Budapest Half Marathon Budapest Half Marathon The Budapest Half Marathon (complete name: Wizz Air Budapest Half Marathon, ) is an annual road running competition over the half marathon distance which takes place in Budapest, Hungary in September. The route starts and ends in City Park and winds through the city center, offering views of some of the city's main sights, such as Andrássy Avenue with the Opera House, the Danube from the Széchenyi Chain Bridge and the Parliament. The 2017 event will take place on Sunday 10 September. Between 1984 and 1993 annual half-marathon races were organized as a side event of the
Budapest–Újszász–Szolnok railway Budapest–Újszász–Szolnok railway Budapest–Újszász–Szolnok railway line is the number 120a line of the MÁV. It is a double track, electrified track, which is part of the international rail system. It goes on as Line number 120, which connects Budapest, Békéscsaba, Lökösháza, Arad (in Romania)]. The line from Budapest to Szolnok is 100 km long. Starting from Budapest as far as Rákos, it runs on the same track as the 80a line. Here it turns to South-Southwest, crosses the plain of Pest and the South part of the hills of Gödöllő. Its route follows the Tápió and Zagyva rivers, crossing at Újszász.