Szob

(German: Zopp an der Donau, Slovak: Soba) is a town in the Danube Bend region, on the border with Slovakia.

Understand
Szob was first mentioned in 1280. It was elevated to town status in 2000.

By train
Trains,  and  are available in every 30 minutes (weekdays) / hourly (weekends) from Budapest-Nyugati pályaudvar via Vác. The journey from Budapest takes one hour and costs. Other direct connections are:


 * Toward west: there are direct international trains to Praha (Czech Republic) via Štúrovo, Nové Zámky, Bratislava (Slovakia) and Brno in every two hours, to Hamburg (Germany) via Dresden and Berlin once a day, and to Terespol (Poland) via Katowice and Warszawa once a day.

Get around
There is no local public transport service. You can use the regional buses operated by Volánbusz.

Nagybörzsöny
There is a long narrow-gauge railway between Szob and Nagybörzsöny operated by two companies. Bezina Valley Forest Railway (Bezina-völgyi Erdei Vasút) operates narrow-gauge trains between Szob and Nagyírtáspuszta. Nagybörzsöny Forest Railway (Nagybörzsönyi Erdei Vasút) operates narrow-gauge trains between Nagyírtáspuszta and Nagybörzsöny. The trains are operated only between March 15 and November 3 on Saturdays, Sundays, and on specific Fridays. The ticket costs for adult: –; for senior, student: –; for children: – (depending on the distance).



Kemence
Kemence Forest Museum Railway (Kemencei Erdei Múzeumvasút) operates narrow-gauge trains between Kemence and Feketevölgy. This is a unique narrow gauge railway at Hungary: all of jobs are done by volunteers. The trains are operated only between April 6 and October 27 on Saturdays and Sundays. The ticket costs for adult: –; for student: – (depending on the distance).



See
In Szob:

In Bernecebaráti:

In Ipolydamásd:

In Kemence:

In Márianosztra:

In Nagybörzsöny:

In Perőcsény:

In Vámosmikola:

Connect
Szob's postal code is H-2628, and its telephone area code is 27.



Go next

 * Esztergom – town west
 * Nagymaros – town east
 * Nyergesújfalu – town west
 * Rétság – town northeast
 * Vác – town east
 * Verőce – village east
 * Visegrád – town east