They left Budapest station on foot after a stand-off with police, defying official efforts to take them to reception centres and register them.
Earlier on Friday another group escaped along railway tracks in Bicske, to the west, from a train stopped by police.
European Union states are struggling to agree on how to deal with the crisis.
The surprise announcement by Prime Minister Viktor Orban's chief of staff late on Friday night followed several days of chaotic scenes.
Janos Lazar said Hungary had not yet had a response from the Austrian government regarding its bus plan.
Hungary has become a major transit nation for people fleeing the Middle East and Africa, seeking to reach north and west Europe.
BBC
4/9/15
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