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Big changes to tram and HÉV service in Budapest begin this weekend
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Tram service on lines 2B, 51, and 51A will be disrupted from this Saturday through 1 August due to the construction of the Mester Street crossing, the Budapest Transport Centre (BKK) announced Thursday.
Replacement buses for trams
Line 51 replacement buses will operate between Mester utca / Ferenc körút and Koppány utca in place of the trams. According to BKK, a new street-level crossing is being built across the tram tracks on Mester Street from Saturday, 12 July, through Friday, 1 August. As a result, tram 2B will run on a shortened route between Pesterzsébet, Pacsirtatelep and Mester utca / Könyves Kálmán körút, while lines 51 and 51A will be suspended.
Passengers on tram 2B heading toward the city centre are advised to transfer at Haller utca and take tram 23. Travellers coming from the city centre can board the 51 replacement bus at Boráros tér. Additional bus lines offering alternate routes between Pesterzsébet and the city centre include 223E, 224, and 224E buses.
One HÉV line also suspended
Due to maintenance work, the H7 HÉV will not operate between 12 July and 19 July. Passengers will be transported by replacement buses between Boráros tér and Szent Imre tér, and from Szent Imre tér to Csepel HÉV Station via regular bus lines, according to a statement from the Budapest Transport Centre.
This means a replacement bus marked H7 will serve the route between Boráros tér and Szent Imre tér. To reach the Csepel HÉV station, travellers can take buses 35, 36, 71, 148, 151, 152, and 159, or buses 38, 38A, 138, 238, and 278.