Hungarian Railway Museum Budapest

If you have kids who happenned to be crazy for Thomas the Engine take them to this exciting outdoor museum in Budapest, the Hungarian Railway Museum.

Adults will have a great time too, belive me. I'm not really an engine or car enthusiast but still enjoyed a lot this fantastic exhibition.

The vintage locomotives stand in a neat half circle towering above you and recalling the era when this powerful steam engines were running along the railway lines of Hungary.

Ginat Locomotives Hungarian Railway Museum Budapest

Next to the enormous engines I feel really tiny even in my daddy's arms

Tchaika car Hungarian Raiway Museum, Budapest

You can ride in a Tchaika car alterted to be able to run on the railway line. Mechanics used it to check the railway lines.

Children railway Hungarian Raiway Museum, Budapest

The narrow-gauge children's railway goes around in a beautiful garden.

Vintage Locomotive Interior Hungarian Raiway Museum, Budapest

Cables, pressure meters, and other gadgets make the interior of an old locomotive look impressive.

Other activites you can try include riding on the turntable, drive a steam engine, riding on a horse tram. In the engine simulator you can have a virtual experience of operating the most powerful Hungarian electric engine.

Inside a vintage locomoteive, Hungarian Railway Museum, Budapest

Sitting with daddy up in an old locomotive.

Railway Models Hungarian Railway Museum Budapest

You can operate the railway models housed in a building near the museum's entrance.

If you get tired you can relax on the terrace of the Nosztalgia Café, have a cup of tea or cafe with some snacks.

Location of Hungarian Railway Museum

Tatai utca 95., XIV. district Budapest

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Getting to the Hungarian Railway Museum

By the Budapest-Esztergom train service from Nyugati Train Station between 27th March - 1st November, every day excl. Mondays (the journey takes 10 minutes) get off at Vasút Múzeum station

Departures from Nyugati Train Station	Departures from Railway Museum
10.20	10.29
11.20	13.29
13.20	16.29

by buses 30 and 30A from Keleti Train Station (M2, red metro line), and Újpest Központ (M3, blue metro line) get off at Rokolya utca stop, the museum is a two-block walk towards east, or by bus 120 form Árpád Bridge Pest end (get off at the end Reitter Ferenc utca)

by tram No. 14 from Lehel tér (M3, blue metro line), get off at Rokolya utca stop
by bicycle: a cycle path leads to the museum and you can park your bike in the aprk for free.
by car - free parking in the museum's closed parking lot.

Opening Hours - 2012

Date	Opening Hours	Interactive Activities
1st Jan-12th March	Closed
2nd April-31st Oct	Tue-Sun: 10.00-18.00, Closed on Mondays	10.00-16.00
2nd Nov - 5th Dec	Tue-Sun: 10.00-15.00, Closed on Mondays	by appointment only
2nd Nov-5th Dec	Tue-Sun: 10.00-15.00, Closed on Mondays	by appointment only
6th Dec-31st Dec	Closed

Admissions & Fees in the Hungarian Railway Museum

TIP: Budapest Card Discount: one child can enter free of charge.

Entry		Interactive Activities
kids aged 0-4	free	engine driving	1000 HUF/engine
kids aged 4-18	400 HUF	engine simulator	800 HUF/person
pensioners	600 HUF	hand-operated cart	500 HUF/cart
adult (over 18)	1 100 HUF	ride on the turntable	free
familiy ticket (2 adults + 2 kids)	2 200 HUF	model railway	300 HUF/person
		ride on the garden rail-cycle	400 HUF/person
photo permit	400 HUF/day	ride in Tchaika car	500 HUF/person

NOTE: The prices and opening hours might change, before visiting always check for up-to-date information on the official site of the railway park at: Hungarian Railway Museum.