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 Metro in a limited state, with the gates opening as one approaches. Ticket validators have been installed on a bus and at the terminus of line H6, but are not being used. Lines run from approximately 04:30 to 23:30 every day, though times vary slightly between lines. The Budapest Metro is completely electrified and standard gauge in operation. Three different types of rolling stock are currently in service: Budapest Metro The Budapest Metro () is the rapid transit system in the Hungarian capital Budapest. It is the oldest electrified underground railway system on the European continent, and the third-oldest electrically operated