026).
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