Classic route
IC Budapest–Szeged
Budapest → Szeged · Hungary
IC Budapest–Szeged in pictures
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- Distance
- 191 km
- Fastest time
- ≈ 2 h 20 min
- Average speed
- 82 km/h
- Top speed
- 120 km/h
- Operator
- MÁV-START
- Train
- MÁV InterCity
- Countries
- Hungary
- In service since
- 1854
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
Hourly ICs across the Great Plain to Hungary’s paprika capital and its vast Votive Church — the southern spoke of the MÁV intercity star.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from 2 OpenStreetMap relations, their own nodes end to end: relation 4537669 (71 km), relation 240983 (118 km) — 189 km of the route between them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: 96.1% of this line lies within 250 m of real track (median 4 m); the longest stretch away from it is 7.5 km
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of IC 712
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
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