Budapest Keleti station
Budapest Keleti station (
railway terminal in Budapest
, Hungary.
The station stands where
Nyugati
(western) railway station used to serve lines toward Vienna and Paris.
Architecture
The building was designed in
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]
- Zürich HB and München.
- Cluj Napoca.
- .
- Overnight trains:
- Sebesvonat: service to Balmazújváros.
- / / : three trains per hour to Gödöllő, half-hourly service to Vámosgyörk, and hourly service to Gyöngyös and Eger.
- / / : frequent service to Sülysáp; some trains continuing to Nagykáta or Szolnok.
Metro
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
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
- 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