Kecskemét is pretty much equidistant from the capital metropolis Budapest in the northwest and the southern university city of Szeged in the southeast, about 90 km from both cities.
By bus
Direct service leaves from Budapest's Népliget bus station. Travel time varies between an hour and twenty minutes and two hours.
By plane
From Budapest's Ferihegy Airport, Kecskemét can be reached in 58 minutes by train from the recently opened Ferihegy train station near Terminal 1 from Terminal 2, you can catch a bus (12 mins., 300 ft (ca. 1,20 ⬠or 1,85 $ to the train station). The trains from Budapest usually stop at Ferihegy at twelve minutes past the hour and reach Kecskemét at ten minutes past the next hour. A ticket for this train is 1350 ft ca. 5,30 ⬠or 8,30 US-$.
By car
The M5 freeway connects Kecskemét to Budapest.
By train
Direct service from Budapest leaves from Budapest Nyugati station hourly, always ten before the hour. Prices currently are 1460 ft 5,75 ⬠or 9 $ one way and a reservation can be purchased for an additional 520 ft 2,05 ⬠or 3,20 $. The entire journey takes an hour and twenty minutes.
Trains also leave from Szeged every hour, always on 42 minutes past the hour. The trip is an hour and four minutes and costs 1350 ft 5,30 ⬠or 8,30 $.Online timetables (http://www.elvira.hu/)