We offer FREE admission for our visitors on the 20th of August! Try your hand at driving a locomitive, take a ride on the garden railway or take a peek inside the locomotives of past centuries.
Date: August 20, Wednesday 10:00 – 18:00
Venue: Hungarian Railway Museum, 1142 Budapest, Tatai út 95.
Special Attraction
See the legendary Golden Train on Track 1 of the B turntable – originally built in 1938 to carry the Holy Right Hand relic of King Saint Stephen across the country. Short films about its history will be shown in the Orient Hall.
Interactive Programs
Discover the wonders of railway history and try our interactive programmes*:
✅ Garden Railway
✅ Ride on a locomotive
✅ Handcar
✅ Engine shed turntable
✅ Tchaika Rail car
*Admission to the Hungarian Railway Museum and riding the railway turntable are free of charge, but our additional interactive programs are available for a fee.
Free Museum Bus
Thanks to the team of BPO-569, two nostalgic Ikarus buses (including a freshly restored, rare Hajdú Volán-liveried BB-CC 075) will run from Népliget and Újpalota to the Museum. Travel is free of charge, donation boxes and unique souvenir tickets are available on board.
The Hungarian Railway Museum reserves the right to change the program.