Live loads on this route
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Distances
- Budapest → Munich: about 680 km
- Győr → Munich: about 560 km
- Budapest → Vienna: about 245 km
Transit time
Budapest to southern Germany is about one day with one driver; to the Ruhr about two days. Under EU drivers’ hours rules a driver may drive 9 hours a day (10 hours twice a week) with a 45-minute break after 4.5 hours, so one driver covers roughly 700–800 km a day.
Typical route
- Hegyeshalom – Nickelsdorf: M1 → A4/A1 across Austria
- Walserberg (Salzburg) into Bavaria on the A8
Typical freight
- Automotive parts and vehicles
- Electronics
- Food and agricultural products
- Machinery
Tolls, bans and documents
Tolls
Hungary charges trucks over 3.5 t a distance-based toll through HU-GO. Austria charges vehicles over 3.5 t a distance-based motorway toll collected by the GO-Box. Germany charges a distance-based truck toll (LKW-Maut) on motorways and federal roads for vehicles over 3.5 t, with a CO₂ component.
Night and weekend rules
Austria restricts trucks over 7.5 t at night (22:00–05:00) on most roads, with exemptions for certified low-noise vehicles. Germany bans trucks over 7.5 t on Sundays and public holidays from 00:00 to 22:00, and on many motorways on Saturdays in July and August from 07:00 to 20:00.
Documents
CMR consignment note and EU Community licence. Cabotage (domestic loads by a foreign EU carrier) is limited to three operations within seven days after an international delivery, followed by a four-day cooling-off period in that country.
Tips for carriers
- Automotive deliveries usually have fixed slots — check unloading windows.
- Search Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg for the return to Hungary.
Questions
Which tolls apply from Hungary to Germany?
Hungary’s HU-GO toll, Austria’s GO-Box motorway toll and Germany’s LKW-Maut, all for vehicles over 3.5 t.
Carriers and brokers on this route
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