Starting December 10, Hungarian Railways will launch a new daytime direct train No. 143/146 Vienna – Chop – Vienna, which will provide convenient connections to Ukrainian night trains to Kyiv and Lutsk via Lviv and Rivne, Ukrzaliznytsia reported on its Telegram channel on Friday.
It is noted that the cost of a ticket from Kyiv to Vienna (2nd class seat car + compartment) will be about UAH 2.5 thousand, which is UAH 1 thousand cheaper than the direct Kyiv-Vienna connection by “ritz” class cars.
It is also noted that tickets for the domestic part of the trip can be purchased in the UZ app, chatbots, on the website and at station ticket offices, and for the Vienna-Chop-Vienna part – at international ticket offices of UZ or Austria.
“Ukrzaliznytsia added that it plans to launch online ticket sales to Hungary and Austria in the coming weeks.
According to UZ, border and customs operations will take place at the Chop station, with a transfer time of 2-2.5 hours.
“Passengers should not worry about their connection in Chop because of possible delays, as the transfer has been agreed upon: the train will always be waiting for all passengers,” the company said.
At the same time, it is specified that the train #146 Chop-Vienna will depart daily at 08:23, arriving in Budapest-Kelethé at 14:20 and in Vienna at 17:20.
On the way back, train #143 Vienna-Chop departs from the Austrian capital at 10:42, Budapest-Kelethé at 13:40 and arrives in Chop at 20:59.
As reported, on October 4, UZ announced the launch of a new rail service between Lviv and Warsaw via Rava-Ruska station, which is operated by the rolling stock of the Polish rail carrier SKPL.
