Budapest to Beograd / Belgrade by train

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From Budapest Keleti to Beograd

Journey Summary

Travel Time
8hr 17min (service currently suspended)
Frequency
Daily
Tickets

Book early and save: No

Online bookings open: around 140 days ahead of the travel date, but you won't save any money if you book this train online.

Until the end of 2019 train tickets can only be booked for journeys as far as Novi Sad, if you want to travel on to Beograd/Belgrade you will need to take a bus on from Novi Sad, purchasing separate tickets for the bus journey.

Where to book
Ticket Provider Approximate Cost
MAV from €15

MAV Guide

MAV is the national railway operator in Hungary and its newly relaunched website is still at the 'beta' stage, but it can be used to make bookings.
The MAV website also sells tickets for the direct international trains from Hungary and it's booking path for overnight trains is particularly easy to follow.

cd.cz *

cd.cz Guide

CD is the national rail operator in Czechia and its very smart online booking service sells tickets for all express train services which it operates within Czechia, as well international journeys by EC, Railjet, SuperCity and overnight trains.
Some express trains, both within and to/from Czechia are operated by LeoExpress and Regiojet and these cannot be booked with CD.

CD also sells international tickets involving changes of train outside of Czechia for end-to-end journeys:

  • to Belgium
  • destinations in Germany not served by direct trains
  • to Paris
  • to Arhus, Copenhagen and Odense in Denmark
  • to destinations in Italy served by the overnight trains from Austria
  • to Luxembourg
  • to destinations in the The Netherlands, including Amsterdam, which are on the route of the direct trains from Berlin
  • to destinations in Romania, including Bucuresti served by the direct day and night trains from Budapest.

In addition to tickets, seat reservations, reservations for bicycles, plus reservations for couchettes and sleeping cabins, can also be booked online with CD, with no booking fees.

On this journey

Good to Know

This direct train from Budapest to Beograd is currently being terminated at Novi Sad with no onward connection by train beyond Novi Sad to the Serbian capital.

This is due to ongoing work on the railway route between Beograd and Novi Sad - and this situation will be in place until the end of the year.

However, according to the European Rail Timetable the train from Budapest, which is due to depart daily at 11:57 will terminate at Kelebia, from where a connecting train will convey passengers to Novi Sad.

If the connections are on time you should arrive in Novi Sad at 18:42.

So if you see Kelebia and not Novi Sad on the departure screens at Budapest-Keleti station, this info will be for the train you'll need to take.

The Serbian national rail operator isn't providing replacement bus services on from Novi Sad to Beograd/Belgrade, but it isn't currently possible to book train tickets from Budapest on Beograd on this route.

There are buses operated by private companies which connect Novi Sad to Beograd, but train tickets and rail passes won't be valid on those buses.

Though the long-distance bus station in Novi Sad is adjacent to the train station.

This direct train from Budapest to Beograd is currently being terminated at Novi Sad with no onward connection by train beyond Novi Sad to the Serbian capital.

This is due to ongoing work on the railway route between Beograd and Novi Sad - and this situation will be in place until the end of the year.

However, according to the European Rail Timetable the train from Budapest, which is due to depart daily at 11:57 will terminate at Kelebia, from where a connecting train will convey passengers to Novi Sad.

If the connections are on time you should arrive in Novi Sad at 18:42.

So if you see Kelebia and not Novi Sad on the departure screens at Budapest-Keleti station, this info will be for the train you'll need to take.

The Serbian national rail operator isn't providing replacement bus services on from Novi Sad to Beograd/Belgrade, but it isn't currently possible to book train tickets from Budapest on Beograd on this route.

There are buses operated by private companies which connect Novi Sad to Beograd, but train tickets and rail passes won't be valid on those buses.

Though the long-distance bus station in Novi Sad is adjacent to the train station.

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