autopatrolled, Check users
3,448
edits
Changes
m
no edit summary
There's a good point inside Budapest also. It's in the above mentioned neighborhood Kelenföld, on the Budaörsi út (road). You can check the schedule on the homepage [http://www.bkv.hu/angol/home/index.html] of the local transport company, but the bus number 40, 41, 53, 139, 153 are OK. You should try on the OMV petrol station.
An other option to get to this petrol station is to take the tram 19 or 49, go to the last stop (it's in the front of small train station), then walk along the train station until the walking tunnel, go to the right inside the tunnel, on the exit walk straight until you see the highwaymotorway, then go to right and cross the road by the walking bridge, go to left and walk in direction of the mcdonald (where the petrol station is).
The best is to use a sign "M1" or "M7", according if you want go to west or to south.
There is also another petrol station just ~5km further directly before the fork of the highway motorway to M1 or M7. But it seems that you'll find less cars here than at the OMV petrol station.
There is another OMV petrol station which is even closer to the city center. It is situated at the beginning of Budaörsi út. You can reach it easily by walking across the big white suspension bridge, from Pest towards the Citadel, or by taking tram no. 61 from Moszkva Ter. Coming from Pest side you could also take bus no. 112. There is a lot of traffic to M1 and M7. It took us 20min to get a lift to Tatabanya. Our Hungarian friend told us that he never has to wait more than 30min. If you're on foot you'll pass a running track just before arriving at the major M7 intersection. We waited for over an hour, then started walking down the M7 to see if there was a better hitch-out spot down the road, when by random luck a car pulled over to give us a lift. [[nuclearphyllis]]
===M5 South towards [[Belgrade]], [[Arad]] ===
First you have to get to Határ út. That's a station of the 3rd/blue metro. Take the bus [http://www.bkv.hu/english/busz/94gyors.html red#94] ([http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&saddr=Budapest,+IX.+ker%C3%BClet,+Szabadkai+%C3%BAt,+Hungary&daddr=Budapest,+XX.+ker%C3%BClet,+Fiume+utca,+Hungary&sll=47.462074,19.127153&sspn=0.013376,0.029182&ie=UTF8&cd=1&z=13&om=1 route]) (watch out, there is only one at 8:20, the next one is at 12:50 - september 2008) and go untill you see a citroen carmarket on the other side of the road. Here you can start to hitch. I recommend with a sign "[[Szeged]]", that's a bigger city near to the border.
Another good possibility is to take Bus Number 84 from Határ út. This one goes straight onto the highway motorway passing by a petrol station, where you can start to hitch. It took us less than 15 minutes to get a ride from there.
===6 South towards [[Érd]], [[Pécs]] ===
After approximately 30 minutes, you’ll see a big shopping mall called Campona on your left. Get off at the next stop, Budatétényi Sorompó, which is just past the mall. After you exit, turn back and walk the way the bus just came. Cross the street at the first crossing to your right. There’s no street sign, so no name. That street has a railway overpass that crosses over it. Walk under the overpass and in a couple of minutes you'll arrive at a busy road. This is road #6 that goes south to Pecs. Turn right on that road and start hitching from that corner. It's got enough room cars to pull over right there.
If you get dropped off at Érd, you’ll find the highway motorway (M6) and the normal road (6). The road is probably a better choice than the M6 since there's less traffic on M6 because there's a toll to use it and it only lasts till Dunaújváros which is 60 kilometres away.
For food, bathroom, and buses, get dropped of at the Tesco in Pécs. There's a bus station there.