Tourist information - Public Transport System - Cable Car

With a track almost 100 meters long, and a gradient of 4.8 in 10, the cable car was opened for service in 1870. The idea was to provide cheap transport for clerks working in the Castle District. It used to be operated with a steam engine.

Its successor, completed in 1986, is powered by electricity, although it still users a cable, with the down car counter-balancing the up car. It runs from 7.30 a.m. to 10 p.m., but is closed every other Monday. At the lower terminus there is a long queue during the daytime even out of the tourist season, so if you get off the bus here, try the Király lépcső steps. Castle Hill rises only 50-60 meters above the riverbank, so you can walk to the top in 5 to 10 minutes. If you make a little detour to the left at the first point where paths cross, you can admire the fine proportions of Lánchíd from above the Tunnel and you can also see the cable car from a little bridge over the tracks.