Urban Public Transport Museum, Transportation museum in Szentendre, Hungary
The Urban Public Transport Museum is a museum in Szentendre that documents the history of public transportation in Hungary. Five exhibition halls and two display areas showcase vehicles, tools, and equipment from different periods of operation.
The building began as a railway depot constructed in 1914 to serve the suburban rail line. Decades later, in 1992, it was converted into a museum space dedicated to displaying and preserving transportation history.
The museum's five halls are thematic: the first covers Budapest's rail lines from the first horse tram to metro construction, the second displays photo panels on tram systems in Miskolc, Debrecen, Szeged and other cities, and the fourth holds the original blacksmith tools of the old Szentendre depot.
The museum sits near the HÉV terminus station, making it straightforward to find. It operates seasonally, so checking current opening hours and getting directions before your visit is helpful.
About sixty historic vehicles are displayed, among them a ZiU-5 trolleybus, the only surviving one in the BKV fleet, and an Ikarus 260T. The ZiU-5, the Ikarus 260T and an Ikarus 180 bus occasionally leave the grounds for nostalgia runs. Off the visitor route, old tram cars wait on the HÉV tracks for restoration.
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