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Metro Line M3 (Budapest Metro)
Line M3 (Officially: North-South Line, Metro M3, and unofficially: Blue Line) is the third and longest line of the Budapest Metro. It runs in a general north-south direction parallel to the Danube on the Pest side, roughly following Váci út south from Újpest to the city center, then following the route of Üllői út southeast to Kőbánya-Kispest. Its daily ridership is estimated at 500,000. Like metro line M1, it does not serve Buda. History The first decree for the third line was made in 1968. Construction started in 1970, and the first section was opened in 1976 with six stations. It was extended five stations to the south in 1980, and to the north in 1981, 1984 and 1990 with eventually nine extra stations, reaching its current length of 20 stations and , the longest line in Budapest. Reconstructed 81-717/714 carriages, made by the Russian manufacturer Metrowagonmash, with the model number ''81-717.2K/714.2K'' carriages operate on this line. Operation started with Ev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rapid Transit
Rapid transit or mass rapid transit (MRT) or heavy rail, commonly referred to as metro, is a type of high-capacity public transport that is generally built in urban areas. A grade separation, grade separated rapid transit line below ground surface through a tunnel can be regionally called a subway, tube, metro or underground. They are sometimes grade-separated on elevated railways, in which case some are referred to as el trains – short for "elevated" – or skytrains. Rapid transit systems are usually electric railway, electric railways, that unlike buses or trams operate on an exclusive right-of-way (transportation), right-of-way, which cannot be accessed by pedestrians or other vehicles. Modern services on rapid transit systems are provided on designated lines between metro station, stations typically using electric multiple units on railway tracks. Some systems use rubber-tyred metro, guided rubber tires, magnetic levitation (''maglev''), or monorail. The stations typica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
81-717/714
The 81-717/714 is a Soviet/Russian metro car model, designed in the Soviet Union in the mid-1970s. The cars were made from 1976 to 2014 by Metrovagonmash and the I. E. Yegorov Vagonmash factories of Mytishchi and Saint Petersburg, respectively. Production is still ongoing for specific modifications, and it is both the most widespread metro train ever, currently being used in 19 rapid transit system in 11 countries, and having been produced in 24 different variants in total, as well as the subway train with the longest production span and largest total production number, with over 7000 cars having been manufactured in total so far. The names 81-717 and 81-714, also known as “Nomernoy” in some countries, and as “ Vagonmash” in other ones, come from the Soviet electric rail vehicle numbering system, where the 81-717 cars are the control cars and the 81-714 are the Passenger car (rail)#Trailer car, trailer cars. Unlike the previous metro sets made in the Soviet Union, they ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Újbuda-központ Metro Station
Újbuda-központ (lit. " Újbuda-Centrum") is a station on Line 4 of the Budapest Metro. The station is an important traffic junction. Tramways leading to southern Buda cross road traffic from Petőfi Bridge Petőfi híd () or Petőfi Bridge (named after Sándor Petőfi, old name is ''Horthy Miklós Bridge'', named after governor Miklós Horthy) is a bridge in Budapest, connecting Pest and Buda across the Danube. It is the second southernmost publi ... here. It is also the southern terminus of Tramline 4. The station was opened on 28 March 2014 as part of the inaugural section of the line, from Keleti pályaudvar to Kelenföld vasútállomás. Connections *Bus: 33, 53, 58, 150, 150B, 153, 154, 212, 212A, 212B *Tram: 4, 17, 41, 47, 48, 56 References Official web page of the construction M4 (Budapest Metro) stations Railway stations in Hungary opened in 2014 {{Hungary-railstation-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Újpest-központ Metro Station
Újpest-központ (lit. ''Újpest-Centrum'') is the northern terminus of the Budapest Metro Line 3 (North–south line). It is located beneath a busy intersection, the most important public transport hub in Újpest Újpest (; , ) is the 4th District in Budapest, Hungary. It is located on the left bank of the Danube River. The name Újpest means "New Pest" because the city was formed on the border of the city of Pest, Hungary in 1838. Újpest was a village ... district.Budapest City Atlas, Dimap-Szarvas, Budapest, 2011, The station directly serves Újpest and Káposztásmegyer microraions, but the terminus attracts commuters from throughout Rákospalota, Újpalota and the northeastern suburbs. The station was initially planned to be a temporary terminus, much like Árpád híd when that station was built, but the line was never extended to Káposztásmegyer and it has been the terminus since opening on 14 December 1990 as part of the extension from Árpád híd.Andrá ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dózsa György út Metro Station
Dózsa György út () is a station on the Budapest Metro The Budapest Metro (, ) is the rapid transit system in the Hungary, Hungarian capital Budapest. Opened in 1896, it is the world's second oldest electrified underground railway after the City and South London Railway of 1890, now part of the Lon ... Line 3 (North-South). It is located beneath Váci Avenue at its intersection with the eponymous street Dózsa György út.Budapest City Atlas, Dimap-Szarvas, Budapest, 2011, The station was opened on 7 November 1984 as part of the extension from Lehel tér to Árpád híd. Connections *Trolleybus: 75, 79 References M3 (Budapest Metro) stations Railway stations in Hungary opened in 1984 {{Hungary-railstation-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viktor Orbán
Viktor Mihály Orbán (; born 31 May 1963) is a Hungarian lawyer and politician who has been the 56th prime minister of Hungary since 2010, previously holding the office from 1998 to 2002. He has also led the Fidesz political party since 2003, and previously from 1993 to 2000. He was re-elected as prime minister in 2014, 2018, and 2022. On 29 November 2020, he became the country's longest-serving prime minister. Orbán was first elected to the National Assembly (Hungary), National Assembly in 1990 and led Fidesz's parliamentary group until 1993. During his first term as prime minister and head of the conservative coalition government, from 1998 to 2002, inflation and the fiscal deficit shrank, and Hungary joined NATO. After losing reelection, however, Orbán led the opposition party from 2002 to 2010. Since 2010, when he resumed office, his policies have democratic backsliding, undermined democracy, weakened judicial independence, increased corruption, and curtailed press fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
István Tarlós
István Tarlós (; 26 May 1948) is a Hungarian politician who served as the mayor of Budapest from 2010 to 2019. He also served as the mayor of the 3rd district of the city (Óbuda-Békásmegyer) between 1990 and 2006 as an independent candidate. Between 2006 and 2010, Tarlós was the chairman of the Fidesz–Christian Democratic People's Party (Hungary), Christian Democratic People's Party (KDNP) Fraction-Alliance in the General Assembly of Budapest, General Assembly of the Municipality of Budapest, and served as the political leader of the initiative "2008 Hungarian fees abolishment referendum, Social Referendum 2008". Early life István Tarlós was born in Budapest on 26 May 1948. Both his father, Dr. István Tarlós Sr., a lawyer, and his mother, Hilda Dienes, a chief accountant, worked for the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Tarlós has described his family as civic-minded and religious. After his graduation from Árpád High School's Humanities Department, Tarlós worked ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BKV Zrt
BKV may refer to: * BKV Corporation, an energy company that plans to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by the 2030s. Based in Denver, Colorado, United States * Bennett Kuhn Varner, a marketing agency based in Atlanta, Georgia, United States * BK virus The BK virus, also known as Human polyomavirus 1, is a member of the polyomavirus family. Past infection with the BK virus is widespread, but significant consequences of infection are uncommon, with the exception of the immunocompromised and the ..., a member of the polyomavirus family * BKV Norrtälje, a football club based in Norrtälje, Sweden * Brooksville–Tampa Bay Regional Airport, an airport in Florida, United States * Budapesti Közlekedési Zrt., a public transport operator in Budapest, Hungary {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gábor Demszky
Gábor Demszky (, born 4 August 1952) is a Hungarian politician, lawyer and sociologist by qualification. Demszky was the Mayor of Budapest from 1990 to 2010. He was a founding member of the Alliance of Free Democrats (SZDSZ) between 1988 and 2010. Biography As a teenager, Demszky joined an informal Maoist radical group, which criticized the socialist Kádár's government from an ultra-hardliner communist viewpoint. After two years, he lost faith in political left ideas and took interest in libertarian ideology. He earned a degree in sociology from Eötvös Loránd University. During the late period of communist regime, Demszky was a leading figure of the then illegal underground democratic opposition to the Kádár-system. His main anti-government activities included the organizing of printing and publishing of illegal books, periodicals, and newspapers collectively called 'samizdats'. During this time he was surveyed by the secret services, harassed by authorities and he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kálvin Tér (Budapest Metro)
Kálvin tér (English: Calvin Square) is a major square and intersection in the city center of Budapest, the capital of Hungary. It was named after the French Protestant Reformer John Calvin (''Kálvin János'' in Hungarian) due to the large Reformed Church located there. The square is located in Pest at the junction of the 5th ''( Belváros- Lipótváros)'', 8th ''(Józsefváros)'' and 9th ''(Ferencváros)'' districts. Roads which converge at the square include the ' Kiskörút' (Inner Circuit, encompassing Múzeum körút ('Museum boulevard') north of the square, and Vámház körút to the south), Üllői út ('Üllő road'), Baross utca (' Baross street'), and Kecskeméti utca ('Kecskemét street'). Being a major thoroughfare and locality, the square is a major transport hub with tram, bus, and trolleybus routes serving the square. The Kálvin tér station on the M3 (North-South) line, and M4 of the Budapest Metro The Budapest Metro (, ) is the rapid transit syste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Line 4 (Budapest Metro)
Line 4 (officially: South Buda–Rákospalota (DBR) Line, Metro 4 or M4, and unofficially: Green Line) is the fourth line of the Budapest Metro. It opened on 28 March 2014. The first section, in length and consisting of ten stations, connects the southwestern Budapest Kelenföld railway station, Kelenföld vasútállomás located in Buda, and the eastern Budapest Keleti pályaudvar, Keleti pályaudvar in Pest, Hungary, Pest, under the River Danube. While three additional sections — the first, an eastern extension to Bosnyák tér, the second west to Virágpiac, and a third further east to Újpalota — have been planned, these remain unfunded by the Budapest city government and the European Union. Before Line 4 was built, only Line 2 (Budapest Metro), Line 2 served the Buda side of the river. Daily ridership has been estimated at 185,000-195,000 The line operates using fully automated Alstom Metropolis train sets, which are also used on Line 2, although on line 2 the trains ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deák Ferenc Tér (Budapest Metro)
The Deák Ferenc square ( Hungarian: ''Deák Ferenc tér,'' ), named for Ferenc Deák, is a major intersection and transport junction in Budapest. Károly körút, Bajcsy-Zsilinszky út, Király utca, Deák Ferenc utca, and Harmincad utca converge here. Three lines of the Budapest Metro each converge on the station under the square. Tram lines 47 and 49 also originate from the square, as well as several bus lines. Deák Ferenc tér is a popular gathering spot for young people. Alcoholic beverages are sold at the grassy area, and it is common for Deák Ferenc tér to be populated until the midnight hours. Deák Tér is mentioned in ''Ending Theme'', a song by Swedish progressive metal band Pain of Salvation Pain of Salvation is a Swedish progressive metal band led by Daniel Gildenlöw, who is the band's main songwriter, lyricist, guitarist, and vocalist. Pain of Salvation's sound is characterised by riff-oriented guitar work, a broad vocal range, o .... References {{DE ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
