410 result(s) for free public transport
Ticket Inspector Assaulted In Budapest
- 24 Jul 2012 9:00 AM
- getting around
The common-law partner of a public transport fare dodger assaulted a ticket inspector on a tram in Budapest on Monday, cutting his lip, the Budapest Transport Centre announced. A woman riding on tram 14 without a ticket was fined by an inspector at the Lehel tér terminus of the tram.
Budapest Public Transport Company BKV Tests Electric Bus
- 10 Jul 2012 9:00 AM
- getting around
The public transport company BKV is testing an electrically driven bus in Budapest for several weeks. Passengers can try the new bus in southern Buda and in the downtown area from Wednesday, the Budapest transport centre BKK and the BKV said in a joint statement on Monday.
Cabinet Provides Budapest Transport Company BKV Guarantees
- 6 Jul 2012 9:00 AM
- getting around
The cabinet has agreed to provide a full guarantee for financing the BKV after the city agreed on extending refinancing of the public transport company's Ft 63 billion debt with seven banks last week. The decision was made just before a Ft 48 billion BKV loan come due.
IMF Accepts Central Bank Bill, Prepares For Loan Talks With Hungary
- 5 Jul 2012 10:45 AM
- current affairs
The IMF accepts Hungary’s changes to its central bank law and is ready to begin negotiations on a credit arrangement when the bill is passed, managing director Christine Lagarde informed the government in a letter made public last week.
Budapest Joins The Club Of Metropolises With Public Bike-Sharing Systems
- 3 Jul 2012 9:00 AM
- getting around
Budapest is about to join the club of cities that offer public bike-sharing by adding this new element in the public transport service portfolio. The play is to keep extending the system after it has proven citizens of Budapest.
New BKV Boat Service In Budapest Started On 1 July
- 2 Jul 2012 9:04 AM
- getting around
City council approved a plan to have boats carry passengers on the Danube within Budapest as part of the public transport operations. The fee is Ft 400, but seasonal passes will be accepted. The ferry services started on July 1.
Now On: Repainted Icons, Műcsarnok Budapest. Until 1 July
- 25 Jun 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
It was over three decades ago that the jury of the Musée du Château Festival in Cagnes-sur-Mer, France, chaired by art historian Pierre Restany, awarded the “1ere PALETTE D’OR” prize to a young Hungarian artist, Károly Kelemen.
Hagyo Indicted As Budapest Transport Company “Mafia Boss”
- 21 Jun 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Former Socialist deputy mayor Miklos Hagyo and Erno Mesterhazy, one-time senior adviser to former mayor Gabor Demszky, used Budapest public transport company BKV for their own goals as “mafia bosses,” under the indictment read out at their trial at Kecskemet Court last week.
Night of Museums, Children's Railway, Budapest, 16 June
- 14 Jun 2012 10:45 AM
- entertainment
On Saturday, 16th June 2012 we are going to offer nightly train rides, walks through the woods and a drive-in cinema, among other programmes, on the Long Night of Museums.
Ticket Inspector Assaulted In Budapest
- 24 Jul 2012 9:00 AM
- getting around
The common-law partner of a public transport fare dodger assaulted a ticket inspector on a tram in Budapest on Monday, cutting his lip, the Budapest Transport Centre announced. A woman riding on tram 14 without a ticket was fined by an inspector at the Lehel tér terminus of the tram.
Budapest Public Transport Company BKV Tests Electric Bus
- 10 Jul 2012 9:00 AM
- getting around
The public transport company BKV is testing an electrically driven bus in Budapest for several weeks. Passengers can try the new bus in southern Buda and in the downtown area from Wednesday, the Budapest transport centre BKK and the BKV said in a joint statement on Monday.
Cabinet Provides Budapest Transport Company BKV Guarantees
- 6 Jul 2012 9:00 AM
- getting around
The cabinet has agreed to provide a full guarantee for financing the BKV after the city agreed on extending refinancing of the public transport company's Ft 63 billion debt with seven banks last week. The decision was made just before a Ft 48 billion BKV loan come due.
IMF Accepts Central Bank Bill, Prepares For Loan Talks With Hungary
- 5 Jul 2012 10:45 AM
- current affairs
The IMF accepts Hungary’s changes to its central bank law and is ready to begin negotiations on a credit arrangement when the bill is passed, managing director Christine Lagarde informed the government in a letter made public last week.
Budapest Joins The Club Of Metropolises With Public Bike-Sharing Systems
- 3 Jul 2012 9:00 AM
- getting around
Budapest is about to join the club of cities that offer public bike-sharing by adding this new element in the public transport service portfolio. The play is to keep extending the system after it has proven citizens of Budapest.
New BKV Boat Service In Budapest Started On 1 July
- 2 Jul 2012 9:04 AM
- getting around
City council approved a plan to have boats carry passengers on the Danube within Budapest as part of the public transport operations. The fee is Ft 400, but seasonal passes will be accepted. The ferry services started on July 1.
Now On: Repainted Icons, Műcsarnok Budapest. Until 1 July
- 25 Jun 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
It was over three decades ago that the jury of the Musée du Château Festival in Cagnes-sur-Mer, France, chaired by art historian Pierre Restany, awarded the “1ere PALETTE D’OR” prize to a young Hungarian artist, Károly Kelemen.
Hagyo Indicted As Budapest Transport Company “Mafia Boss”
- 21 Jun 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Former Socialist deputy mayor Miklos Hagyo and Erno Mesterhazy, one-time senior adviser to former mayor Gabor Demszky, used Budapest public transport company BKV for their own goals as “mafia bosses,” under the indictment read out at their trial at Kecskemet Court last week.
Night of Museums, Children's Railway, Budapest, 16 June
- 14 Jun 2012 10:45 AM
- entertainment
On Saturday, 16th June 2012 we are going to offer nightly train rides, walks through the woods and a drive-in cinema, among other programmes, on the Long Night of Museums.