You can find on this page the Hungary trains map to print and to download in PDF. The Hungary railways map presents the rail network and shows high speed rails routes of Hungary in Eastern Europe.
The Hungary rail map shows all the railway stations and lines of Hungary trains. This train map of Hungary will allow you to easily travel by train in showing the major rail routes and high speed rail routes of Hungary in Eastern Europe. The Hungary rail map is downloadable in PDF, printable and free.
Hungarian State Railways (Hungarian: Magyar Államvasutak or MÁV) is the Hungarian national railway company, with divisions "MÁV Start Zrt" (passenger transport) and "MÁV Cargo Zrt" (freight transport) as you can see in Hungary rail map. Hungary is a member of the International Union of Railways (UIC). The UIC Country Code for Hungary is 55. The first steam locomotive railway line was opened on 15 July 1846 between Pest and Vác. This date is regarded as the birth date of the Hungarian railways. The Romantic poet Sándor Petőfi, who later became a leader of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, rode on the first train and wrote an occasional poem, predicting that rails would connect Hungary like blood vessels in the human body. Many of the railway major stations (and also numerous major stations within the Austro-Hungarian Empire now located outside Hungary) were designed by Ferenc Pfaff and opened in the late 1880s and 1890s.
Railway lines total as its shown in Hungary rail map: 7,606 km (4,726 mi), Standard gauge: 7,394 km (4,594 mi), Broad gauge: 36 km (22 mi) of 1,520 mm (4 ft 11 5⁄6 in), Narrow gauge: 176 km (109 mi). The standard and broad gauge railways are operated by the State Railways and also the following narrow gauge railways: Nyíregyháza–Balsai Tisza part/Dombrád; Balatonfenyves–Somogyszentpál; Kecskemét–Kiskunmajsa/Kiskőrös and the Children Railway in Budapest. All the other narrow gauge railways are run by State Forest companies or local non-profit organisations. Budapest is the main railway hub of the Hungarian railway network, with three large stations. From Budapest a 7,606 km network radiates through the country with various connections to larger towns.
The first railway in Hungary opened in 1846 between Pest and Waitzen (present day Vác), a distance of about 33km as its mentioned in Hungary rail map. Hungary was at that time part of the Austrian Empire and this was naturally a major influence on railway development, including the choice of standard gauge (1435mm) for main line railway construction. Besides the main line network, there were many narrow gauge lines, typically of 760mm gauge and used in conjunction with forestry operations. A number of these have survived as tourist railways. Budapest is the home of the oldest underground city railway in continental Europe. The first section opened in 1896, pre-dating the Paris Métro by 4 years. It was known as Millenniumi Földalatti Vasút (the Millennium Underground Railway), marking the 1000th anniversary of the traditional date for the founding of Hungary by Árpád, leader of the Magyars. This railway now forms the core of an extensive modern metro system.