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Travel to/from Miskolc
By air There are three Terminals at Budapest Ferihegy Airport receiving and sending flights from to all important cities of Europe and some other continents as well. (i) Terminal 1 is dedicated to cheap air companies it is located roughly 10 kilometres from the centre of the capital city. (ii) Terminal 2A is particularly involved in flights operated by the Hungarian Airlines, MALÉV. It is connected in one huge unit to (iii) Terminal 2B which is engaged to foreign Airlines. Both Terminals 2A and 2B are situated around 15 kilometres far from the city centre. On 29 and 30 June 2007, then on 1 July University of Miskolc will arrange direct shuttle coach transportation from all three terminals 4 to 6-times a day depending on the number of arriving participants. This is why your arrival time including flight name and number would be important particulars for the organisers. This shuttle coach price would cost around the same price as the train ticket plus transportation price to KELETI i.e. EUR 35 to the accommodation site in the Miskolc area. One way travel takes roughly 2 and half hours. If you for some reasons can not take this shuttle coach service it is recommended to purchase AIRPORT MINIBUS to any place of Budapest with Railway Station inclusive. Going back from Miskolc to Budapest-Ferihegy Airport shuttle coaches will be running on 4, 5 and 6 June thus your departure time including flight name and number is needed on the Registration Form. BY RAIL There are three important railway stations in Budapest for arrival and departure from different European cities like (i) Railway Station East (In Hungarian: KELETI PÁLYAUDVAR) located in district VIII: Baross tér. From early in the morning, i.e. from 06.00 until 19.00 in the evening almost each hour there are Intercity trains operating to Miskolc. (Exact timetable is effective after March 2007.) If you arrive at your own to be there, you find the cashier desks downstairs to the main entrance. You can show the following sentence in Hungarian which means that you want a first or second class ticket to the Intercity train departing time inclusive as KÉREK EGy intercity I. (II.) osztályú jegyet ………… indulással Miskolcra helyjeggyel. ("Helyjegy" means reserved ticket and the dots give you place to write the right departure time there.) . One way travel takes roughly 2 hours. (ii) Railway Station West (Nyugati Pályaudvar) has connections also to/from few European cities. To reach Railway Station KELETI you can take a RAIL MINIBUS there or take Metroline 3 and changing it at Deák tér to Metroline 2 to KELETI Pályaudvar. Important warning: if you change the underground line, you have to validate another ticket. (iii) Railway Station South (DÉLI Pályaudvar) has also connections to from European cities. You can take Metroline 2 up to KELETI Pályaudvar directly from there which is the easiest way. How to get to YOUR HOTEL OR TO the University from Miskolc railway station (TISZAI PU) Bus and tram map of Miskolc town Summer bus schedule will be available from 15th of June You will arrive at tiszai PU. railway station (main station) from where you can reach the hotel or the university: - by taxi (recommended) It costs 1.500-3.000 HUF (depending on hotel) but it is advisable to agree on the price with the driver in advance. This is the simplest and quickest way to get to your hotel or to the university, as they are quite a long way from the station. - by public transport to the UNI-HOTEL and University Hostels and university. The bus No. 31. starts from the railway station to the university (~25 minutes). Arriving to the University Campus area the first stop is the Uni-Hotel, the terminal point of the bus is the main entrance of the university (EGYETEMVÁROS), where the registration of the conference will take place. - by public transport to the City HOTEL Take the bus No. 31. from the railway station. Get off at the 5th stop called “SZTK rendelő” (~9 minutes). Walk back opposite to the bus direction ~200m. The City Hotel address: Csabai kapu 6. - by public transport to the Öreg Miskolcz HOTEL Take any tram from the railwaystation to the centre. Get off at the 3rd stop called “Szinvapark” (~6 minutes). Standing in direction of your tram, turn right and walk on the left side of the street “Szentpáli” to the street “Horváth Lajos”. Hotel Öreg Miskolcz address: Horváth Lajos u. 11.
- by public transport to the Park HOTEL Take the No. 31 bus from the railway station as far as “Petneházy bérházak” (5 or 6 or 7 stops- parallel lines on this part of the way), then change for the No. 2 bus and get off at the “Éden Camping” (7 stops). You will need two tickets. Cross the main road and follow walking straight to the Hotel. - by public transport to the HOTEL Palota Oragnisers of the conference do not recommend to take public transport to the Hotel Palota. Nevertheless you can take bus No. 1 from the Tiszai pu. railway station and travel to stop “Diósgyőr” or futher to “Majális-Park” (~20 minutes). Parallel lines of 1 and 5 run between stops of “Diósgyőr” and “Majális-Park”. You have to change for the bus No. 5 and travel to stop “Palotaszálló” which is the Hotel Palace. The bus stops just at the front of the Hotel. You will need two tickets. By euroline There are several international Euroline bus connections between Budapest and European cities. The Terminal is located in Budapest. Üllői út. To reach Railway Station Keleti, you can take a taxi or Metroline 3 to Deák tér and then to change Metroline 2 up to KELETI PÁLYAUDVAR as above. By car There are motorways in the country coming from Vienna, Bratislava Zagreb up to Miskolc. You can purchase motorway vignettes at the first Hungarian petrol station for 4 or 10 days. Other roads are also in good condition. Parking facilities can be found under the Section Accommodation.
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