Route 100E is a bus route in Budapest that serves as an express service between Liszt Ferenc International Airport and downtown Pest. It is operated by ArrivaBus for Budapesti Közlekedési Központ (BKK) and requires a premium fare (2200 HUF one-way as of April 2023[2]). The route operates at all times.
| Route 100E | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Overview | |||
| Operator | ArrivaBus | ||
| Depot | Bogáncs Street | ||
| Vehicle | MAN Lion's City C18 | ||
| Status | active | ||
| Began service | July 8, 2017 | ||
| Route | |||
| Start | Liszt Ferenc Airport 2 | ||
| Via | Kálvin tér Astoria | ||
| End | Deák Ferenc tér | ||
| Service | |||
| Level | Daily | ||
| Frequency | Every 10 or 12 minutes[1] | ||
| Operates | Nonstop[1] | ||
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History
Route 100E was introduced on July 8, 2017—a few days before the 17th FINA World Championships[3][4]—to supplement the existing 200E service, in operation in some form since 1960. Frequency and operating hours were first extended on 18 May 2018.[5] Since August 2022,[6] 100E operates at all times. In April 2023, BKK added the English-language designation "Airport Express" to the route's destination signs as a pathfinding measure for non-Hungarian speakers.[7]
BKK has always charged a premier fare on this route, although this fare's price has steadily increased over time, from 900 to 1500 HUF in July 2022 and then to 2200 HUF in April 2023.[8][9] These price increases, as well as the route's contactless payment system, standalone on the BKK network, have been criticized.[10][11]
According to BKK's internal data, 83% of the service's users are foreign visitors to Hungary.[12]
Route
| Toward Deák Ferenc tér | Toward Liszt Ferenc Airport 2 |
|---|---|
| Liszt Ferenc Airport 2 (terminus) – Repülőtéri bekötőút – Road 4 – Üllői út – Ferihegyi repülőtérre vezető út – Üllői út – Múzeum körút – Károly körút – Deák Ferenc tér M (terminus) | Deák Ferenc tér M (terminus) – Károly körút – Múzeum körút – Üllői út – Ferihegyi repülőtérre vezető út – Üllői út – Road 4 – Repülőtéri bekötőút – Liszt Ferenc Airport 2 (terminus) |
Stops and connections
| 100E (Liszt Ferenc Airport 2 ◄► Deák Ferenc tér M) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travel time (↓) (minutes) | Stop name | Travel time (↑) (minutes) | Connections | Buildings / Monuments | |
| 0 | Liszt Ferenc Airport 2 terminus | 35 |  200E | Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport | |
| 31 | Kálvin tér M getting off only (↓) getting on only (↑) | 4 |    47, 48, 49 72, 83 9, 15 | Metro station, Fővárosi Szabó Ervin Könyvtár, Hungarian National Museum | |
| 33 | Astoria M getting off only (↓) getting on only between 0:12 and 4:32 (↑) | 2 |  47, 48, 49 72, 74 5, 7, 8E, 9, 107, 108E, 110, 112, 133E | Metro station, ELTE-Faculty of Humanities (BTK), Danubius Hotel Astoria, Dohány Street Synagogue | |
| 35 | Deák Ferenc tér M terminus | 0 |  47, 48, 49 72 9, 16, 105, 178, 210, 210B, 216 | Metro station, Town Hall, Budapest Eye, Millennium Underground Museum | |
