For your Budapest Christmas holiday you can use the updated Budapest Christmas Streetcar Schedule & Route Planner to plan ahead your tram ride on the festive, illuminated Xmas Streetcar of the city of Budapest. You can save the timetables for your mobile or tablet, and choose from several routes. The below schedule may change from year to year so best to check at the Information Points of the public transport or cashiers of BKV.

Tram 2 Christmas Streetcar Schedule in Budapest – pest side

Route of Tram stops: Jaszai Mari Square – House of Parliament, Visitor Centre – Kossuth Lajos Square – Szechenyi István Square – Eotvos Square – Vigado Square – Marcius 15. Square – Fovam Square – Zsil Street – Boraros Square – Haller Street / Soroksari Street – Millenniumi Cultural Centre

December 2, from 5 pm until late evening
December 3, from 5 pm until late evening
December 4, from 5 pm until late evening
December 10, from 5 pm until late evening
December 11, from 5 pm until late evening
December 16, from 5 pm until late evening
December 17, from 5 pm until late evening
December 18, from 5 pm until late evening
December 23, from 5 pm until late evening
December 25, from 5 pm until late evening
December 30, from 5 pm until late evening
January 1, from 5 pm until late evening
January 6, from 5 pm until late evening

Tram 19 Christmas Streetcar Schedule in Budapest – Buda Side

Tram 19 is like the Buda side twin of Tram 2 on the Pest side. The tram runs parallel with the river Danube at the foot of the Buda Hills.

Route of stops run from Old Buda (Obuda where the Romans lived down south to Gellert Spa and beyond further): Becsi Street / Vorosvari Street – Varadi Street – Szent Margit Hospital – Selmeci Street – Katinyi Martirok’s Park – Kolosy Square – Zsigmond Square – Komjadi Bela Street – Szent Lukacs Gyogyfurdo (Lukacs Baths) – Margit hid (Margaret Bridge), Budai hidfo – Bem Jozsef Square – Batthyany Square (Batthyany Market Hall) – Halasz Street – Clark Adam Square (Chain Bridge & the Funicular stop)- Varkert Bazar (Buda Castle Garden Bazaar)- Rudas Gyogyfurdo (Rudas Bath) – Szent Gellert Square (Gellert Spa & Hotel Gellert) – Gardonyi Square – Moricz Zsigmond Square – Kosztolanyi Dezso Square – Karolina Street – Csoka Street – Szent Gellert Church – Kelenfold Railway Station (M4 Station)

December 5, from 5 pm until late evening
December 6, from 5 pm until late evening
December 12, from 5 pm until late evening
December 13, from 5 pm until late evening
December 19, from 5 pm until late evening
December 20, from 5 pm until late evening
December 26, from 5 pm until late evening
December 27, from 5 pm until late evening
January 2, from 5 pm until late evening
January 3, from 5 pm until late evening

Tram 50 Christmas Streetcar Schedule in Budapest

Tram 50 is quite off the city centre, so it is less likely that you will meet tourists here (south East of Budapest, beyond Nepliget.)

Route of stops: Corvin Boulevard – Lehel Sreet – Kossuth Square (not the same where the Parliament Kossuth Sq is) – Fo Street – Arpad Street –
Villanytelep – Lajosmizsei sorompo – Tinodi Street – Margo Tivadar Street – Kemeny Zsigmond Street – Baross Street – Thokoly Sreet – Szarvas csarda square – Madarasz Street- Iparvasut- Honved Street – Bajcsy-Zsilinszky Street – Ungvar Street – Pestszentlorinc, Beke Square

December 1, from 5 pm until late evening
December 15, from 5 pm until late evening

Tram 59 Christmas Streetcar Schedule in Budapest – Buda side

Tram 59 runs at major points on the Buda side. It connects Budapest with many nationwide and international trains via Deli Railway Station.

Route of stops: Szent Janos Hospital – Varosmajor – Nyul Street – Szell Kalman Square (M2 Stop, Mammut Shopping Mall) – Deli palyaudvar / Deli Train Station – Kek Golyo Street – Kiralyhago Square – Kiss Janos altabornagy street – Apor Vilmos Square – Zolyomi Stairs – Vas Gereben Street – Lipto Street – Farkasreti Cemetery – Suveg Street – Marton Aron Square

December 22, from 5 pm until late evening

Tram 49 Christmas Streetcar Schedule in Budapest

Tram 49 runs at major points on the Pest side and the Buda side as it elegantly glides through the scenic Liberty Bridge over the river Danube in Budapest.

Route of stops: Kelenfold Train Station – St. Gellert Church – Csoka Street – Karolina Road – Kosztolanyi Dezso Square – Moricz Zsigmond Korter – Gardonyi Square – St. Gellert Square (Gellert Spa, Liberty Bridge, Hotel Gellert)- Fovam Square (Budapest Great Market Hall) – Kalvin Square – Astoria – Deak Ferenc Square (heart of the city, M1 / M2 / M3 metro lines centre).

December 7, from 5 pm until late evening
December 14, from 5 pm until late evening
December 21, from 5 pm until late evening
December 28, from 5 pm until late evening
January 4, from 5 pm until late evening

Tram 47 Christmas Streetcar Schedule in Budapest

Tram 47 runs at major points on the Pest side and the Buda side as it elegantly glides through the scenic Liberty Bridge over the river Danube in Budapest.

Route of stops: Deak Ferenc Square    – Astoria – Kalvin Square – Fovam Square – Szent Gellert Square – Gardonyi Square – Moricz Zsigmond Square – Ujbuda-Center – Csonka Janos Square – Hauszmann Alajos Street – Etele Street / Fehervari Street – Kalotaszeg Street – Andor Street
– Albertfalva kitero – Albertfalva Street – Fonyod Street – Budafok kocsiszin – Budafoki elagazas
Leanyka utcai lakotelep – Savoyai Jeno Square – Varoshaz Square

Not scheduled for 2018

Tram 56A Christmas Streetcar Schedule in Budapest

Tram 56 runs at major points on the Buda side, up the hilly parts of the Buda Hills and places where nature awaits away from the bustling city, then back to the traffic hub of the Buda side, Moricz Zsigmond Korter / Square.

Route of stops: Huvosvolgy – Heinrich Istvan Street – Volgy Street – Vadaskerti Street – Nagyhid – Zuhatag sor – Kelemen Laszlo Street – Akademia – Budagyongye – Nagyajtai Street – Szent Janos Hospital – Varosmajor – Nyul Street – Szell Kalman Square – Deli Railway Station – Miko Street – Krisztina Square – Dozsa Gyorgy Square – Dobrentei Square – Rudas Thermal Bath – Szent Gellert Square – Gardonyi Square – Moricz Zsigmond Square

Free Travel with Budapest Card

There is no surcharge to travel on the Budapest Christmas Streetcar, you can use your Budapest Card or public transport travel pass, tickets as on any vehicles of the BKV company in Budapest.

See the Budapest Card prices on the link.