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Budapest Keleti (Eastern) station ( hu, Keleti pályaudvar) is the main international and inter-city
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in
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, Hungary. The station stands where
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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
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, and the
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. In contrast, the Nyugati (''western'') railway station used to serve lines toward Vienna and Paris.


Architecture

The building was designed in
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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 George Stephenson (9 June 1781 – 12 August 1848) was a British civil engineer and mechanical engineer. Renowned as the "Father of Railways", Stephenson was considered by the Victorians In the history of the United Kingdom and the ...
. Inside the station are frescos by Karoly Lotz.


Train connections

The following trains call at this station: I. International services: *
Railjet Railjet is a high-speed rail service in Europe operated by Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) and Czech Railways (ČD). Branded as ''Railjet Express (RJX)'' for the fastest services and as ''Railjet (RJ)'' for services with additional stops, it w ...
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 , neighboring_municipalities = Adliswil, Dübendorf, Fällanden, Kilchberg, Maur, Oberengstringen, Opfikon, Regensdorf, Rümlang, Schlieren, Stallikon, Uitikon, Urdorf, Wallisellen, Zollikon , twintowns = Kunming, San Francisco Zürich () ...
* EuroCity trains – EC **('' Lehár'') Bp-Keleti pu. – Tatabánya – Győr – Wien Westbf *
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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 metro station has been a station on the M2 (East-West) line of the
Budapest Metro The Budapest Metro ( hu, Budapesti metró) is the rapid transit system in the Hungarian capital Budapest. It is the world's oldest electrified underground railway system, and the second oldest underground railway system with multiple stations, ...
since the line opened in 1970. The metro station is underground and in length with the platform . In March 2014, Line 4 opened making Keleti a transfer point between the two Metro lines.


Airport

A planned fast train service would connect the station with Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport. Since 36 of 53
Intercity InterCity (commonly abbreviated ''IC'' on timetables and tickets) is the classification applied to certain long-distance passenger train services in Europe. Such trains (in contrast to regional, local, or commuter trains) generally call at m ...
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 Noble Gábor Baross de Bellus (6 July 1848 – 8 May 1892) was a Hungarian statesman in Hungarian parliament, was born at Barossháza now Pružina near Trencsén (now Trenčín, Slovakia). He was for a time one of the professors there under C ...
, for whom the square is named, was returned to its location in December 2013 and work completed in March 2014.


Public transport

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


Hungary

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Tatabánya Tatabánya (; german: Totiserkolonie; sk, Banská Stará) is a city with county rights of 64,305 inhabitants in northwestern Hungary, in the Central Transdanubian region. It is the capital of Komárom-Esztergom County. Location The city is lo ...
: 73 km *
Győr Győr ( , ; german: Raab, links=no; names in other languages) is the main city of northwest Hungary, the capital of Győr-Moson-Sopron County and Western Transdanubia region, and – halfway between Budapest and Vienna – situated on one of ...
: 140 km *
Hegyeshalom Hegyeshalom (; german: Straß-Sommerein) is a village of approximately 3600 inhabitants in Győr-Moson-Sopron County, Hungary, on the border with Austria and less than 15 km from the border with Slovakia. History A charter given by Andrew I ...
HU-AT: 187 km (to
Vienna en, Viennese , iso_code = AT-9 , registration_plate = W , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = , timezone = CET , utc_offset = +1 , timezone_DST ...
) *
Pécs Pécs ( , ; hr, Pečuh; german: Fünfkirchen, ; also known by other #Name, alternative names) is List of cities and towns of Hungary#Largest cities in Hungary, the fifth largest city in Hungary, on the slopes of the Mecsek mountains in the countr ...
: 237 km *
Hatvan Hatvan is a town in Heves county, Hungary. Hatvan is the Hungarian word for "sixty". Etymology Hatvan is the Hungarian word for "sixty". It is a common urban legend that the town got this name because it is 60 km from Budapest, but in fact the na ...
: 67 km *
Eger Eger ( , ; ; also known by other alternative names) is the county seat of Heves County, and the second largest city in Northern Hungary (after Miskolc). A city with county rights. Eger is best known for its castle, thermal baths, baroque bui ...
: 140 km *
Miskolc Miskolc ( , , ; Czech language, Czech and sk, Miškovec; german: Mischkolz; yi, script=Latn, Mishkoltz; ro, Mișcolț) is a city in northeastern Hungary, known for its heavy industry. With a population of 161,265 (1 Jan 2014) Miskolc is the ...
: 182 km *
Hidasnémeti Hidasnémeti is a village in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County in northeastern Hungary. HU-SK: 244 km (to Košice) *
Sátoraljaújhely Sátoraljaújhely (; archaic german: Neustadt am Zeltberg ; sk, Nové Mesto pod Šiatrom; yi, איהעל, Ihel, or ) is a town located in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county in northern Hungary along the Slovak border. It is east from the county ...
: 266 km *
Szolnok Szolnok (; also known by other #Name and etymology, alternative names) is the county seat of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county in central Hungary. A City with county rights, city with county rights, it is located on the banks of the Tisza river, i ...
: 100 km *
Békéscsaba Békéscsaba (; sk, Békešská Čaba; see also other alternative names) is a city with county rights in southeast Hungary, the capital of Békés County. Geography Békéscsaba is located in the Great Hungarian Plain, southeast from Budap ...
: 196 km * Lőkösháza HU-RO: 225 km (to Arad)


Europe

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Berlin Hbf Berlin Hauptbahnhof () (English: Berlin Central Station) is the main railway station in Berlin, Germany. It came into full operation two days after a ceremonial opening on 26 May 2006. It is located on the site of the historic Lehrter Bahnhof, ...
: 1026 km * București Nord: 854 km * Cluj-Napoca: 399 km * München Hbf: 740 km * Praha hl.n: 611 km * Timișoara Nord: 310 km * Wien Hbf: 254 km * Belgrade Centre: 350 km * Zagreb Glavni Kol.: 377 km *
Zürich Hb , neighboring_municipalities = Adliswil, Dübendorf, Fällanden, Kilchberg, Maur, Oberengstringen, Opfikon, Regensdorf, Rümlang, Schlieren, Stallikon, Uitikon, Urdorf, Wallisellen, Zollikon , twintowns = Kunming, San Francisco Zürich () ...
: 1068 km


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 File:2021 collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: the James Webb Space Telescope was launched in 2021; Protesters in Yangon, Myanmar following the coup d'état; A civil demonstration against the October 2021 coup in Sudan; Crowd shortly after t ...
Marvel Cinematic Universe The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) is an American media franchise and shared universe centered on a series of superhero films produced by Marvel Studios. The films are based on characters that appear in American comic books published by ...
film '' Black Widow''.


Gallery

Image:Budapest keleti historic.jpg, The station around 1900 File:Img4445.jpg, Thököly Avenue entrance to Lotz Hall Image:Keleti old ticket hall.JPG, The old ticket hall File:Img5554.jpg, Lotz Hall entry to main shed File:Kerepesi út, a Keleti pályaudvar érkezési oldala. Fortepan 3268.jpg, Keleti railway station after the
Battle of Budapest The Siege of Budapest or Battle of Budapest was the 50-day-long encirclement by Soviet and Romanian forces of the Hungarian capital of Budapest, near the end of World War II. Part of the broader Budapest Offensive, the siege began when Budap ...
, 1945 Image:Keleti station budapest dec 2008 benecke.jpg, Baross tér Construction in December 2008 File:Budapest East Station 2.jpg, Train shed looking toward Baross tér Image:Keletigegen1civertan.jpg, Overhead view looking west File:Keleti fények ....jpg, Eastern lights (7th prize photo on Wiki Loves Monuments 2013) File:KeletiPuFotoThalerTamas.JPG, Looking west into the main hall


References


External links

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Station Overview Map
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(3)(4)Virtual tour outside stationAerial photographs of the Station
{{authority control Keleti Railway stations opened in 1884 1884 establishments in Hungary