Public transport in Pécs

Volvo 7900 type bus 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.

History[]

Trams[]

Old tram way marks the trace of the once existing public transport in Pécs.

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trams operated in only one tramway, and in the decades after World War two the tramways and the trams were considered outdated so in 1960 they decided not to renovate the trams but develop the bus network. The last route was on 31 August 1960.

Time to time there are plans to reintroduce the tram lines to Pécs with a new network but none of such ideas gained strong political and support further than making feasibility studies.

Buses[]

On 19 August 1926 with 2 Renault-bus started the bus service in Pécs, first between 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, Donátus, 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.

Van-Hool on Line 44

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 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 Negyed () - 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