Route 100E
Overview
Operator	ArrivaBus [ hu]
Depot	Bogáncs Street
Vehicle	MAN Lion's City C18
Status	active
Began service	July 8, 2017
Route
Start	Liszt Ferenc Airport 2
Via	Kálvin tér Astoria
End	Deák Ferenc tér
Service
Level	Daily
Frequency	Every 10 or 12 minutes [1]
Operates	Nonstop [1]
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Route 100E is a bus route in Budapest that serves as an express service between Liszt Ferenc International Airport and downtown Pest. It is operated by ArrivaBus for Budapesti Közlekedési Központ (BKK) and requires a premium fare (2200 HUF one-way as of April 2023 ^[2]). The route operates at all times.

History

Route 100E was introduced on July 8, 2017—a few days before the 17th FINA World Championships ^{[3] [4]}—to supplement the existing 200E service, in operation in some form since 1960. Frequency and operating hours were first extended on 18 May 2018. ^[5] Since August 2022, ^[6] 100E operates at all times. In April 2023, BKK added the English-language designation "Airport Express" to the route's destination signs as a pathfinding measure for non-Hungarian speakers. ^[7]

BKK has always charged a premier fare on this route, although this fare's price has steadily increased over time, from 900 to 1500 HUF in July 2022 and then to 2200 HUF in April 2023. ^{[8] [9]} These price increases, as well as the route's contactless payment system, standalone on the BKK network, have been criticized. ^{[10] [11]}

According to BKK's internal data, 83% of the service's users are foreign visitors to Hungary. ^[12]

Route

Stops and connections

100E (Liszt Ferenc Airport 2 ◄► Deák Ferenc tér M)
Travel time (↓) (minutes)	Stop name	Travel time (↑) (minutes)	Connections	Buildings / Monuments
0	Liszt Ferenc Airport 2 terminus	35	200E	Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
31	Kálvin tér M getting off only (↓) getting on only (↑)	4	47, 48, 49 72, 83 9, 15	Metro station, Fővárosi Szabó Ervin Könyvtár, Hungarian National Museum
33	Astoria M getting off only (↓) getting on only between 0:12 and 4:32 (↑)	2	47, 48, 49 72, 74 5, 7, 8E, 9, 107, 108E, 110, 112, 133E	Metro station, ELTE-Faculty of Humanities (BTK), Danubius Hotel Astoria, Dohány Street Synagogue
35	Deák Ferenc tér M terminus	0	47, 48, 49 72 9, 16, 105, 178, 210, 210B, 216	Metro station, Town Hall, Budapest Eye, Millennium Underground Museum

References