Budapest Cog-wheel Railway

The Budapest Cog-wheel Railway (Hungarian: budapesti fogaskerekű vasút) is a rack railway in the Buda part of the Hungarian capital city of Budapest. It connects a lower terminus at Városmajor, two tram stops away from the Széll Kálmán tér transport interchange, with an upper terminus at Széchenyihegy. The line is integrated into the city's public transport system as tram line number 60, is 3.7 kilometres (2.3 mi) in length, and was opened in 1874.

Budapest Cog-wheel Railway
Fogaskerekű going uphill
Overview
Native nameBudapesti fogaskerekű vasút
Line number60
Service
Rolling stock7
Technical
Line length3.7 km (2.3 mi)
Rack systemStrub
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Electrification1,500 V DC
Operating speeduphill 30 km/h
downhill 25 km/h
Route map

BKV route  60 
Remise
 59   61 
Városmajor
Szent János hospital
Orgonás
Esze Tamás street
Forest school
Gyöngyvirág road
Város-kút (Budapest)
Városkút
Svábhegy
Művész road
Széchenyi-hegy
planned extension
Hegyhát way grammar school
Olimpia Szálló
Normafa

The railway is operated by BKV, who also operate the city's tram and metro lines. It runs throughout the year between the hours of 0500 and 2300. As a fully integrated part of Budapest's public transport system, standard tickets and passes can be used.

The Városmajor terminus is adjacent to the Budapest tram stop of the same name, whilst the Széchenyihegy terminus is a 250-metre (820 ft) walk from the similarly named terminus of the Budapest Children's Railway.

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