Budapest Keleti station

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Budapest Keleti station - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 47°30′01″N 19°05′02″E / 47.50028°N 19.08389°E

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Budapest Keleti station

Keleti pályaudvar

Budapest Keleti viewed from the west

General information

Location

Kerepesi út 2-4
1087 Budapest
Hungary

Coordinates

47°30′01″N 19°05′02″E / 47.50028°N 19.08389°E

Elevation

116 metres (381 ft)

Owned by

Hungarian State Railways (MÁV)

Line(s)

Platforms

Tracks

Connections

Metro:

Tram:

Construction

Architect

Gyula Rochlitz

Other information

IATA code

XXQ

Website

www.mavcsoport.hu/mav-start/belfoldi-utazas/vasutallomas/budapest-keleti

History

Opened

16 August 1884; 140 years ago

Services

Preceding station		Following station
Kelenföld towards München Hbf	Railjet Express	Terminus
Kelenföld towards Zürich HB	Railjet Express	Terminus
Terminus	InterCity	Szolnok towards Arad
		Szolnok towards Békéscsaba
		Szolnok towards Braşov
		Szolnok towards Timişoara Nord
		Hatvan towards Košice
	InterCity	Hatvan towards Budapest Nyugati via Tokaj
Kelenföld towards Graz Hbf	InterCity	Terminus
Kelenföld towards Gyékényes
Kelenföld towards Kaposvár
Kelenföld towards Ljubljana
Kelenföld towards Pécs
Kelenföld towards Sopron
Kelenföld towards Split
Kelenföld towards Szentgotthárd
Kelenföld towards Wien Hbf	EuroCity
		Szolnok towards Chop
		Szolnok towards Cluj Napoca
Kelenföld towards Salzburg Hbf, Stuttgart Hbf or Zürich HB	EuroNight Kálmán Imre	Terminus
Ferencváros towards Wien Hbf	Dacia–Corvin Express	Szolnok towards Bucharest North
Terminus	Sebesvonat	Gödöllő towards Balmazújváros
	IR 85	Gödöllő towards Gyöngyös
	IR 87	Gödöllő towards Eger
Ferencváros towards Tatabánya	G10	Terminus
Terminus	G60	Kőbánya felső towards Szolnok
	Z60	Kőbánya felső towards Szolnok
	S60	Kőbánya felső towards Sülysáp
	S80	Kőbánya felső towards Füzesabony

Location
Keleti pályaudvar Location within Budapest

Budapest Keleti station (Hungarian: Keleti pályaudvar, pronounced [ˈkɛlɛti ˈpaːjɒudvɒr]; "eastern railway station") is the main international and inter-city railway terminal in Budapest, Hungary.

The station stands where Rákóczi Avenue splits to become Kerepesi Avenue and Thököly Avenue. Its name in 1891 originates not only from its position as the easternmost of the city's rail termini, but for its original role as a terminus of the lines from eastern Hungary including Transylvania, and the Balkans. In contrast, the Nyugati (western) railway station used to serve lines toward Vienna and Paris.

Architecture

The building was designed in eclectic style by Gyula Rochlitz and János Feketeházy and constructed between 1881 and 1884. The main façade is adorned with two statues depicting James Watt and George Stephenson. Inside the station are frescos by Karoly Lotz.^[1]

Budapest Keleti has seven platforms serving thirteen tracks.^[2]

Services

As of the July 2023 timetable change,^[update] the following services stop at Budapest Keleti:^[3]^[4]

Railjet: services to Zürich HB and München.
EuroCity: services to Wien and Cluj Napoca.
InterCity: services to Arad, Békéscsaba, Braşov, Timişoara Nord, Košice, Budapest Nyugati (via Tokaj), Graz, Gyékényes, Kaposvár, Ljubljana, Pécs, Sopron, Split, and Szentgotthárd.
Overnight trains:
- Dacia–Corvin Express: service between Wien and Bucharest North.
- EuroNight Kálmán Imre: service to Salzburg, Stuttgart, or Zürich.
Sebesvonat: service to Balmazújváros.
/ / : three trains per hour to Gödöllő, half-hourly service to Vámosgyörk, and hourly service to Gyöngyös and Eger.
The EuroCity 345 "Avala" train on the Wien Hauptbahnhof - Beograd route is standing at the Budapest Keleti station on January 26, 2016. A WRmz dining car is visible in the foreground. A series 1047 electric locomotive is barely noticeable in the distance.
/ / : frequent service to Sülysáp; some trains continuing to Nagykáta or Szolnok.

Metro

Keleti pályaudvar metro station has been a station on the M2 (East-West) line of the Budapest Metro since the line opened in 1970. The metro station is 14 metres (46 ft) underground and 193 metres (633 ft) in length with the platform 180 metres (590 ft). In March 2014, Line 4 opened making Keleti a transfer point between the two Metro lines.^[5]

Airport

A planned fast train service would connect the station with Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport. Since 36 of 53 Intercity services to Budapest operate from this railway station, it seems highly probable that this plan will materialize.

Baross tér redevelopment

The facade of Budapest Keleti faces onto a large three-sided plaza called Baross tér. In 2005, work began to construct a pedestrian concourse and exits to allow better access between the Keleti pályaudvar Station on Budapest Metro Line 4 and long-distance train facilities. The statue of Gábor Baross, for whom the square is named, was returned to its location in December 2013 and work completed in March 2014.^[6]

Public transport

Budapest Keleti railway station is located in the eighth district of Budapest, Hungary.

Metro:
Tram: 24
Trolleybus: 73, 76, 78, 79, 80, 80A
Bus: 5, 7, 7E, 8E, 20E, 30, 30A, 108E, 110, 112, 133E, 230
Nocturnal lines: 907, 908, 931, 956, 973, 990

In popular culture

The station is featured in the opening sequence of the 2011 film, Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol.

The railway station appeared briefly in the 2021 Marvel Cinematic Universe film Black Widow.

References

^ "Keleti Train Station". Budapest City Guide.com. Archived from the original on 2016-11-09. Retrieved 2014-12-02.
^ "Budapest-Keleti" (in Hungarian). MÁV Group. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
^ "1 Budapest — Hegyeshalom — Rajka" (PDF) (in Hungarian). MÁV Group. 1 July 2023. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
^ "120a Budapest — Újszász — Szolnok" (PDF) (in Hungarian). MÁV Group. 1 July 2023. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
^ "Automated metro Line M4 opens in Budapest". Railway Gazette International. 28 March 2014.
^ "The statue of Gábor Baross in a worthy place again" (Press release). Mayor's Office of the Municipality of Budapest. 6 December 2014. Retrieved 2014-12-02.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to:
Eastern Railway Station (Budapest) (category)

Official website (in Hungarian)
Station Overview Map
A picture from about 1905
The façade
More photos: (1) Archived 2006-06-29 at the Wayback Machine, (2) Archived 2006-06-29 at the Wayback Machine, (3), (4)
Virtual tour outside station
Aerial photographs of the Station

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