Public transport

There are a lot of means of transport inside a city if you don't want to walk or use your car or your bicycle.
We can travel by:
- tram
- bus
- trolley bus (only in Budapest)
- underground (only in Budapest)
- taxi

There are other means of transport if we can travel outside the city:
- coach (it is a kind of bus that runs between cities, towns or villages)
- train (slow train, passenger train, fast train or Intercity)
- ship / boat

The tram is the slowest means of transport, it runs in the inner part of cities. It pollutes the environment the least because it uses electricity - and not petrol.
Buses and trolley buses are faster (and less environment-friendly as they use petrol), but the underground is the fastest because it runs under the ground so it doesn't have to fight with the huge amounts of cars and the traffic jam. The underground is like a kind of train and it uses electricity.
Taxis are the most expensive means of transport inside the city. We can call a taxi by telephone or we can find some cars at the taxi stations. Most people use taxis only when they are in a hurry.

We can get on and get off the vehicle at tram or bus stops, and at underground stations.

If you want to travel by any means of transport, you need a ticket or a season ticket. A ticket can be used only for one journey, while the season ticket can be used for a whole month.
Tickets must be handled as soon as you get on a vehicle - otherwise you can be punished (you have to pay a fine, a lot of money if you are caught by a ticket controller).
Tickets can be bought on the vehicle (thought it is more expensive than when you buy it at other places), or in small shops, at post offices, at newsagent's and at termini of trams and buses. Tickets for the underground can be bought only at the termini - and not on the vehicle itself.
Tickets for trains can be bought at the railway stations or in MÁV offices only.