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Bratislava
Trams of Hungary, Czechia & Slovakia

Tuesday 29 April to Tuesday 13 May 2025

Budapest, Bratislava, Brno and Prague are home to hundreds of kilometres of tram lines as well as plenty of cultural sights. This 15-day tour of
Central Europe provides an excellent opportunity to cover as many as possible.
Day 1 - London to Frankfurt Day 4 - Hungarian Railway Museum Day 6 - Urban Transport Museum
Mid-morning departure on Eurostar from London St. A morning visit to Europe’s largest open air railway Take the local HEV line out to Szentendre today.
Pancras to Brussels Midi, where we make an onwards museum at Vasuttorteneti Park. The roundhouse and Here, we find an old depot dating back to 1914,
connection to Frankfurt for a 1-night stay. its 34 bays provide an ideal home for the operational housing everything from old tram cars and trolley
vintage fleet. This includes a steam engine built in buses, to photographs, documents, tickets and route
Day 2 - Onwards to Vienna
Travelling via Nuremburg, we arrive in Vienna early 1870 and the legendary Árpád railcar, built in 1934. maps, and a lot more.
The gem of the vintage fleet is the elegant teak dining
evening for a 1-night stay. Day 7 - On to Bratislava
car built for the Orient Express in 1912. On our
Day 3 - Vienna & Budapest Trams return to the city, continue exploring the vast tram A last chance to travel on any lines you have missed
A late morning departure gives us some time to network. before departing on a direct train to Bratislava,
explore the Lokalbahn or other attractions of Vienna arriving early afternoon. Once checked in, the
and still affords us an early afternoon arrival in afternoon is free to ride the Slovakian capital’s tram
Budapest for a 4-night stay. A cosmopolitan capital and trolly bus system. Bratislava’s Old Town is known
city full of art nouveau architecture and several for its many churches, riverbank promenade and
UNESCO World Heritage Sites, all of which can be cultural institutions.
explored using the city’s extensive tram system.

Childrens Railway, Budapest © Richard Lemon

Day 5 - Cogwheel & Children’s Railways
A round-trip with journeys on both the Cogwheel
Railway to Széchenyi-hegy, and then the Children’s
Railway, which winds its way through the picturesque
Vienna Tram © Ray Smith diesel locomotives, signals, points and a timetable. Bratislavs tram © Ray Smith
Buda Hills. Like any other railway, it has ticket offices,
Unlike other railways though, this one is run by
children.

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