• 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 is an old fashioned Cog Wheel railway that goes from a little place not far from Szell Kalman ter out into the countryside.
  • The Cogwheel Railway (Fogaskerekű), or tram line number 60, is among Budapest’s unique historic public transport options.
  • The Cog-wheel Railway terminates at Széchenyi-hegy, near the former Panorama Hotel, and barely 200 metres walk from the Children’s Railway.
  • A Ganz-built, Rowan-type train on the electrified Cog-wheel Railway line in 1929. Photo: Fortepan / Surányi Sándor – György József.
  • A cogwheel or rack railway is a steep grade railway with a toothed rack rail between the running rails. The trains are fitted with one or more cog wheels or pinions...
  • This post is dedicated to all the transport geeks of the world! Learn about the cutest way of public transportation in Budapest, the cog-wheel railway.
  • Once you step aboard Budapest’s historic two-carriage cogwheel railway (tram line 60), there are a few structural subtleties to immediately notice in order to have...
  • Follow the Cogwheel Railway. "Uphill All the Way". To get to this delightful ride, take tram 56 from Moskva ter to the cylindrical Budapest Hotel.
  • Even if it's technically incompatible with the tramway system today, the Budapest cog-wheel railway still falls under the control of the tramway branch of...
  • The cogwheel railway, which is 149 years old today, is one of Budapest’s oldest means of public transportation. It is not only considered pioneering in dome ...
  • A special way of exchanging the noise of the city for the calming sounds of the forests of the Buda Hills is by means of the CogWheel Railway (Fogaskerekű vasút).
  • Despite the hardships and the dynamic historical events, the cogwheel railway in Budapest has been transporting passengers for 145 years.