Budapest, 29 December 2025 – BKK Centre for Budapest Transport will continue to provide public transport services during the last days of the year and the first days of the new year. On 31 December, New Year's Eve, due to the expected high traffic, several high-capacity lines will run throughout the night: all metro and suburban railway lines, Grand Boulevard trams 4 and 6, tram lines 14, 17, 47, 50 and 56A, trolleybuses 75 and 80, and buses 5, 7, 8E, 16 and 223E.
BKK Centre for Budapest Transport will introduce a transport schedule adapted to the changing passenger traffic demands during the Christmas holiday period and New Year's Eve, with more lines than in previous years.
Daytime lines will run according to the following schedules between 29 December 2025 and 4 January 2026:
| 29-31 December |
end-of-year working day schedule, or in the absence thereof, school holiday working day schedule |
| 1 January | public holiday and non-working day schedule |
| 2–3 January | Saturday schedule |
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4 January | Sunday and public holiday schedule |
Late evening and night-time metro and night line services will run according to the following schedules between 29 December 2025 and 4 January 2026:
| On the night of 29 to 30 December | working day schedule |
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Night of 30 to 31 December | working day schedule |
| Night of 31 December to 1 January |
New Year's Eve schedule, metros run all night |
| Night of 1 January to 2 January | weekend (Friday-Saturday) schedule, metros run according to weekend schedule with extended operating hours |
| Night of 2 January to 3 January | weekend (Friday-Saturday) schedule, metros run according to weekend schedule with extended operating hours |
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On the night of 3 January to 4 January | weekend (Friday-Saturday) schedule, metros run according to weekend schedule with extended operating hours |
Transport between the two holidays
From 29 to 31 December, due to changes in passenger traffic and the typical decrease in road traffic, in addition to the metro, many tram, trolleybus and bus lines will run according to the end-of-year schedule, with most lines running according to the school holiday working day schedule. The 33A and 10 lines, which are exclusively for peak hours, will not be running.
Expanded transport on New Year's Eve
Due to increased passenger traffic, the following lines will run throughout the night from 31 December to 1 January:
- the M1, M2, M3 and M4 metro lines
- trams 4, 6, 14, 47, 50 and 56A
- tram 17 on a modified route between Bécsi út / Vörösvári út and Városház tér
- trolleybus 75
- trolleybus 80 on an extended route between Örs vezér tere and Blaha Lujza tér
- buses 5, 8E, 16 and 223E
- Bus 7 will run on a modified route between Újpalota, Nyírpalota út and Deák Ferenc tér with numbering 7B
- According to information from MÁV, suburban railways (HÉV lines) will run all night on all lines.
Many night bus lines will run on a different schedule, connecting with the metro and trams, while the 100E and 200E airport buses will run according to their usual schedule.
The following night lines will be changed:
- Bus 914 will run more frequently between Újpest-központ and Káposztásmegyer, Mogyoródi-patak (marked 914B), and between Határ út and the Dél-pesti autóbuszgarázs
- Bus 923 will run more frequently between Békásmegyer and Nyugati vasútállomás, and between the Dél-pesti autóbuszgarázs and Kálvin tér (marked 923A)
- Bus 931 will run more frequently between Örs vezér tere and Árpádföld (marked 931B) and between Nyugati Dél-pesti autóbuszgarázs and Zöldmál
- Bus 950 also runs more frequently between Pestszentimre vasútállomás and Ganztelep, Mednyánszky utca (marked 950B), and between Újpest-központ and Rákospalota, Kossuth utca.
- Bus 973 runs more frequently between Újpalota, Szentmihályi út and Deák Ferenc tér (marked 973B), and between Savoyai Jenő tér and Nagytétény, ipartelep
- Bus 990 runs more frequently between Normafa and Uránia, and between Rákoskert and Örs vezér tér (marked 990A)
- Buses 901, 908, 909, 909A, 918, 930, 941, 966, 979A and 999 are running on their regular routes but with increased frequency
- Bus 934 is running more frequently than usual, with extended operating hours, on its regular route between Békásmegyer and Nyugati pályaudvar
- Buses running more frequently than usual will operate on the route of bus 956 between Hűvösvölgy and Remetekertváros with numbering 956A.
- Bus 950A is running on a shortened route between Újpest-központ and Rákospalota, Kossuth utca.
- Bus 960 is running on a shortened route between Bécsi út / Vörösvári út and Békásmegyer, Újmegyeri tér.
- Buses 907A, 914A, 916, 931A and 973A will not run on this night due to the availability of the metro service.
- Buses 943 and 992 will not run alongside the suburban railways, which operate throughout the night.
- Buses 922 and 940 will run more frequently throughout the night according to a modified timetable.
- Buses 994 and 994B will run according to a modified timetable, coordinated with bus 914.
On 2 and 3 January, the Saturday schedule will be in effect, and on 4 January, the Sunday schedule will be in effect.
Paid parking between the two holidays
According to the parking regulations, from this year onwards, parking in public spaces will be subject to a charge on working days between the two holidays. On 29, 30 and 31 December, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, parking will be subject to a charge.
On the last day of the year and the first days of the new year, it is also worth using BKK lines. We recommend using the BudapestGO app to plan your journey.
