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Public transport in Pécs

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Public transport in Pécs

Public transport in Pécs, Hungary is provided by two companies, Tükebusz Zrt (from February 2012) and PK Zrt (Pécsi Közlekedési Zrt). Unlike the transport companies of many other cities, Tükebusz Zrt. is independent from the company responsible for municipal transport in the county (Pannon Volán) and is responsible only for the mass transportation in Pécs.

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Trams

On 20 October 1913 started the tram network in Pécs in 3 lines:

  • Zsolnay gyár - Főpályaudvar,
  • Budai külvárosi pályaudvar - Hadapród iskola,
  • Zsolnay gyár - Hadapród iskola.
  • The length of the tramways were 1303 + 3349 + 417 = 5069 m. Pécs was the 29th city in the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy which had tram line. The trams operated in only one tramway, and in the decades the tramways and the trams themselves became outdated so in 1960 they decided not to renovate the trams but develop the bus network. The last route was on 31 August 1960.

    Nowadays there are plans to build new tram lines in Pécs (basically between Uránváros and Meszes replacing bus lines 2 and 21, and between Megyer and the city center replacing bus lines 6 and 7) but the tight streets do not support the idea and the budget is not available for such a big project.

    Buses

    On 19 August 1926 with 2 Renault-bus started the bus service in Pécs, first between Széchenyi tér and the cemetery. With the mining in Pécs there started to operate buses between the city center and the mines. In the 1930s the buses started to be popular, new lines started to operate to Mecsek. After the 2nd World War from Budapest and from nationalized private companies Pécs got new buses, and in 1948–49 new lines started to operate to Kokszmű, Bálics, Nagymeszes, Postvölgy, Nagyárpád, Szabolcsfalu, Tettye, Donátusba, Vasas, Pellérd, all from Széchenyi Square. In 1958 there were 58 buses.

    In 1960 the tram lines have been closed, the lines got numbers and they were reconstructed. Széchenyi square was not big enough for all of the lines and buses, some started from Kossuth square and from Újmecsekalja. In 1964 the company had 109 buses after it merged to the county's company, most of them Škoda (Karosa ŠM) or Ikarus 30, 620, 630, 66.

    The city had grown very fast, in Újmecsekalja, Meszes and Kertváros there were built thousands of new flats.

    In 1976 Pécs had the first Ikarus 260 and 280 types and until 1983 they discarded all old types and had only Ik-260s and Ik-280s. In 1979 the Nevelési Központ station opened in Megyer, at this time buses started from Újmecsekalja, Főpályaudvar, Budai állomás, Kossuth tér, Kertváros and Nevelési Központ. In 1986 they closed the Kossuth tér station.

    In 1987 the numbering changed:

  • 1–7: main lines
  • 10–15: buses from Budai Állomás (East-Pécs)
  • 20–27: buses from Újmecsekalja (West-Pécs)
  • 30–43: buses from Főpályaudvar (train station, city center)
  • 50: bus from Kertváros (South-Pécs)
  • 60–62: buses from Nevelési Központ (South-Pécs)
  • 80–88: mining buses
  • 101–107: express lines
  • This system is still available with some minor changes.

    In 1988 there was the peak in the number of buses (181) and the number of passengers. In 1993 Pécsi Közlekedési Rt. was founded and separated from Pannon Volán. In 1995 Pécs had new Ikarus Bus 415 and 435 buses, and from 1999 Mercedes-Benz Citaro and Mercedes-Benz Conecto types.

    In 2003 the name changed to Pécsi Közlekedési Rt and from the old white-blue colours they changed to yellow-blue which are the colours of the city. Now they have 167 buses (75 Ikarus and 88 Mercedes). In 2009 PK Zrt sold all of their buses for 2.2 billion Forints and started to rent them for 2.1 billion Forints annually. In 2012 the court gave back the buses to PK Zrt because of misappropriation.

    PK Zrt had approximately 800 million Forints debt in 2012, it bankrupted, and the city started a new transport company named Tükebusz Zrt. They rent the buses from PK Zrt.

    Bus services

    Daytimes bus services
    1: Uránváros – Csontváry utca – Uránváros 2: Uránváros – Árkád (shopping center) – Mecsekszabolcs 2A: Uránváros – Árkád (shopping center) – Fehérhegy 3: Kertváros – Főpályaudvar (railway station) – Árkád (shopping center) – Autóbusz-állomás (bus station) – Kertváros 4: Uránváros – Árkád (shopping center) – Hősök tere 4: Uránváros – Árkád (shopping center) – Hősök tere - Árpádtető 4: Uránváros – Árkád (shopping center) – Hősök tere - Gesztenyés 4Y: Uránváros – Árkád (shopping center) – Újhegy 6: Kertváros – Főpályaudvar (railway station) – Árkád (shopping center) – Autóbusz-állomás (bus station) – Kertváros 12: Budai állomás – István-akna 13: Főpályaudvar (railway station) – Árkád (shopping center) – Hird, Harangláb utca 14: Főpályaudvar (railway station) – Árkád (shopping center) – Petőfi-akna 15: Főpályaudvar (railway station) – Árkád (shopping center) – István-akna 15A: Főpályaudvar (railway station) – Árkád (shopping center) – Somogy 16: Budai állomás – Finn utca 20: Uránváros – Árkád (shopping center) – Baromfifeldolgozó 20A: Főpályaudvar (railway station) – Árkád (shopping center) – Hőerőmű 22: Kertváros – Árkád (shopping center) – Nagydeindol 23: Kertváros – Árkád (shopping center) – Deindol 24: Kertváros – Árkád (shopping center) – Mecsekszentkút 25: Budai állomás – Patacs, Benczúr Gyula utca 25A: Uránváros – Tettye Forrásház 26: Budai állomás – II-es rakodó 27: Uránváros – Árkád (shopping center) – Gesztenyés 28: Uránváros – Árkád (shopping center) – Cassian-telep 30: Főpályaudvar (railway station) – Kürt utca 30Y: Zsolnay Mausoleum - Zsolnay Negyed (Zsolnay Cultural Quarter) - Kürt utca 32: Főpályaudvar (railway station) – MTA-Székház – Főpályaudvar (railway station) 33: Főpályaudvar (railway station) – Árkád (shopping center) – Tettye, Havihegyi út 34: Főpályaudvar (railway station) – Dömörkapu 34A: Főpályaudvar (railway station) – Szanatórium 35: Főpályaudvar (railway station) – Misinatető 36: Főpályaudvar (railway station) – Bálics 37: Főpályaudvar (railway station) – Donátus 38: Főpályaudvar (railway station) – Árkád (shopping center) – Lámpásvölgy 39: Főpályaudvar (railway station) – Árkád (shopping center) – Gyükés 40: Főpályaudvar (railway station) – Árkád (shopping center) – Gesztenyés 41: Főpályaudvar (railway station) – Reménypuszta 42: Főpályaudvar (railway station) – Nagyárpád 44: Vásárcsarnok – Széchenyi tér – Vásárcsarnok 55: Kertváros – Kürt utca 55Y: Kertváros – Kürt utca 60: Budai állomás – Csontváry utca – Budai állomás - Mecsekszabolcs 60A: Budai állomás – Csontváry utca – Budai állomás 71: Főpályaudvar (railway station) – Árkád (shopping center) – Autóbusz-állomás (bus station) – Malomvölgyi út 71Y: Főpályaudvar (railway station) – Árkád (shopping center) – Autóbusz-állomás (bus station) – Málom - Malomvölgyi út – Főpályaudvar (railway station) 72: Főpályaudvar (railway station) – Árkád (shopping center) – Autóbusz-állomás (bus station) – Fagyöngy utca 73: Főpályaudvar (railway station) – Árkád (shopping center) – Autóbusz-állomás (bus station) – Fagyöngy utca – Malomvölgyi út 73Y: Főpályaudvar (railway station) – Árkád (shopping center) – Autóbusz-állomás (bus station) – Fagyöngy utca – Málom – Malomvölgyi út – Főpályaudvar (railway station) 81: Petőfi-akna – Hird, Harangláb utca 104: Petőfi-akna – Uránváros 113: Budai állomás – Hird, Harangláb utca 120: Uránváros – Árkád (shopping center) – Baromfifeldolgozó – Kertváros 122: Fagyöngy utca – Autóbusz-állomás (bus station) – Árkád (shopping center) - Nagydeindol 123: Fagyöngy utca – Autóbusz-állomás (bus station) – Árkád (shopping center) - Deindol 124: Fagyöngy utca – Autóbusz-állomás (bus station) – Árkád (shopping center) - Mecsekszentkút 126: István-akna – Uránváros 130: Kertváros – Főpályaudvar (railway station) – Kürt utca 130A: Főpályaudvar (railway station) – Kertváros
    Night times bus services
    2: Uránváros – Árkád – Fehérhegy – Mecsekszabolcs – Hősök tere 926: Uránváros – Korsó utca – Deindol – Uránváros 932: Főpályaudvar (railway station) – Pálosok – Donátus – MTA-székház – Főpályaudvar (railway station) 940: Főpályaudvar (railway station) – Szamárkút – Ledina – Kórház 941: Malomvölgyi út – Árpádváros – Malomvölgyi út 943: Főpályaudvar (railway station) – Újhegy – Somogy – Vasas – Hirdi elágazás 973: Főpályaudvar (railway station) – Fagyöngy utca – Malomvölgyi út

    References

    Public transport in Pécs Wikipedia


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