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Bus 200E and metro M3orBus 100E and metro M4?

The short answer

These do not go to the same place, so price is not the comparison. The Bus 200E and metro M3 reaches Deak Ferenc ter, where three metro lines meet; the Bus 100E and metro M4 does not. This chain ends at Keleti palyaudvar, Budapest's other mainline station, not Deak Ferenc ter. For Deak Ferenc ter, ride the 100E through to its own terminus, or take the cheaper 200E and M3.

The Bus 100E and metro M4 is quicker: 35 min against 42 min. The Bus 200E and metro M3 varies between 39 and 50 minutes.

Bus 200E and metro M3: Runs all night. Bus 100E and metro M4: 04:36–00:56.

Priced against each other

Whole-party totals · adult fares
What each costs for the whole party, in HUF. The cheaper of the two is marked on every row.
TravelersBus 200E and metro M3Bus 100E and metro M4Difference
1HUF 600HUF 3,000HUF 2,400
2HUF 1,200HUF 6,000HUF 4,800
3HUF 1,800HUF 9,000HUF 7,200
4HUF 2,400HUF 12,000HUF 9,600
5HUF 3,000HUF 15,000HUF 12,000
6HUF 3,600HUF 18,000HUF 14,400
7HUF 4,200HUF 21,000HUF 16,800
8HUF 4,800HUF 24,000HUF 19,200

Side by side

Where each one leaves you
200EM3 · BKKBus 200E and metro M3
From
The same forecourt as the airport bus, outside Terminal 2
To
Deak Ferenc ter, the 100E's own terminus
Luggage
An ordinary city bus and a metro. Busy at peak, with no racks.
Runs
All night
Journey
39–50 min

It ends where the expensive bus ends, at Deak Ferenc ter, for about a quarter of the price and about nine minutes more.

Do not buy the airport ticket for this bus. The 2,500 Ft airport ticket is expressly not valid on the 200E — you need an ordinary ticket.

You change from the bus to metro M3 at Kobanya-Kispest, which is the end of the bus leg and signposted.

At night the route changes but the fare does not: after the metro stops, the 200E runs on to Hatar ut, where night buses leave for the centre roughly every ten minutes. Allow about 50 minutes.

Both the 30-minute and 90-minute tickets allow unlimited transfers within their window.

Bus 200E and metro M3: price for every party size

See BKK ticket prices
100EM4 · BKKBus 100E and metro M4
From
Outside Terminal 2
To
Keleti palyaudvar, via Kalvin ter and a change to the M4
Luggage
A dedicated airport bus, then an ordinary metro carriage with no racks.
Runs
04:36–00:56
Journey
28–55 min

Buy two tickets: the 2,500 Ft airport single for the 100E, then a separate 500 Ft single for the M4 at Kalvin ter. The airport ticket does not cover a transfer.

Kalvin ter to Keleti palyaudvar is three stops on the M4 — Rakoczi ter, II. Janos Pal papa ter, then Keleti — about four minutes.

The M4 stops overnight, roughly 00:56 to 04:36. The 100E keeps running to Kalvin ter regardless, but nothing continues to Keleti in that window.

For Deak Ferenc ter itself, stay on the 100E to its own terminus rather than changing at Kalvin ter.

Bus 100E and metro M4: price for every party size

See the BKK airport ticket

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