I can’t say much about Zagreb as I have arrived in the evening and left the next morning by train to Budapest. Half of the evening I’ve ent on organising and finding out how to get from Zagreb to Budapest as the main train station Zagreb Glavni Kolodvor was closed. I have asked numerous persons and everyone told me a different story. Also I had to realised that if something is not on Google Maps it doesn’t mean it is doesn’t exist. Which is namely the train station Maksimir, which by the way most of the locals didn’t know either. So here it goes my trip from Zagreb to Budapest.
Take Tram 9 or 10 (ten is only a temporary line and is not listed anywhere) to Borongaj. From Borongaj it is a 5min walk to the station Maksimir.
From Maksimir you have to go to the next bigger town which is Sesvete. However if you don’t have a ticket to Budapest they won’t be able to issue you one there. So luckily the train was still on the plattform and I was able to jump back in. So in any case it is best to go directly to Dugo Selo (from Maksimir) as there you can buy a ticket to Budapest. The train leaves Dugo Selo at 10:24, be sure to be there well before that time. From Dugo Selo there is a train that runs until Koprivnica where you have to change trains again.
The next train from Koprivnica goes until the border of Hungary. From there you will be informed that you have to take a bus. So we did. The bus takes you to the next small town from where you can finaly take a direct train to Budapest. This describes the alternative route during construction work in Zagreb Glavni Kolodor and Budapest in Hungary.
It has actually been my best journey so far as I have met a guy from Chile who is only leave from the Peace Corp troops in Eastern-Europe and another guy from Brasil, who was doing some voluntary work in Ukraine. We continued our trip together and later met three Crotians on the way to the Mumford’s & Sons concert in Budapest. It was great fun exchanging stories.
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