Corvin-negyed is a station on the M3 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, ...

. The station opened on 31 December 1976 as one of six stations in the initial phase of construction, between

Deák Ferenc tér The Deák Ferenc square (''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 ...

and Nagyvárad tér. From its opening until 2011, the station was named ''Ferenc körút'' after its section of the Grand Boulevard. In 2011, the Corvinus Quarter (Corvin-negyed) was established as a residential and commercial redevelopment area. The city renamed the station after the new district as part of several name changes to metro stations that year.

Connections

*Tram: 4, 6

References

*Budapest City Atlas, Dimap-Szarvas, Budapest, 2011,

External links

Corvin-negyed station on Youtube
M3 (Budapest Metro) stations Railway stations opened in 1976 {{Hungary-railstation-stub