Guess which is the busiest railway station in Hungary!
Close to 700 million passengers rode on the trains and buses of state-owned MÁV-Volán group last year, MÁV said on Sunday. But which one is the busiest railway station?
Almost 97 million passengers rode on MÁV-Start long-distance trains last year, while the business registered 4.75 billion passenger-kilometres, up from 3.1 billion in 2021. The share of long-distance rail tickets purchased online or using the MÁV mobile application reached 35 percent and the share bought at ticket machines rose to 18 percent.
Around 63 million passengers travelled on MÁV-HÉV rapid suburban rail trains in and around the capital last year. Volánbusz buses carried 539 million passengers and registered 6.9 billion passenger-kilometres in 2022.
The busiest railway station is Nyugati, with 18 million passengers in 2022. Vác stands out among the stations with 3.7 million passengers, napi.hu reports.
Source: MTI, napi.hu