User:Kemenymate/Bus transport in Budapest

Buses are the main form of public transport in Budapest, Hungary. Most bus services are operated by BKV Zrt., VT-ARRIVA and Volánbusz Zrt. within the city, and Volánbusz Zrt. from the city to surrounding areas.

Front-door boarding only
Several bus lines operate in a front-door boarding only system. Passengers have to show their ticket or pass to the driver while boarding the vehicles. The system has indicated on the schedules and the external displays of vehicles (Felszállás az első ajtón in Hungarian). The external displays contain English text in airport bus lines 100E and 200E only.

Bus lines
Budapest bus network contains of local and suburban bus lines. The 1200 buses in Budapest circulate on 232 routes. The buses are painted darkblue and skyblue. There are regular, shortened, express and night lines.

Regular lines
Buses serve all stops on its routes. Their numbers does not contain letters. For example: 7, 178, 231.

Shortened lines
Numbers with an added 'A' have shorter routes than their regular counterparts (for example bus 30 has a longer itinerary than 30A). The letter 'B' usually denotes a slightly altered route of the number-only version (for example 194B or 250B).

Express lines
Numbers with an added 'E' (for example 7E, 20E or 200E) indicate express services that do not stop at all stops.

Night lines
Numbers between 900 and 999 are night lines. Operates from 11.30 pm to 4.30 am.

Suburban buses
Numbers between 300 and 899 are suburban buses operated by Volánbusz (and its subcontractors) with special tariff rate. The buses are painted yellow or white.