Bajcsy-Zsilinszky út is a station of the yellow M1 (Millennium Underground) line of the Budapest Metro. It is situated under

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close to its junction with Bajcsy-Zsilinszky street. It was formerly named Váczy körút station. The station was opened on 2 May 1896 as part of the inaugural section of the Budapest Metro, between Vörösmarty tér and Széchenyi fürdő. This section, known as the Millennium Underground Railway, was the first metro system in continental Europe. In 2002, it was included into the

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"Budapest, including the Banks of the Danube, the Buda Castle Quarter and Andrássy Avenue". The station is named after

Endre Bajcsy-Zsilinszky Endre Kálmán Bajcsy-Zsilinszky (Szarvas, June 6, 1886 – Sopronkőhida, December 24, 1944), was an influential Hungarian national radical politician and an important voice in the struggle against German expansion and military policy. Execut ...

a member of the Independent Smallholders, Agrarian Workers and Civic Party and leader of the resistance who was executed toward the end of the

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. The station has two side platforms, each with its own independent access from the street. File:"Bajcsy-Zsilinszky út" subway station in Budapest.jpg, Interior with station manager's office File:Bajcsy-Zsilinszky út metro station rails.jpg, Platforms and rails File:Bajcsy-Zsilinszky út station.jpg, The station platforms File:Andrassy avenue and the entrance to "Bajcsy-Zsilinszky ut" subway station in Budapest.jpg, Entrance at night

Connections

*Bus: 9, 105, 210, 210B

References

M1 (Budapest Metro) stations Railway stations opened in 1896 {{Hungary-railstation-stub