Budapest Keleti (Eastern) station (Hungarian: Keleti pályaudvar) is the main international and inter-city railway terminal in Budapest, Hungary.

Budapest Keleti station Keleti pályaudvar  (Hungarian)
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
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: Tram: 24
Construction
Architect	Gyula Rochlitz
History
Opened	16 August 1884; 137 years ago (1884-08-16)
Location
Keleti pályaudvar Location within Budapest

The station stands where Rákóczi út splits to become Kerepesi Avenue and Thököly Avenue. Keleti pályaudvar translates to Eastern Railway Terminus. Its name in 1891 originates not only for 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]

Train connections

The following trains call at this station:

I. International services:

• Railjet trains
  • 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 trains – EC
  • (Lehár) Bp-Keleti pu. – Tatabánya – Győr – Wien Westbf
• EuroNight trains – EN
  • (Kálmán Imre) Bp-Keleti pu. – Győr – Vienna – St Pölten – Linz – Salzburg – München Hbf
  • (Metropol) Bp-Keleti pu. – Bratislava – Brno – Prague
  • (Ister) Bp-Keleti pu. – Szolnok – Békéscsaba – Arad – Deva – Sibiu – Brasov – București Nord
• Int. InterCity trains – 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 – București Nord
• Int. Express trains
  • (Dacia) Wien Westbf – Győr – Tatabánya – Bp-Keleti pu. – Szolnok – Békéscsaba – Arad – Deva – Brasov – București Nord
  • (Beograd) Bp-Keleti pu. – Kiskunhalas – Subotica – Novi Sad – Belgrade

II. Inland

• Intercity trains – 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

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

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.[3]

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

Distance from other railway stations

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.

Gallery

• 
  The station around 1900
• 
  Thököly Avenue entrance to Lotz Hall
• 
  The old ticket hall
• 
  Lotz Hall entry to main shed
• 
  Keleti railway station after the Battle of Budapest, 1945
• 
  Baross tér Construction in December 2008
• 
  Train shed looking toward Baross tér
• 
  Overhead view looking west
• 
  Eastern lights (7th prize photo on Wiki Loves Monuments 2013)
• 
  Looking west into the main hall

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

References

External links

• 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)
• Metro station
• Virtual tour outside station
• Aerial photographs of the Station
• Station Plan

На других языках

[ru] Будапешт-Келети