Budapest Keleti railway station

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"Keleti pályaudvar" redirects here. For the metro station, see Keleti pályaudvar (Budapest Metro).
Budapest Keleti railway station
Keleti pályaudvar (Hungarian)
File:14-05-06-budapest-RalfR-11.jpg
Budapest Keleti viewed from the west.
Location Kerepesi út 2-4
1087 Budapest
Hungary
Coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Owned by Hungarian State Railways (MÁV)
Line(s) 1 Bp.Keleti pu. - Hegyeshalom
80 Bp.Keleti pu. - Sátoraljaújhely
120 Bp.Keleti pu. - Lőkösháza
150 Bp.Keleti pu. - Kelebia
Platforms 18
Connections Metro: BKV metro.svg BKV m 2 jms.svg BKV m 4 jms.svg
Tram: KRESZ villamos.svg 24
Construction
Architect Gyula Rochlitz
History
Opened August 16, 1884
Location
Keleti pályaudvar
Keleti pályaudvar
Keleti pályaudvar
Keleti pályaudvar (Budapest)
File:Budapest Keleti Palyaudvar 1912 Kepeslap.jpg
Keleti Terminal in 1912

Budapest Keleti railway station (Hungarian: Budapest Keleti pályaudvar) 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. It is named for its position as the most eastern (keleti) of the city's rail stations, nearest Transylvania and the Balkans.

Architecture

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

Train services

The station is served by the following services:

  • Railjet services
    • Bp-Keleti pu. - Győr - Vienna - St Pölten - Linz - Salzburg Hbf
    • Bp-Keleti pu. - Győr - Vienna - St Pölten - Linz - Salzburg - München Hbf
    • Bp-Keleti pu. - Győr - Vienna - St Pölten - Linz - Salzburg - Innsbruck - Zürich Hb
  • EuroCity services – EC
    • (Lehár) Bp-Keleti pu. - Tatabánya - Győr - Wien Westbf
    • (Petrov) Bp-Keleti pu. - Bratislava - Brno hl. n.
    • (Csárdás, Jaroslav Hasek, Slovan) Bp-Keleti pu. - Bratislava - Brno - Praha hl. n.
    • (Hungária) Bp-Keleti pu. - Bratislava - Brno - Prague - Dresden - Berlin Hbf
    • (Jeszenszky János, Porta Bohemica) Bp-Keleti pu. - Bratislava - Brno - Prague - Dresden - Berlin - Hamburg-Altona
  • EuroNight services – EN
    • (Kálmán Imre) Bp-Keleti pu. - Győr - Vienna - St Pölten - Linz - Salzburg - München Hbf
    • (Metropol) Bp-Keleti pu. - Bratislava - Brno - Prague - Dresden - Berlin Hbf
    • (Ister) Bp-Keleti pu. - Szolnok - Békéscsaba - Arad - Deva - Sibiu - Brasov - Bucureşti Nord
  • Int. InterCity services – IC
    • (Rába) Bp-Keleti pu. - Győr - Szombathely - Graz Hbf
    • (Rippl-Rónai) Bp-Keleti pu. - Dombóvár - Kaposvár - Koprivnica - Zagreb Glavni Kol.
    • (Hernád, Rákóczi) Bp-Keleti pu. - Miskolc - Košice
    • (Corona, Hargita) Bp-Keleti pu. - Szolnok - Püspökladány - Oradea - Cluj Napoca - Miercurea Ciuc - Brasov
    • (Körös) Bp-Keleti pu. - Szolnok - Békéscsaba - Arad - Timişoara Nord
    • (Transsylvania) Bp-Keleti pu. - Szolnok - Békéscsaba - Arad - Deva - Sibiu - Brasov
    • (Traianus) Bp-Keleti pu. - Szolnok - Békéscsaba - Arad - Timişoara - Drobeta Tr.Severin - Craiova - Bucureşti Nord
  • Int. Express services
    • (Dacia) Wien Westbf - Győr - Tatabánya - Bp-Keleti pu. - Szolnok - Békéscsaba - Arad - Deva - Brasov - Bucureşti Nord
    • (Beograd) Bp-Keleti pu. - Kiskunhalas - Subotica - Novi Sad - Belgrade

Inland

  • Intercity services – IC
    • (Borostyánkő-Tűztorony, Claudius-Volt Fesztivál, Savaris-Scarbantia, Alpokalja-Kékfrankos, Répce-Sopron Bank)
      Bp-Keleti pu. - Kelenföld - Tatabánya - Győr - Csorna / Répcelak - Szombathely / Sopron
    • (Baranya, Dráva, Mecsek, PTE, Sopianae, Tenkes, Tettye, Tubes, Zengő)
      Bp-Keleti pu. - Kelenföld - Sárbogárd - Pincehely - Dombóvár - Sásd - Szentlőric - Pécs
    • (Abaúj, Borsod, Hámor, Lillafüred, Sajó, Szinva)
      Bp-Keleti pu. - Füzesabony - Miskolc-Tiszai
    • (Dália, Jázmin, Kamilla, Rózsa)
      Bp-Keleti pu. - Füzesabony - Miskolc-Tiszai - Szerencs - Tokaj - Nyíregyháza
    • (Tokaj, Tulipán)
      Bp-Keleti pu. - Füzesabony - Miskolc-Tiszai - Szerencs - Tokaj - Nyíregyháza - Debrecen
    • (Alföld, Békés, Csanád, Viharsarok)
      Bp-Keleti pu. - Szolnok - Mezőtúr - Gyoma - Mezőberény - Békéscsaba - Kétegyháza - Lőkösháza
Preceding station   MÁV START   Following station
toward Zürich HB
 Railjet Terminus
toward München Hbf
 Railjet Terminus
toward Hamburg Hbf
 EuroCity Terminus
toward Ljubljana
 EuroCity Terminus
toward Berlin Hbf
 EuroNight Terminus
toward Wien Hbf
 EuroNight
toward Bucharest
toward Zürich HB
 EuroNight Terminus
toward München Hbf
 EuroNight Terminus
Terminus InterCity
toward Brașov
Terminus InterCity
Terminus InterCity
toward Belgrade
InterCity Terminus

Metro

Keleti pályaudvar 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.[2]

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

File:Keletii Palyaudvar, 7am.JPG
Since it faces due east, at the Vernal Equinox, the sun rises and lights the train shed

The façade 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 Pályudvar 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.[3]

Public Transport

Budapest Keleti railway station is located in the 8th district of Budapest, Hungary.

  • Metro: BKV metro.svg BKV m 2 jms.svg BKV m 4 jms.svg
  • Tram: KRESZ villamos.svg 24
  • Trolleybus: KRESZ troli.svg 73, 76, 68, 79, 80, 80A
  • Bus: BKV busz symbol.svg 5, 7, 7E, 8, 20E, 30, 30A, 107, 110, 112, 133, 178, 230, 233, 239
  • Nocturnal lines: BKK night line logo.svg 907, 908, 931, 956, 973, 990

Distance from other railway stations

Gallery

  • Budapest keleti historic.jpg

    The station around 1900

  • Img4445.jpg

    Thököly Avenue entrance to Lotz Hall

  • Keleti old ticket hall.JPG

    The old ticket hall

  • Img5554.jpg

    Lotz Hall entry to main shed

  • Baross tér Construction in December 2008

  • Budapest East Station 2.jpg

    Train shed looking toward Baross tér

  • Keletigegen1civertan.jpg

    Overhead view looking west

  • View down the platform

  • Keleti fények ....jpg

    Eastern lights (7th prize photo on Wiki Loves Monuments 2013)

  • KeletiPuFotoThalerTamas.JPG

    Looking west into the main hall

References

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External links

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