Budapest Cog-wheel Railway

Budapest Cog-wheel Railway
Fogaskerekű going uphill
Overview
Native name	Budapesti fogaskerekű vasút
Line number	60
Service
Rolling stock	7[1]
Technical
Line length	3.7 km (2.3 mi)
Rack system	Strub
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	1,500 V DC
Operating speed	uphill 30 km/h downhill 25 km/h
Route map Legend BKV route  60  Remise  59   61  Városmajor Szent János hospital Orgonás Esze Tamás street Forest school Gyöngyvirág road Város-kút (Budapest) Városkút Svábhegy Művész road Széchenyi-hegy planned extension Hegyhát way grammar school Olimpia Szálló Normafa

The Budapest Cog-wheel Railway (Hungarian: budapesti fogaskerekű vasút) is a rack railway in the Buda part of the Hungarian capital city of Budapest. It connects a lower terminus at Városmajor [hu], two tram stops away from the Széll Kálmán tér transport interchange, with an upper terminus at Széchenyihegy [hu]. The line is integrated into the city's public transport system as tram line number 60, is 3.7 kilometres (2.3 mi) in length, and was opened in 1874.^[2][3]

The railway is operated by BKV, who also operate the city's tram and metro lines. It runs throughout the year between the hours of 0500 and 2300. As a fully integrated part of Budapest's public transport system, standard tickets and passes can be used.^[2][3]

The Városmajor terminus is adjacent to the Budapest tram stop of the same name, whilst the Széchenyihegy terminus is a 250-metre (820 ft) walk from the similarly named terminus of the Budapest Children's Railway.