It is numbered as EC 172-173 and runs daily, mainly with MÁV owned rolling stocks.

MÁV planned to introduce a high level, international rail service with other railway companies of the Eastern Bloc.

The Interexpress alliance was founded with the membership of the Czechoslovakian ČSD, Polish PKP, Hungarian and East German DR.

During the next two years it had direct rolling stocks to and from Vienna and in the summer period to Malmö.

The Interexpress network was dissolved after the regime change in Eastern Europe, so Hungaria was operated out of this system’s scope.

Starting at Budapest Nyugati station, the train follows the Danube upstream, stopping at Vác, Nagymaros-Visegrád and Szob.

The scenic route along the Elbe river is used to cross the border to Germany, reaching Děčín just before doing so.