Advanced app helps tourists get around in Budapest

BKK Centre for Budapest Transport’s BudapestGO app has been updated with new convenience features. With more than one and a half million users, the app allows customers to plan their journeys more accurately and use it faster thanks to improvements. For those who do not have automatic updates set, they will need to update their app to activate the new features.

As promised, BKK is continuously improving its BudapestGO application, which was launched in February. Based on customer feedback, several new features were added to BKK’s popular app in the first days of October, bkk.hu said.

Journey planning while travelling in a vehicle

An internationally unique new feature has been added to BudapestGO, called “On-board Journey Planning” in the app. Now you can plan a new route on the go, conveniently – even during an unexpected traffic jam. This gives customers real-time, up-to-the-minute arrival information, because the app also takes into account the time spent in the vehicle when calculating the route. So, for example, it won’t direct you on foot to the next stop or try to make you board the next vehicle.

Filter by vehicle category

With BudapestGO, customers can now filter the type of vehicle, choosing between underground, street-level or fixed-rail services. This feature can help customers with reduced mobility or wheelchair users to plan more ideal, barrier-free routes, and for example families with small children or tourists, to calculate their above-ground connections.

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The app is faster

The app is now faster to open and it takes 1-3 seconds less time to load than before, depending on the phone type. This means that passengers can plan their journeys, buy tickets or passes in less time and show their digital products more quickly.